ITV Choice (formerly Granada UKTV, Granada TV and ITV Granada) was an international cable and satellite television channel owned and operated by

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History

The channel was launched in 1997 by Granada Media under the name Granada UKTV, and offered cable and satellite services in

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and

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. It was also carried by

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between 1999 and 2002.New Year Programme Changes For Sky Television
10 December 2001 The service was expanded and relaunched as Granada TV during 2008, when ITV announced plans to offer the channel to cable and satellite operators in Asia. On 1 November 2010, it was rebranded as ITV Granada. The channel was renamed again as ITV Choice on 25 March 2013. On 20 August 2019, it suddenly ceased broadcasting in many markets across the Middle East, Malta and Asia, while transmission in South Africa was unaffected. On 18 March 2020, it was announced that the channel would cease broadcasting in Africa on 4 June of that year.ITV Choice will no longer be available on DStv from 4 June
18 March 2020 '' Tipping Point'' was the last programme to be broadcast on the channel before closure in Africa.

Programming

It primarily carried ITV and other UK programming, produced by ITV Studios and other independent production companies. Key programmes include '' Coronation Street'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Dancing on Ice'', '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The Chase'', '' Tipping Point'', among others.

Availability

and

on Measat 3 *

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on Astro (channel 735, from 21 December 2009 until 16 January 2017) *

on Sky Television (from January 1999 until 1 January 2002) *

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(channel 82, from 6 December 2010) *

on GO Channel 305 and Melita Cable (channel 309) * The Middle East on

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's Star Select service, Orbit Showtime Network OSN channel 47 and Arab Digital Distribution *

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(channel 517, from 7 September 2010) and

(from January 1997 until 1 January 2002) *

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

on Skynindo (channel 27) and TelkomVision (channel 503) *

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

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(from 5 January 2012) *

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(channel 23, from 15 July 2009 until 25 March 2013),

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(channel 523, from 1 December 2009 until 30 December 2013) and

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(channel 337, from 1 July 2015 until 19 August 2019) *

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through Cable Thai Holding. * Africa on DStv (from 5 May 2015 until 4 June 2020)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:ITV Choice ITV (TV network) ITV television channels English-language television stations Television channels and stations established in 1997 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2020