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ITV1 is a British advertisment-supported television channel which broadcasts in England and Wales. Together with Grampian TV and Scottish TV (in Scotland), and Ulster TV (in Northern Ireland) it makes up the largest of the commercial networks in the United Kingdom.

Technically the station comprises an association of regional broadcasters, however a series of mergers since 1992 has meant that in practice all of the regional franchises for England and Wales are now owned by a single company, ITV plc. The company is also the majority shareholder in the other ITV channels: ITV2, ITV3, ITV4 and CITV.

ITV contractors

Current contractors (with service region and date of first sign-on)

Station	Region	First sign-on date	Notes
Anglia Television	East of England	October 27, 1959	Also serviced the Lincolnshire area until 1974, when it was transferred to Yorkshire Television's service area
Border Television	English-Scottish border and Isle of Man	September 1, 1961
Carlton Television	London weekdays (9:25 a.m. Monday-5:15 p.m. Friday)	January 1, 1993
Central Independent Television	Midlands	January 1, 1982
Channel Television	Channel Islands	September 1, 1962
Grampian Television	Northern Scotland	September 30, 1961
Granada Television	Northwest England	May 3, 1956	Formerly serviced the North of England region on weekdays until the region was split into Northwest England and Yorkshire in 1968
HTV	Wales and West of England	May 20, 1968	Formerly operated as Harlech Television, 1968-1970; the Wales portion of HTV aired programming in English (as HTV Wales) and Welsh (as HTV Cymru) until the Welsh-language S4C went on-air on November 1, 1982
ITV Breakfast	National breakfast franchise (6 a.m.-9:25 a.m.)	January 1, 1993	Previously known as GMTV until September 3, 2010
London Weekend Television	London weekends (5:15 p.m. Friday-5:59 a.m. Monday)	August 2, 1968	Formerly ran from 7 p.m. Friday to closedown Sunday night/Monday morning until 1982
Meridian Broadcasting	South and Southeast England	January 1, 1993
Scottish Television	Central Scotland	August 31, 1957
Tyne Tees Television	Northeast England	January 15, 1959
UTV	Northern Ireland	October 31, 1959	Formerly operated as Ulster Television, 1959-1993
Westcountry Television	Southwest England	January 1, 1993
Yorkshire Television	Yorkshire	July 29, 1968	Formerly serviced on weekdays by Granada Television and on weekends by ABC Television as part of the North of England region until the region was split in 1968; expanded service to Lincolnshire, formerly serviced by Anglia Television, in 1974

Former contractors (with service region and dates of operation)

Station	Region	Dates of operation	Notes
ABC Television	Midlands and North of England weekends	February 18, 1956-July 28, 1968 (Midlands) May 5, 1956-July 28, 1968 (North of England)	Merged with Rediffusion London to form Thames Television in 1968 as a condition of receiving the London weekday contract in the 1967 franchise round
Associated-Rediffusion	London weekdays	September 22, 1955-July 29, 1968	Later operated as Rediffusion London, 1964-1968; merged with ABC Television to form Thames Television in 1968 after ABC won the London weekday contract in the 1967 franchise round, as a condition of ABC's awarding of the contract
ATV Network	London weekends and Midlands weekdays until 1968; Midlands all week after 1968	September 24, 1955-July 28, 1968 (London weekends) February 17, 1956-July 26, 1968 (Midlands weekdays) July 29, 1968-December 31, 1981 (Midlands all week)
Independent Television Service for Wales and the West	Wales and West of England, English-language	March 4-May 20, 1968	Served as an interim ITV contractor for the Wales and West of England region after TWW left the air until Harlech Television was ready to sign on
Southern Television	South and Southeast England	August 30, 1958-December 31, 1981
Thames Television	London weekdays	July 30, 1968-December 31, 1992	Ran from 6 a.m. Monday to 7 p.m. Friday until 1982, and from 9:25 a.m. Monday to 5:15 p.m. Friday after 1982
Teledu Cymru (Wales West and North Television)	Wales, Welsh-language	September 14, 1962-January 26, 1964	Merged with TWW
Television South West	Southwest England	January 1, 1982-December 31, 1992
Television South	South and Southeast England	January 1, 1982-December 31, 1992
Television Wales and the West	Wales and West of England, English-language	January 14, 1958-March 3, 1968
TV-am	National breakfast franchise (6 a.m.-9:25 a.m.)	February 1, 1983-December 31, 1992
Westward Television	Southwest England	April 29, 1961-December 31, 1981