ITV HD - wikipedia ITV HD ITV HD Launched 9 June 2006 ( trial service ) 7 June 2008 ( full service ) Owned by ITV Digital Channels Ltd ( ITV plc ) Picture format 1080i ( HDTV ) Audience share 2.46 % ( September 2015 ( 2015 - 09 ), BARB ) Country United Kingdom Broadcast area ITV plc owned regions ( except Channel Islands ) Formerly called ITV1 HD ( 2009 -- 2013 ) Sister channel ( s ) ITV ITV2 HD ITV3 HD ITV4 HD Website itv.com/itv/ Availability Terrestrial Freeview Channel 103 Satellite Freesat Channel 111 Sky Channel 103 ( Wales and parts of England ) Channel 176 ( parts of England and Scottish Borders ) Channel 803 ( Wales and parts of England ) Astra 2F 11097 V 23000 2 / 3 Cable Virgin Media Channel 113 IPTV Swisscom TV ( Switzerland ) Channel arbitrary ITV HD is a British free - to - air high - definition television channel operated by ITV plc, the company which is contracted to provide 11 ITV services across the UK. ITV HD is available to view in England, Wales and the Scottish Borders on Freesat via channel 111, Freeview channel 103, Sky channel 176, Virgin Media channel 113 and in Switzerland on Swisscom TV. From 2 April 2010, ITV HD became a standard channel available on all digital platforms. Contents 1 History 1.1 2006 trial 1.2 2008 launch 1.3 Freeview and 2009 rebrand 1.4 2010 launch as a standard channel 2 Technical problems 2.1 Harley Street 2.2 2010 World Cup 2.3 The X Factor 2.4 Champions League 3 References 4 External links History 2006 trial The original logo of ITV HD. The channel originally existed on a trial basis from June until November 2006, primarily to show the World Cup games to which ITV had the rights. The channel was available to subscribers of the Telewest TV Drive cable service and was also broadcast as a low - power digital terrestrial ( DVB - T ) channel from London 's Crystal Palace Transmitter as part of a terrestrial HDTV trial involving 450 homes. ITV HD did not broadcast on satellite television, unlike BBC HD. It was available on Telewest channel 118 and Freeview channel 503 in homes which were involved in the HD trial. In addition to the World Cup games, ITV HD showed classic films remastered in HD ( such as All Quiet on the Western Front and The Big Sleep ), documentaries ( such as Jean - