ITV News Channel

The ITV News Channel was a 24-hour television news channel in the United Kingdom which broadcast from 1 August 2000 to 23 December 2005. The channel was a joint venture between ITN and NTL as the “ITN News Channel”. In June 2002, Carlton Television and Granada Television – the predecessors of ITV plc – bought out ITN’s 65-per-cent stake. This led to a rebrand as the ITV News Channel in September 2002. In April 2004 the newly created ITV plc bought NTL’s 35-per-cent stake to assume full control of the channel.