ITV plc launches Granada as production brand

It doesn't make sense, for ITVplc it makes financial sense and as said after the BBC, Granada is the most recognised and the biggest production company, so for financial reasons you don't blame them. Though I guess they think that people still would rather see Granada then ITV, which really it is more that Granada took over Carlton, as they have a bigger share in ITVplc and Charles Allen is currently head of the company.

Though they said that not everything will be coming under ITV ___ (Name goes there), as Carlton Screen Advertising will still exsist. On the day of the merger the head of regional programmes at Granada (Manchester) said that programmes will come under 'Granada Production' but she meant this in the same way that Corin did, which is that when people hear Granada they always associate it with the North West.

Plus you never know they may have not got permission from SMG and the Independents to use the ITV name across Network programmes, as to those viewers it will make no sense, same to those who watch ITVplc's programmes on other channels, as Countdown would have looked odd on the endcap

ITV
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An ITV Production for Channel 4.

Though its nice to see that Granada will still exist for some time to come on screen, which is good I suppose. It is confusing though, they don't seem to be thinking like one big company which Allen and Green promised some time ago.

I was looking in The Times on Friday and it said that there will be a conference on Monday, which will see a new logo for ITVplc and confirmation of the closures and the creation of Granada Productions.

Because of the reputation that the name Granada in the world of TV production.

It's got to be called something and an ITV production for the BBC woul be an odd thing indeed

That's the article I linked to at the beginning of this thread. And it's not a new logo for ITV plc, it's a new logo for Granada Production that's being unveiled.

Didn't they have a studio in London back in the early days ?

Didn't they do the 'Army Game' & a variety show from there?

(ISTR reading somewhere !)

Yes, IIRC Granada had a Studio 9 in London in the 1960's. I heard about the variety programme as well, can't remember the name of the programme though! Could have been called something like 'Live from Studio 9' or 'Studio 9 Presents' or something similar.

"Chelsea at Nine", wasn't it?

Yes, and it was on at 8.30pm! Apparently Bernstein decided it sounded better than "Chelsea at Half Past Eight". He was also the man who numbered the Granada studios 2, 4, 6 and 8 to make it sound like they had more.

Well I don't know when this new Granada Production endcap is launching but Today with Des and Mel was still credited to Carlton Television and we still had the same Carlton endcap.

Has anyone seem a new production endcap yet? Will it just be the generic GMG purple one but with the 3d upsidedown 'V's one (as apposed to the Granada 'G' one)?

The new logo for "Granada" (not Granada Productions, or Granada Content) is effectively the old corporate GR/N/D/ type forming the spur of a red "G" character.

Is this online anywhere?

well i think its sucks whty shoudlgranada be able to keep kst name when carlton has löost its ( i know many people critisise carlton for its poor programming butr it was a more friendly branded franchise with better graphics in its later years i feel!! and also showed better imported programmes rather thsan the regional trash that is shown by granada companies!