Granada plc (previously called Granada Group plc and Granada Media plc) is a former British media and previously catering conglomarate, best known as the former parent of Granada Television Limited. It is now known as ITV plc following its merger with Carlton Communications plc. Catering is the business of providing food service at a remote site. ... Current ITV Granada logo A Granada TV logo from the black and white era. ... ITV plc is a British media company which operates the oldest and largest commercial terrestrial television network in the United Kingdom. ... Carlton Communications plc was a former British media company, which was founded by Michael Green and listed on the London Stock Exchange from 1983 until 2 February 2004, when it merged with Granada plc, to form ITV plc. ...

Businesses

At the time of the merger with Carlton Communications plc, Granada was mainly involved in the television business. It owned seven ITV companies – Granada Television, London Weekend Televison, Yorkshire Television, Tyne Tees Television, Meridian Broadcasting, Anglia Television and Border Television. It also owned the Granada Sky Broadcasting pay-TV business, which at the time offered two channels, Men and Motors and Granada Plus, as well as 50% shares in ITV2 and the ITV News Channel, and a 20% share of Independent Television News. It also owned 45% of TV3 Ireland. Current ITV logo. ... Current ITV Granada logo A Granada TV logo from the black and white era. ... Current ITV Yorkshire logo Yorkshire Television logo 1987 Yorkshire Television Limited is the ITV contractor for Yorkshire, England, and the surrounding areas. ... Tyne Tees Television, City Road Tyne Tees Television Limited is the ITV television contractor for North East England. ... Meridian is the ITV station for the South and South East England. ... Current ITV Anglia logo Anglia Television is the ITV station for East Anglia. ... Border Television logo, 1993-1998 Border Television is the ITV franchisee for the border region between England and Scotland, and also the Crown Dependency of Isle of Man. ... Granada Sky Broadcasting is a wholly-owned subsidary of ITV plc. ... Granada Plus was a satellite channel run by Granada Sky Broadcasting. ... ITV2 is a free-to-air entertainment television channel in the United Kingdom owned by ITV plc. ... The ITV News Channel was a 24 hour television news channel in the United Kingdom which broadcast from 2000 to 2005. ... Corporate logo of Independent Television News Ltd ITN redirects here. ... TV3 Ireland is the sole commercial television channel in the Republic of Ireland. ...

Charles Allen was chief executive officer of Granada, and retains that position in ITV plc as of 2006. A chief executive officer (CEO) or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or executive officer of a corporation, company, or agency. ... 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

History

Media business

Granada has its origins in Sidney Bernstein's Granada Theatres, a cinema company founded in Dover in 1930. The company has been listed on the London Stock Exchange in one form or another since 1935. It was awarded the North of England ITV franchise in 1954. For more details on the history of that part of Granada's business, see Granada Television. Granada also established a chain of television rental shops from 1959 onwards. Map sources for Dover at grid reference TR315415 Arms of Dover Borough Council This article is about the English port town. ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... The Source by Greyworld, in the new LSE building Paternoster Square. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Current ITV logo. ... Current ITV Granada logo A Granada TV logo from the black and white era. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

