CITV
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CITV (standing for '''Children's Independent Television''') is a British children's morning programming block on ITV2 and formerly a free-to-air channel owned by ITV plc. CITV, then Children's ITV, launched on 3 January 1983 as a late afternoon programming block on the ITV network for children aged 6–12. It replaced the earlier Watch It! branding and introduced networked in-vision continuity links between programmes. These links were originally pre-recorded from a small London studio until 1987, when Central won the contract to produce live links from their Birmingham studios. In 2004, present
Key facts
- Television channel.name
- CITV
- Television channel.logo
- CITV logo 2013.svg
- Television channel.logo_caption
- Logo used since 2013
- Television channel.launch_date
- (ITV block) (channel) (ITV2 block)
- Television channel.closed_date
- (ITV block)() (channel)() (ITV2 block)()
- Television channel.picture_format
- 1080i/1080p HDTV(downscaled to 576i on terrestrial television)
- Television channel.language
- English
- Television channel.owner
- ITV plc
- Television channel.parent
- ITV Digital Channels
- Television channel.country
- United Kingdom
- Television channel.network
- ITV (1983–2023)ITV2 (2023–present)
- Television channel.terr_serv_1
- Freeview
- Television channel.terr_chan_1
- Channel 203
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- itv.com/citv
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- inception
- 2006-03-11
- social media followers
- 8611
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17 sectionsContents
- History
- Watch It! and Children's ITV: Early years (1980–1989)
- Stonewall Productions era (1989–1991)
- Central regains control (1991–2001)
- Cutbacks (2001–2006)
- ITV simulcast (2006–2023)
- ITV2 programming block (2023–present)
- CITV channel
- Original plans (2000–2005)
- Channel history (2006–2022)
- Last day and closure (2023)
- Programming
- List of programmes (British and imported)
- Ratings
- Footnotes
- References
- External links
CITV (standing for '''Children's Independent Television''') is a British children's morning programming block on ITV2 and formerly a free-to-air channel owned by ITV plc. CITV, then Children's ITV, launched on 3 January 1983 as a late afternoon programming block on the ITV network for children aged 6–12. It replaced the earlier Watch It! branding and introduced networked in-vision continuity links between programmes. These links were originally pre-recorded from a small London studio until 1987, when Central won the contract to produce live links from their Birmingham studios. In 2004, presentation of CITV was relocated to Granada Television in Manchester, which saw the demise of in-vision continuity. Nine years later, the operations moved to ITV Granada's MediaCityUK studios in Salford.
In 2006, CITV launched as a digital channel on Freeview. The channel primarily ran repeated ITV content and acquisitions daily from 6:00am to 9:00pm. Following the axing of its original afternoon slot in late 2006, a CITV programming block on the ITV network continued to air on weekend mornings from 6:00 am to 9:25 am as part of the ITV Breakfast time slot. CITV did not have a +1 simulcast, unlike the rest of ITV's portfolio of channels. Additionally, the channel was only simulcast in HD on Sky online and Sky Glass.