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2025 | Lily Carter joins ITV News Channel TV, ITV News Meridian, ITV News West Country, and begins presenting ITV National Weather |
January 30 2025 | Reuters reported early-stage merger talks between RedBird IMI and ITV plc to combine All3Media and ITV Studios production businesses. |
2024 | Nick Miller begins presenting on ITV |
November 23 2024 | Sky News reported potential takeover interest from CVC Capital Partners, TF1, RedBird Capital Partners, and others for ITV plc. |
May 31 2024 | LittleBe preschool block ends its broadcast on ITVBe. |
February 28 2024 | ITV revealed a corporate brand refresh with a new logo representing ITVX, ITV 1, and ITV Studios. |
2023 | New breakfast shows hosted by Oti Mabuse and Laura Whitmore launched |
September 2 2023 | A daily CITV programming block introduced on ITV2 from 05:00 to 09:00. |
September 2 2023 | CITV moves from ITV to ITV2, broadcasting between 5am and 9am daily. |
2022 | Shireen Jordan begins and concludes presenting for ITV News Channel TV. |
2022 | Multiple new breakfast show hosts debut, including ITV News: Weekend Morning, Garraway's Good Stuff, Big Zuu's Breakfast Show, and Vick Hope's Breakfast Show |
2022 | Katie Piper's Breakfast Show begins and continues to present |
December 8 2022 | ITVX officially launched, offering archive programming, live events, and exclusive content with both free ad-supported and premium ad-free subscription tiers. |
November 2022 | ITV announced plans for a new streaming service called ITVX to replace ITV Hub. |
June 20 2022 | ITV became a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. |
June 1 2022 | ITV was demoted from the FTSE 100 Index. |
2021 | Martin & Roman's Weekend Best! expands to full weekend programming |
December 2021 | Brief return of Good Morning Britain with Lorraine format in December. |
March 2021 | Piers Morgan departs from Good Morning Britain, ending his tenure as lead presenter. |
2020 | Martin & Roman's Sunday Best! launches as weekend breakfast show |
2020 | Good Morning Britain expands broadcasting time from 06:00-08:30 to 06:00-09:00. Lorraine show also shifts time slot from 08:30-09:25 to 09:00-10:00. |
August 20 2020 | Sale of Merit lifestyle channel to Sky. |
January 24 2020 | Closure of ITV Box Office pay-per-view sports channel. |
2019 | The Sara Cox Show takes over weekend breakfast programming |
January 1 2019 | Removal of The Store shopping channel from Freeview. |
2018 | Zoe Ball hosts Saturday and Sunday breakfast shows |
September 3 2018 | LittleBe preschool block launches on ITVBe, replacing Mini CITV. |
May 1 2018 | Closure of ITV Encore drama channel. |
2017 | Weekend talk show with Aled Jones does not return after the Christmas break. |
2017 | ITV acquired a majority stake in World Productions, the company behind the BBC series Line of Duty. |
August 2017 | Introduction of short-lived GMB Today segment, airing from 08:30 to 09:25. |
2016 | Jeremy Kyle joins the presenting team. |
2016 | UTV Media plc was acquired by ITV plc, bringing the Northern Ireland UTV service under full ITV plc ownership. |
August 10 2016 | Entertainment One rejected ITV's £1 billion acquisition offer. |
July 2016 | ITV sold UTV Ireland to Virgin Media. |
2015 | Piers Morgan begins his tenure as a presenter on Good Morning Britain. |
November 23 2015 | The ITV Player app and website were rebranded as ITV Hub, introducing a new digital streaming experience with paid subscription options. |
October 19 2015 | ITV purchased UTV for £100 million, gaining control of 13 out of 15 broadcasting licences. |
July 2015 | John Stapleton leaves the newsreader role on Good Morning Britain. |
2014 | Siân Lloyd concludes her presenting role for ITV National Weather. |
2014 | Alex Beresford starts presenting on Good Morning Britain |
2014 | Susanna Reid, Charlotte Hawkins, Sean Fletcher, and Andi Peters join the ITV Breakfast team. |
2014 | Weekend breakfast programming tenure begins for ITV Breakfast |
October 8 2014 | Launch of ITVBe, a channel specializing in reality TV and unscripted shows. |
July 17 2014 | BSkyB sold its 6.4% stake in ITV to Liberty Global for £481 million. |
June 9 2014 | Launch of ITV Encore, a drama channel. |
April 2014 | The final period of Daybreak's presenter lineup is documented, showing ongoing changes in the presenting team. |
April 28 2014 | Good Morning Britain replaces Daybreak, reviving a previous ITV early-morning programme title. |
March 2014 | Announcement made that Daybreak was being axed due to poor ratings. |
January 7 2014 | Mini CITV launches on the CITV Channel, with preschool programming. |
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