During the 1980s, Granada became involved in the British Satellite Broadcasting satellite television company. This went on air in March 1990, but merged with Sky Television in November 1990, to form British Sky Broadcasting, in which Granada had a minority sharholding for some time. In 1991 the cinemas business was sold to Bass. In 1994 Granada acquired London Weekend Television. In 1997 it acquired Yorkshire Tyne-Tees Television plc, forming the Granada Media Group. It also bid together with Carlton Communications plc and British Sky Broadcasting for the UK digital terrestrial television licence. They won the licence, though BSkyB was excluded from the company, ONdigital for competition grounds. It went on air in 1998. The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ... BSB logo British Satellite Broadcasting (BSB) was a company set up in 1986 to provide direct broadcast satellite television services to the United Kingdom. ... Artists impression of a Boeing 601 satellite, as configured for digital television transmission by SES Astra Satellite television is television delivered by way of communications satellites, as compared to conventional terrestrial television and cable television. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... link titlelink titleThe name Sky Television may refer to: British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) in the United Kingdom SKY Network Television in New Zealand This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV in Roman) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Now known as ITV London (Weekends) London Weekend Television logo, 1978-1996 London Weekend Television logo, 1996-2004 London Weekend Television Limited (LWT) is the ITV contractor for London, Friday 5:15pm to Monday, 5:59am. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII in Roman) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Current ITV Yorkshire logo Yorkshire Television logo 1987 Yorkshire Television Limited is the ITV contractor for Yorkshire, England, and the surrounding areas. ... Carlton Communications plc was a former British media company, which was founded by Michael Green and listed on the London Stock Exchange from 1983 until 2 February 2004, when it merged with Granada plc, to form ITV plc. ... British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB - formerly two companies, Sky Television plc and British Satellite Broadcasting) is a company that operates Sky Digital, the most popular subscription television service in the UK and Ireland. ... DVB, short for Digital Video Broadcasting, is a suite of internationally accepted, open standards for digital television maintained by the DVB Project, an industry consortium with more than 300 members, and published by a Joint Technical Committee (JTC) of European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC... ITV Digital logo Initial ONdigital logo ITV Digital used to be the sole British terrestrial digital television broadcaster. ...

Catering business

Aside from media, Granada's other main strenght was in the catering business. It opened its first motorway service area in 1965, and established a chain of service areas across the British motorway network. In the 1990s it expanded into other areas of catering, including most notably the Forte Posthouse hotel chain. Catering is the business of providing food service at a remote site. ... Service station is a term with different meanings in different parts of the world: In the United States and Canada, it refers to a filling station that also offers such services as oil change and mechanical repairs to automobiles. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Motorway mark in Europe. ... Charles Forte, Baron Forte (born November 26th 1908) is a famous hotelier born in Italy. ... A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging, usually on a short-term basis and especially for tourists. ...

Merger and De-merger with Compass Group

In 2000 Granada merged with Compass Group plc to form Granada Compass plc. At the same it spun off the Granada Media Group as Granada Media plc, retaining 80% of the shares initally. The merger did not last long, and in 2001 Compass and Granada once again went their seperate ways, Compass taking all of Granada's food and hospitality business with it. The "new" Granada was a pure media company. The British company Compass Group is one of the largest food service businesses in the world. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... The British company Compass Group is one of the largest food service businesses in the world. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

Later events, and merger with Carlton

In 2000, Granada Media purchased United News & Media's television interests, though it was forced to sell the HTV broadcasting business (to Carlton) for competition reasons, though it held onto HTV's network production business. It also acquired Border Television, selling its radio interests to Capital Radio plc. UBM Logo United Business Media provides business information services principally to the technology, healthcare, media, automotive and financial services industries. ... Current ITV Wales logo Current ITV West logo HTV Group plc is a television company, the ITV contractor of Wales and the West of England, owned by ITV plc. ... Border Television logo, 1993-1998 Border Television is the ITV franchisee for the border region between England and Scotland, and also the Crown Dependency of Isle of Man. ... GCap Media plc is a British commercial radio company formed from the merger of the Capital Radio Group and GWR Group. ...

In 2002 ITV Digital, the renamed ONdigital, collapsed. Speculation now began to centre on when, not if, Carlton and Granada would merge. In 2003 a merger was agreed between the two companies, with Granada shareholders owning two-thirds of the new company. That the new company was in effect a takeover by Granada of Carlton was admitted in the first annual report of the new company, ITV plc, which treated the company as a continuation of Granada plc (with the Carlton merger regarded as an acquisition) for accounting purposes. For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ITV plc is a British media company which operates the oldest and largest commercial terrestrial television network in the United Kingdom. ...

The Granada name remains as the name of the North-West ITV franchise, and is used to brand productions of ITV plc companies on channels other than ITV branded channels in the United Kingdom and TV3 Ireland, where ITV Productions is used instead. For details on the company's history after 2 February 2004, see ITV plc. TV3 Ireland is the sole commercial television channel in the Republic of Ireland. ... February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ITV plc is a British media company which operates the oldest and largest commercial terrestrial television network in the United Kingdom. ...

See also

• Granada Television
• Granada (production company)

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External links

• Granada Productions
• History of Granada Group