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Independent Television News (ITN) is a UK-based television production company. It is made up of two divisions: Broadcast News and ITN Productions. ITN is based in London, with bureaux and offices in Bangkok, Beijing, Berlin, Brussels, Jerusalem, Johannesburg, Los Angeles, Moscow, New York, Paris, Sydney and Washington, D.C.

ITN produces the daily news programmes for ITV, Channel 4 and More4 in the UK, and in recent years has diversified to produce a wide range of content including documentaries, sports, advertising and digital material for a range of international clients. ITN also produces content for commercial radio stations through Independent Radio News (IRN) and online outlets such as YouTube, MSN and Yahoo!.

In August 2000, ITN launched its own 24-hour news channel in the UK, which broadcasts on satellite, cable and digital terrestrial. It is owned as a joint venture between BSB and ITN.

While news production remains the cornerstone of ITN's business model, the company has diversified from its original remit. ITN Source is one of the world's largest sources of historical film. ITN Productions creates multi-platform content for major global brands, covering genres such as factual, entertainment, news and corporate production. Clients that commission award-winning programmes from ITN Productions include major UK and international broadcasters such as ITV, the BBC, Channel 4, Five, History and Discovery.

From its inception in 1955, ITN was originally owned jointly by all the ITV operating companies, the shares split roughly in proportion to each company's advertising income. However the 1990 Broadcasting Act limited the ITV companies to a maximum joint 49% stake, with no single company allowed more than a 20% holding. These requirements were abolished by the Communications Act 2003.

As of 2020, ITN is owned by ITV plc (40%), Daily Mail and General Trust (20%), Thomson Reuters (20%) and Informa (20%).

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ITV News is the branding of news programmes on the British television network ITV. ITV has a long tradition of television news. Independent Television News (ITN) was founded to provide news bulletins for the network in 1955, and has since continued to produce all news programmes on ITV. The channel's news coverage has won awards from the Royal Television Society, Emmy Awards and BAFTAs.

ITV News has the second-largest television news audience in the United Kingdom, second only to BBC News (and followed by other broadcasters such as Sky News, Channel 4 News and Five News). However, its annual news budget is dwarfed by that of the publicly funded BBC, which spends £89.5 million annually on news-gathering, plus a further £23.1 million on its rolling news channel.

Initially, all national news programmes on ITV carried ITN's own brand. As the ITV network consolidated from the mid 1990s onwards, ITN branding of news programmes was eventually dropped in 8 March 1999 following the introduction of the ITV News brand. ITN remains the producer of all the national ITV News programmes.

ITV News has a long-standing commitment to accessible journalism and a reputation for reacting speedily to major news events. We cover all the significant national and international news with original journalism, live interviews and editorial exclusives. 40 high-profile correspondents and reporters are dedicated to the ITV news service. They deliver original journalism covering all the key stories of the day from consumer and entertainment news to the latest international stories.

Our number one priority is the provision of strong location reporting of major news events in Britain and around the world. We report on the day’s main political and international stories, but also make room for human interest news, medical developments, consumer items and media stories. It is this breadth of coverage which sets us apart from many of our competitors.

ITN provides ITV with four main bulletins every weekday: the ITV Morning News at 5:30am, the ITV Lunchtime News at 12:30pm, the ITV Evening News at 6:30pm and the ITV News at Ten. Two main evening weekend bulletins are also broadcast on Saturdays and Sundays at varying times.

A late morning summary airs during the magazine programme This Morning, for two minutes at 11:15am; a overnight summary also airs at any time between 1am and 4am. News summaries are also broadcast at weekend lunchtimes, often appearing - though not always - at 12pm.

In the event of any major breaking story, ITV News will interrupt normal programming to broadcast either a brief news report or a special rolling bulletin simulcasted from the ITV News Channel.

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Channel 4 News is the main news programme on British television broadcaster Channel 4. It is produced by ITN, and has been in operation since Channel 4's launch in November 1982.

Since its launch in 1982 Channel 4 News has acquired a formidable reputation among both politicians and the general public alike for its range, authority and innovation. The programme is a perennial awards winner for its in-depth, analytical reporting of a broad range of issues.

Channel 4 News takes an innovative approach to news reporting, aiming to think more laterally than other television news programmes. Because of the longer format we are able to develop stories in-depth, dig behind the headlines, conduct probing interviews and discuss the news at length with live studio guests.

We pride ourselves on the expertise and professionalism of our specialist correspondents and the wealth of experience senior presenters such as Jon Snow bring to our reporting. But we also commission foreign and investigative features from independent producers meaning we have access to a huge pool of original international journalism not seen elsewhere on British television.

It is our analytical approach to covering a wide-ranging news agenda in an appealing format that distinguishes us from news on other channels. This identity for Channel 4 News has been honed over the last years as we have broadened our agenda to fully reflect the changing social and cultural trends in Britain.

Channel 4 News is on the air Monday to Thursday from 7.00 to 7.55 pm, Friday from 7.00 to 7.30 pm, and at variable times on weekends. The 30 minute Saturday programme features comprehensive sports news and the Sunday programme looks forward to the week ahead.

The first main programme of the day is Channel 4 News at Noon, which was first introduced in 2003 for the duration of the Iraq War, and due to its instant success, it was kept on in the Channel 4's daytime schedule. The bulletin runs for 30 minutes and is followed by Powerhouse, a political news programme, also produced for Channel 4 by ITN.

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More4 News is a daily news programme on the More4 digital television channel in the United Kingdom, airing Monday to Friday from 8.00pm to 8.30pm. More4 News is a distinctive daily news programme, capitalising on the strengths of the award-winning Channel 4 News and its reputation for original journalism, powerful reportage and insightful analysis.

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ITN International offers a syndication service delivering video footage and reporter packages to a wide range of broadcasters worldwide. As one of the largest and most respected independent news organisations in the world, ITN's unique and original brand of journalism is sought after by other market leaders in news production.

With an extensive newsgathering machine, including a network of video journalists and 13 satellite newsgathering trucks, ITN offers immediate news from the UK as part of the ITN core coverage feed. Subscribers include Reuters TV, CNN, NBC, ZDF and other prestigious broadcasters around the world.

ITN also supplies finished reporter packages to market leaders, including the PBS Newshour in the PBS network in the USA and Nine Network in Australia.

Situated in the heart of the newsroom, ITN International is continually forging new partnerships with broadcast news operations around the world. It is also a key supplier to speciality channels such as Bloomberg Television.