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| Type | Region of television network |
|---|---|
| Branding | ITV1 |
| Country | UK |
First air date | 1 September 1961 |
| TV transmitters | Caldbeck, Selkirk (formerly Richmond Hill, Whitehaven) |
| Headquarters | Carlisle |
Broadcast area | Cumbria (majority) Dumfries and Galloway (majority) Scottish Borders (formerly Isle of Man) |
| Owner | ITV plc |
| Dissolved | lost on-air identity on 27 October 2002 (now known as ITV1 at all times) |
Former names | Border Television |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV, downscaled to 576i for SDTV |
| Affiliation(s) | ITV |
Official website | itv |
ITV Border, previously Border Television and commonly referred to as simply Border, is the Channel 3 service provided by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the England/Scotland border region, covering most of Cumbria and Dumfries and Galloway, the Scottish Borders and parts of Northumberland. The TV service previously covered the Isle of Man from 26 March 1965 until 15 July 2009.
Border Television was taken over by Granada plc in 2001 and a year later, as part of a network-wide re-launch, the name Border Television was dropped from on-air presentation, continuity and idents before networked programming in favour of the national ITV1 brand (ITV1 Border was used before regional programming). The licence for the region was transferred from Border Television to ITV Broadcasting Limited in November 2008. The legal name of the company was changed on 29 December 2006 from Border Television Ltd to ITV Border Ltd. The company was dissolved on 7 February 2023.[1]
As of 25 February 2009, the regional news programme Lookaround was broadcast from the studios of ITV Tyne Tees in Gateshead with news and advertising staff based at offices in Carlisle and Edinburgh.[2] However, on 16 September 2013, a full regional news service for the Border region was restored as part of an extensive relaunch of the station's local programming. A sub-regional service for the south of Scotland was reintroduced in January 2014. (The third channel in the rest of Scotland is STV.)
- ^ House, Companies. "ITV Border Limited". Gov.UK. Companies House. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ Story, Chris (7 February 2009). "Revamped Lookaround set for broadcast on February 25". News & Star. Archived from the original on 11 February 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2011.