The 1991 ITV franchise auctions were a mechanism created by the British government to award licences to broadcast on Channel 3, the commercial television network commonly known as ITV. They were a sig
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (pictured in 1986) described ITV as "the last bastion of restrictive practices".
The American network NBC (30 Rockefeller Plaza pictured in 2011) was part of a consortium which bid for the national breakfast franchise.
The fate of Coronation Street (set pictured in 2014) was a major subplot of the franchise auction.
A TVS News helicopter in 1991. By the late 1980s, the company was in financial difficulties.
ITV Anglia, previously known as Anglia Television, is the ITV franchise holder for the East of England. The station is based at Anglia House in Norwich, with regional news bureaux in Cambridge and Nor
Anglia House, Anglia Television's headquarters on Agricultural Hall Plain in Norwich
The Anglia knight, used from 1959 to 1988.