ITV Sport
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| Sports coverage | |
| Genre | Sport |
| Predecessor |
Granada Sport; Carlton Sport; ISN (London News Network) |
| Founded | 1985 |
| Founder | ITV Network |
| Headquarters | London, England |
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Area served
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United Kingdom |
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Key people
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Niall Sloane (ITV Director of Sport); Mark Demuth (Controller of Sport Production) |
| Owner | ITV plc |
| Parent | ITV Studios |
| Website | itv |
ITV Sport is a sport producer for ITV. It was formed following the merger between Granada Sport and Carlton Sport.
The majority of ITV Sport programmes are broadcast on ITV4 although live football, the Rugby World Cup and the French Open Tennis finals are shown on the ITV Network (ITV, STV and UTV).
The controller of ITV Sport is Niall Sloane, who reports to ITV's director of news, current affairs and sport Michael Jermey.
ITV Sport was created as an umbrella brand for sport programmes on ITV Network, No programmes were actually produced by ITV Sport during this time, but rather the 15 ITV companies each produced sports shows for the umbrella brand, such as World of Sport by LWT and Thames.
In 2004, Granada and Carlton merged, creating a single company for all ITV franchises in England and Wales. The current ITV sport department was formed from the amalgamation of Granada Sport, Carlton's (previously Central's) sports department and ISN, the sport division of London News Network.
ITV used to have a dedicated sports channel on the ITV Digital network. Originally broadcasting UEFA Champions League football and ATP Masters Series tennis under the brand ONsport, it was renamed as the ITV Sport Channel. Lasting for just one football season, the ITV Sport Channel launched on Saturday 11 August 2001 and closed on Saturday 12 May 2002.
During the 2001-02 football season ITV showed the on-demand Premier League football matches from Sky Sports on a channel called ITV Sport Select.
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