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Articles about 1981 ITV franchise round
Doing numbers
Published 4 August 2023
It’s all relative when it comes to the value of an ITV contract
How the new look will change ITV
Published 22 September 2022
The franchise results are in. What will this mean for ITV in the 1980s?
Tuning in with the winners
Published 22 September 2022
Elkan Allan looks at what convinced the IBA to pick TVS, TSW and TV-am
Breakfast with Anna
Published 15 October 2021
The new ITV contracts are announced, to mixed reviews from the Daily Mirror
Another chance to see… And it’s goodbye from us
Published 30 September 2021
A touching farewell that turned excruciating
Brearley opens, but Chataway’s in the running
Published 19 July 2021
Who’s promising what in the race to be Britain’s first breakfast TV contractor?
TV’s search for new logo over
Published 29 March 2021
TSW’s new identity is coming together, thanks to 80 similar suggestions for a logo
UTV’s rival reveals its plans for channel
Published 23 September 2020
What do Northern Ireland Independent Television have that Ulster Television don’t? The IBA in 1980 would have to decide
Southern get switched off
Published 27 June 2019
Reading’s Evening Post rushes out a front page splash to announce that Southern TV has lost its franchise in 1980
TV franchise – the picture is unclear
Published 18 October 2018
Ructions at City Road as Tyne Tees wins its franchise in 1980 but is ordered to restructure
Shotgun wedding
Published 18 June 2018
Has the IBA managed to bring peace to the Westward board room? And even if so, will they force Westward to merge with a rival bidder? Peter Fiddick of The Guardian speculates in October 1980
How to win an IBA franchise
Published 14 February 2017
A tongue-in-cheek list of simple dos and don’ts of applying for an ITV contract from the IBA
The joker who captured a telly station
Published 29 February 2016
Daniel Farson interviews Kevin Goldstein-Jackson about the new TSW in 1981
Stirred but not shaken
Published 28 December 2014
The Observer in 1980 has an exclusive on what would happen in the next franchise round
The wool and the scouse
Published 18 August 2014
In 1980, the Daily Telegraph reports on a challenger for Granada