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| Company type | Sports coverage |
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| Genre | Sport |
| Predecessor | Granada Sport; Carlton Sport; LSN (London News Network) |
| Founded | 1985 |
| Founder | ITV Network |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | United Kingdom |
Key people | Niall Sloane (ITV Director of Sport); Mark Demuth (Controller of Sport Production) |
| Parent | ITV Studios |
| Website | itv |
ITV Sport is the sports department of ITV plc, which produces and presents sports programming for the ITV network and ITVX. The branding was originally introduced in 1985 as an umbrella title for networked sports programming produced by ITV's regional franchises. The division took its current form in 2004 amid the acquisition of Carlton Television by Granada Television to form ITV plc, after which the sports departments of Granada, Carlton, and London News Network were amalgamated to form ITV Sport.[1]
Most ITV Sport programmes are broadcast on ITV4, with some streaming on ITVX, and ITV2 and ITV3 normally used as overflow channels. The ITV network primarily broadcasts marquee events, particularly major football, horse racing, and rugby events.
The director of ITV Sport is Niall Sloane, who reports to ITV's director of television Kevin Lygo.
- ^ Milmo, Dan (15 November 2003). "Carlton-Granada merger clears last hurdle". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 22 November 2024.