Granada Limited (previously called Granada plc, Granada Group plc and Granada Media plc) is a former British media and previously catering conglomerate, best known as the former parent of Granada Television Limited. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located "Popular press" redirects here note that the University of Wisconsin Press publishes under the imprint "The Popular Press" Catering is the Business of providing Foodservice at a remote site Granada Television is the United Kingdom ITV contractor for North West England. It is now known as ITV plc following its merger with Carlton Communications plc. ITV plc ( is a British media company that operates 11 of the 15 regional television broadcasters that make up the ITV Network, the oldest and largest commercial Carlton Communications Limited (previously Carlton Communications plc was a British media company
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At the time of the merger with Carlton Communications plc, Granada was mainly involved in the television business. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic It owned seven ITV companies – Granada Television, London Weekend Television, Yorkshire Television, Tyne Tees Television, Meridian Broadcasting, Anglia Television and Border Television. Independent Television (generally known as ITV) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters set up under the Independent Granada Television is the United Kingdom ITV contractor for North West England. Yorkshire Television is the ITV contractor for the Yorkshire franchise Tyne Tees Television is the ITV television contractor for North East England. Meridian Broadcasting (now legally known as ITV Meridian is the holder of the ITV franchise for the south and south east of England. } Anglia Television is the ITV station for the East of England which has been broadcasting since 27 October 1959. Border Television (now legally known as ITV Border is the ITV franchisee for the border region between England and Scotland (including the south of Scotland much of Cumbria It also owned the ITV Digital Channels Ltd 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. ITV Digital Channels Limited (ITVDCL (formerly known as Granada Sky Broadcasting or GSB and Carlton Digital Broadcasting or CDB) is Men & Motors is a men's lifestyle Television channel in the UK. Granada Plus was a satellite channel run by Granada Sky Broadcasting. ITV2 is a 24 hour a day Free-to-air entertainment Television channel in the United Kingdom owned by ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of The ITV News Channel was a 24 hour Television News channel in the United Kingdom which broadcast from 2000 to 2005. ITN ( Independent Television News) is a major news and content provider with headquarters in the United Kingdom. It also owned 45% of TV3 Ireland. TV3 Ireland was the first independent Television channel in Ireland, entirely funded by revenue from advertising
Charles Allen was executive chairman of Granada until 2 February 2004, when he became chief executive of the newly-created ITV plc, a post he retained until 1 October, 2006. ITV plc ( is a British media company that operates 11 of the 15 regional television broadcasters that make up the ITV Network, the oldest and largest commercial
History
Media business
Granada has its origins in Sidney Bernstein's Granada Theatres, a cinema company founded in Dover in 1930. Sidney Lewis Bernstein Baron Bernstein ( January 30, 1899 - February 5, 1993) was one of Britain's first television "barons" the least Cinemaaustraliajpg|thumb|A movie theater in Australia ]]A movie theater, movie theatre, picture theatre or cinema is a venue Dover is a town and major ferry port in the county of Kent, England. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The company has been listed on the London Stock Exchange in one form or another since 1935. The London Stock Exchange or LSE is a Stock exchange located in London, England. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. It was awarded the North of England ITV franchise in 1954. Independent Television (generally known as ITV) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters set up under the Independent For more details on the history of that part of Granada's business, see Granada Television. Granada Television is the United Kingdom ITV contractor for North West England. Granada also established a chain of television rental shops from 1959 onwards. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
During the 1980s, Granada became involved in the British Satellite Broadcasting satellite television company. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. British Satellite Broadcasting ( BSB) (1986-1990 was a company set up in 1986 to provide Direct broadcast satellite television services to the United Kingdom Satellite television is Television delivered by the means of Communications satellites as compared to conventional Terrestrial television and Cable 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 shareholding for some time. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) In 1991 the cinemas business was sold to Bass. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. In 1994 Granada acquired London Weekend Television. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) In 1997 it acquired Yorkshire Tyne-Tees Television plc, forming the Granada Media Group. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Yorkshire Television is the ITV contractor for the Yorkshire franchise It also bid together with Carlton Communications plc and British Sky Broadcasting for the UK Digital terrestrial television licence. Carlton Communications Limited (previously Carlton Communications plc was a British media company British Sky Broadcasting ( BSkyB — Sky Television and BSB) is a company that operates Sky Digital, a subscription television service in the Digital Terrestrial Television ( DTTV or DTT) is an implementation of digital technology to provide a greater number of channels and/or better quality of picture and They won the licence, though BSkyB was excluded from the company, ONdigital for competition grounds. ITV Digital was a British Digital terrestrial television broadcaster, which launched a pay-TV service on the world's first digital terrestrial television network It went on air in 1998.
Catering business
Aside from media, Granada's other main strength was in the catering business. Catering is the Business of providing Foodservice at a remote site It opened its first motorway service area in 1965, and established a chain of service areas across the British motorway network. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Motorway is a term for both a type of Road and a classification or designation In the 1990s it expanded into other areas of catering, including most notably the acquisition of Forte Group. Forte Group plc was a British hotel and restaurant company Beginnings Charles Forte set up his first "milk bar" in 1935 as Strand Milk Bar
Granada Rentals
Until the late 1990s there was a wide spread high street chain called Granada Rentals. This was an electrical rentals chain similar to the likes of Radio Rentals and Rediffusion. Radio Rentals was formed in 1932 to rent out radio sets It later moved into televisions and ultimately videos Rediffusion was a business which distributed radio and TV signals through wired relay networks However due to changes in the consumer trend from renting electrical goods to buying electrical goods this had resulted in the decline of this chain which became Box Clever following a merger with Radio Rentals in 2000. Box Clever is a British electronic and domestic appliance rental chain created in 2000 by the merger of Radio Rentals and Granada Rentals. This successor company had since withdrawn from the high street and now only has an internet presence.
Merger and De-merger with Compass Group
In 2000 Granada merged with Compass Group plc to form Granada Compass plc. Compass Group plc ( a British company is the largest Food service business in the world 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Compass Group plc ( a British company is the largest Food service business in the world At the same it spun off the Granada Media Group as Granada Media plc, retaining 80% of the shares initially. The merger did not last long, and in 2001 Compass and Granada once again went their separate ways, Compass taking all of Granada's food and hospitality business with it. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. The de-merged Granada was a pure media company.
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. United Business Media Limited provides business information services principally to the technology healthcare media automotive and financial services industries HTV, now legally known as ITV Wales and West, is the ITV contractor for Wales and the West of England. It also acquired Border Television, selling its radio interests to Capital Radio plc. Border Television (now legally known as ITV Border is the ITV franchisee for the border region between England and Scotland (including the south of Scotland much of Cumbria GCap Media was 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. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. 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. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. 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 effectively a continuation of Granada plc (with the Carlton merger regarded as an acquisition) for accounting purposes. ITV plc ( is a British media company that operates 11 of the 15 regional television broadcasters that make up the ITV Network, the oldest and largest commercial
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, where ITV Productions is used instead. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located For details on the company's history after 2 February 2004, see ITV plc. Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " ITV plc ( is a British media company that operates 11 of the 15 regional television broadcasters that make up the ITV Network, the oldest and largest commercial
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