Timeline of Ulster Television

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This is a timeline of the history of Ulster Television (now known as UTV ). It provides the ITV network service for Northern Ireland.

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1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 TV Live: UTV
  3. ↑ TV Live: Ulster Television 1980-1988
  4. ↑ TV Ark: ITV Overnight Services
  5. ↑ "Northern Ireland gets ITV2". Media Guardian. 23 January 2002. Retrieved 2011-06-27.
  6. ↑ UTV Today: 2003–05 Scenery Idents (Old Soundtrack) Archived 6 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 4 January 2009.
  7. ↑ Belfast Telegraph: "Curtain falls on the Kelly Show"; dated 1 September 2005, retrieved 11 January 2008
  8. 1 2 UTV Today: 2006–07 Scenery Idents: About These Idents Archived 6 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 1 April 2008.
  9. ↑ Archived 10 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ↑ "UTV Life may face axe" Belfast Telegraph, 8 October 2008; accessed 18 January 2009
  11. ↑ "UTV HD launches on Virgin Media NI". Digital Spy. 5 October 2010.
  12. ↑ TV Ark: UTV 2012-2016
  13. ↑ "Northern Ireland completes UK digital TV switchover". BBC News. 23 October 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
  14. ↑ UTV Ireland to broadcast GMB with Ireland Live News Archived 2015-02-09 at the Wayback Machine , utv.ie, 30 January 2015
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  16. ↑ "UTV Ireland moves tea-time slot while launching hourly news updates". Goss.ie. Retrieved 2015-06-10.
  17. ↑ "ITV confirms £100m takeover of UTV Media's television channels". The Guardian. 19 October 2015.
  18. ↑ McDonnell, Francess (29 February 2016). "UTV rebrands as Wireless Group and shifts focus to radio". Irish Times. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  19. ↑ "TV3 owner Virgin Media buys UTV Ireland for €10m". The Irish Times .
  20. 1 2 ITV axes UTV Live Tonight in network revamp, Belfast Telegraph, 10 August 2016
  21. ↑ UTV's new channel identity goes live, itv.com, 17 October 2016
  22. ↑ UTV to relocate from Belfast's Havelock House, bbc.co.uk, 14 October 2016
  23. ↑ @cleanfeed_ttvr (April 1, 2020). "NEWS: tonight's announcement by UTV, about coronavirus-related changes - including the suspension of local (UTV) on…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  24. 1 2 End of era at UTV as Julian Simmons and Gillian Porter exit, Belfast Telegraph, 26 November 2020
  25. ↑ "UTV or ITV?". The Ident Gallery. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
  26. ↑ "ITV will rebrand main channel as ITV1 alongside launch of ITVX". Radio Times. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
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