Editing ITV (TV network) (section)

==Current licensees==
[[File:ITV branding map 2013.svg|thumb|180px|On-air branding of the ITV network regions 2013–2022. Since then, ITV has rebranded as ITV1.]]
[[File:ITV-branded franchises map 2015.svg|180px|thumb|The fully ITV-branded franchises since 2014]]
There are fifteen regional licences, covering fourteen regions (there are separate weekday and weekend licences for the London region), and one national licence for the breakfast service. All licences listed here were renewed until the end of 2024. Licences in England and Wales were held by the individual regional ITV plc owned companies prior to November 2008.<ref>{{cite news| title =Television Broadcast Licensing Update November 2008| publisher =Ofcom| date =November 2008| url =http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/tv-broadcast-licences/updates/200811| access-date =20 September 2012| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20100731185332/http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/tv-broadcast-licences/updates/200811| archive-date =31 July 2010| df =dmy-all}}</ref>

The appointment to provide national news for Channel 3 is also subject to approval by Ofcom. This appointment has been held by [[ITN]] since the channel's inception, and has also been approved through the end of 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv-radio-and-on-demand/information-for-industry/tv/c3-news-provider|title=Appointed news provider for Channel 3|date=1 May 2019|access-date=12 August 2021|publisher=[[Ofcom|Office of Communications]]|archive-date=12 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812141132/https://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv-radio-and-on-demand/information-for-industry/tv/c3-news-provider|url-status=live}}</ref>

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! colspan= 6 | Regional Channel 3 licences
|-
!Licence service area<ref>[https://www.ofcom.org.uk/manage-your-licence/tv-broadcast-licences/current-licensees/channel-3 "Channel 3 (ITV & STV)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511151930/https://www.ofcom.org.uk/manage-your-licence/tv-broadcast-licences/current-licensees/channel-3 |date=11 May 2019 }}, ''Ofcom'', accessed 11 May 2019</ref>
!Licence holder<ref name=":0">{{cite news
  | title = Channel 3 (ITV)
  | publisher = Ofcom
  | url = http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/tv-broadcast-licences/current-licensees/channel-3/
  | access-date = 27 September 2007
  | archive-date = 26 August 2016
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160826104351/http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/tv-broadcast-licences/current-licensees/channel-3/
  | url-status = dead
  }}</ref>
!Licence held since
!Parent company
!Service name
!On air name
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| Central [[Scotland]] || STV Central Limited || 31 August 1957 || rowspan="2" |[[STV Group|STV Group plc]] || [[Scottish Television|STV Central]] || [[STV (TV channel)|STV]]
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| North of [[Scotland]] || STV North Limited || 30 September 1961 || [[Grampian Television|STV North]] || STV
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| [[East of England]] || rowspan="13" |ITV Broadcasting Limited || December 2006<ref group="Note">"Anglia Television Limited", which had provided the service since 1959, had its name changed to "ITV Broadcasting Limited" on 29 December 2006.</ref> || rowspan="13" |[[ITV plc]] || [[ITV Anglia]] || [[ITV1]]
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| [[England–Scotland Border]] || November 2008 || [[ITV Border]] || ITV1
|-
| East, West and South [[English Midlands|Midlands]]<ref group="Note">Up to 1968, the service for the Midlands region was provided by [[Associated Television|ATV]] for Monday to Friday and by [[ABC Weekend]] for weekends.</ref><ref group="Note" name="Oxford">The Oxford area was transferred from the Central to the Meridian licence on 1 January 2014</ref> || November 2008 || [[ITV Central]] || ITV1
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| [[Wales]]<ref group="Note">Wales and West of England until 31 December 2013</ref> || November 2008 || [[ITV Cymru Wales]] || ITV1 Cymru Wales<ref group="Note">Usually just ITV1.</ref>
|-
| [[North West England]]<ref group="Note">Up to 1968, the service for a single Northern area consisting of both the current North West region and most of the current Yorkshire region was provided by [[Granada Television]] for Monday to Friday and by [[ABC Weekend]] for weekends.</ref> and [[Isle of Man]]<ref group="Note">Coverage was transferred from ITV Border and Tyne Tees to ITV Granada following DSO in the Isle of Man in July 2009.</ref> || November 2008 || [[ITV Granada]] || ITV1
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| [[London]] (weekdays) || November 2008 || [[ITV London]] ([[Carlton Television|weekdays]]) || ITV1
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| London (weekends) || November 2008 || [[ITV London]] ([[London Weekend Television|weekends]]) || ITV1
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| [[South England|South]] and [[South East England]]<ref group="Note" name="Oxford"/> || November 2008 || [[ITV Meridian]] || ITV1
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| [[North East England]] || November 2008 || [[ITV Tyne Tees]] || ITV1
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| [[South West England|South West]] and [[West of England]]<ref group="Note">South West of England only until 31 December 2013</ref> || November 2008 || [[ITV West Country]] || ITV1
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| [[Yorkshire]] and [[Lincolnshire]] || November 2008 || [[ITV Yorkshire]] || ITV1
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| [[Channel Islands]] || March 2017 || [[ITV Channel Television|ITV Channel TV]] || ITV1<ref group="Note">Since 2013 all presentation has only carried the ITV/ITV1 name, however the name ''ITV Channel Television'' was previously used on-screen.</ref>
|-
| [[Northern Ireland]] || February 2016 || [[UTV (TV channel)|UTV]] || ITV1 ([[UTV (TV channel)|UTV]])<ref group="Note">Despite UTV permanently adopting ITV/ITV1 continuity in November 2020, the UTV brand is still used for local programming.</ref>
|}
{| class="wikitable"
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! colspan="6" |National Channel 3 licences
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!Licence service area
!Licence holder<ref name=":0" />
!Licence held since
!Parent company
!Service name
!On air name
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|National breakfast time<ref group="Note">The current breakfast holder, [[ITV Breakfast|ITV Breakfast Ltd]], is a rebrand of [[GMTV]], which took over from the previous incumbent, [[TV-am]] in 1993.</ref>
|ITV Breakfast Limited
|1993
|ITV plc<ref group="Note">ITV plc purchased the remaining stake of [[GMTV]] (now [[ITV Breakfast]]) from The Walt Disney Company in November 2009.</ref>
|[[ITV Breakfast]]
|ITV1
|}