Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Granada Television
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- ITV Granada
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1956-
History
ITV Granada, formerly known as Granada Television, is the ITV franchisee for the North West of England and of Man. Granada originated as Granada Theatres Ltd, which owned cinemas in the south of England. It was founded in Dover in 1930 by Sidney Bernstein and his brother Cecil; it was named after the Spanish city of Granada. The company was incorporated as Granada Ltd in 1934 and listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1935; Granada Theatres Ltd became a subsidiary of the new company