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ITV Granada in Asia

or just general wikipedia junk? (September 2011)

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TV Matters
Hi all, just strolling through the wonders of wikipedia, and came across this website on the UKTV page:
http://www.itv.asia/
Is this for real? Never heard of it before. Confused
MW
Mike W
http://www.itv.asia/images/stories/logo/ITVGLOGO-FINALBLUWH.jpg
Yes it's registered to ITV plc.
Quote:

CED Form of ID (Other):
CED Identification Number:U72200AP2003TC42001
Operations and Notifications ID:1500260098
Operations and Notifications Name:Tautz, Helen
Operations and Notifications Organization:ITV Network Limited
Operations and Notifications Address:200 Gray''s Inn Road
Operations and Notifications Address2:
Operations and Notifications Address3:
Operations and Notifications City:London
Operations and Notifications State/Province:
Operations and Notifications Country/Economy:GB
Operations and Notifications Postal Code:WC1X 8HF
Operations and Notifications Phone:+44.2076201620
Operations and Notifications Phone Ext.:
Operations and Notifications FAX:+44.2079284943
Operations and Notifications FAX Ext.:
Operations and Notifications E-mail:
AG
AxG
There are also links to various providers of the channel in Asia, including SingTel, StarHub, Now and Astro.

Although I'm not sure that including the large logo was necessary in your post. Smile
MW
Mike W
AxG posted:
There are also links to various providers of the channel in Asia, including SingTel, StarHub, Now and Astro.

Although I'm not sure that including the large logo was necessary in your post. Smile


Sorry, used to auto resizing, I was just trying to illustrate how vile it is. I swear that's Arial!
TV
TV Matters
Ok, so its official. Does anyone have information on when it was launched, and why it is under the Granada name?
MW
Mike W
TV Matters posted:
Ok, so its official. Does anyone have information on when it was launched, and why it is under the Granada name?


Domain creation was November 2007. I imagine it uses the Granada banner because most of ITV's programming was produced by them and still is/can be credited to them..
VM
VMPhil
It's been going for a few years. Originally it was called UK•TV from Granada, then Granada TV, and now they've bizarrely renamed it to ITV Granada. Confusing or what?
BE
Ben Founding member
It's been mentioned on this forum before http://www.tvforum.co.uk/tvhome/granada-tv-29970/ too, and that ITV logo seems to be a cross between the Granada TV logo they were using before and the current ITV logo. Looks horrible though.
RI
Rijowhi
I think ITV Granada will eventually become ITV Asia, it's just the Granada name was more well known there than ITV...or so I've read previously. Embarassed
JO
Jonny
Made using Yolasite, apparently.

Echoing what others have said, it first appeared 2-3 years ago as Granada TV, as these three screengrabs show.

Would love to see what it looks like on screen. TV from the heart, I wonder?
JA
james
Jonny posted:
Made using Yolasite, apparently.

Echoing what others have said, it first appeared 2-3 years ago as Granada TV, as these three screengrabs show.

Would love to see what it looks like on screen. TV from the heart, I wonder?


No TV from the heart! Laughing Basically it is just a stock video of some blue swirls with the ITV Granada logo fading in. It shows repeats from most of the ITV line-up (including I'm a Celebrity) and there have been themed breakbumpers for the channel (most recently, for the royal wedding). As a channel its not bad, but as another user commented it is indeed Arial for the Granada part of the logo!
JW
JamesWorldNews
In Asia, I am not sure that the labels "ITV" or "Granada" are well known at all, either solitary or in any combination of the terms, except perhaps amongst UK expats.

The use of the suffix or prefix "UK" was most probably done to overcome the anonimity of the brand in overseas markets.

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