ITV HD

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ITV HD

Launched	9th June 2006
Owned by	ITV plc
Website	www.itv.com/hd
Availability
Terrestrial
Freeview	Channel 503 (London region only; trial on MPEG4 boxes only; no longer available)
Cable
Telewest	Channel 118

ITV HD was a high-definition television channel operated by ITV on a trial basis from June until November 2006, primarily to show the World Cup games to which ITV had the rights.

The channel was available to subscribers of the Telewest "TV Drive" cable service, and was also broadcast as a low-power digital terrestrial (DVB-T) channel from London's Crystal Palace Transmitter as part of a terrestrial HDTV trial involving 450 homes. ITV HD did not broadcast on Satellite TV, unlike BBC HD.

In addition to the World Cup games, ITV HD showed classic films remastered in HD (such as All Quiet on the Western Front and The Big Sleep), documentaries (such as Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Ocean Adventures) and dramas such as Poirot.

ITV HD stopped broadcasting on the 30 November 2006

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ITV

Companies: ITV plc • SMG plc • UTV plc • Channel Television Ltd

ITV Franchises

Northern Scotland: Grampian, STV North • Central Scotland: Scottish, STV Central • Scottish/English Border and Isle of Man: Border • Northern Ireland: UTV • North East England: Tyne Tees • Yorkshire/Lincolnshire: Yorkshire • North and North West England: ABC, Granada • Wales and the West of England: TWW, WWN, ITSWW, HTV • Midlands: ATV, ABC, Central • East Anglia: Anglia • London: Rediffusion, ATV, Thames, LWT, Carlton • South and South East England: Southern, TVS, Meridian • South West England: Westward, TSW, Westcountry • Channel Islands: Channel

National franchises

Breakfast: TV-am, GMTV/GMTV2 • Teletext: ORACLE, Teletext Ltd.

Non-franchise regions

STV • ITV Thames Valley • ITV London

News: ITN, ITV News • Sport: ITV Sport • Children: CITV • Online: itv.com, ITV Local • Mobile: ITV Mobile • Weather: ITV Weather