ITV Channel Television

ITV Channel Television

Logo used since 2013
Type	Region of television network
Branding	ITV1
First air date	1 September 1962; 62 years ago (1962-09-01)
TV transmitters	Fremont Point
Headquarters	St Helier, Jersey
Broadcast area	Channel Islands
Owner	ITV plc
Dissolved	lost on-air identity on 14 January 2013 (2013-01-14) (now known as ITV1 at all times)
Former names	Channel Television (1962–2011)
Picture format	1080i HDTV, downscaled to 576i for SDTV
Affiliation(s)	ITV
Official website	itv.com/channel
Language	English

ITV Channel Television, previously Channel Television, is a British television station which has served as the ITV contractor for the Channel Islands since 1962. It is based in Jersey and broadcasts regional programmes for insertion into the network ITV schedule. Until November 2011, Channel Television was one of four ITV companies independent from ITV plc alongside the two STV regions in Scotland and UTV in Northern Ireland. The station has been owned by ITV plc since 2012 and the licence was transferred to ITV Broadcasting Limited in March 2017.^{[notes 1]}

Until the takeover by ITV plc, Channel Television also had a responsibility to ensure independent productions for ITV complied with the regulator Ofcom's broadcasting rules. Until the regulations changed, Ofcom could only impose a maximum fine of 5% of the revenue of the company responsible for compliance, and as Channel was by far the smallest ITV contractor, this minimised the potential fines to which ITV as a whole would be exposed.^[1] Channel handled compliance for programmes including The X Factor, Midsomer Murders and the British Comedy Awards.^[2]

The station's main competitor is the BBC, which operates an opt-out of the South West England news programme Spotlight.

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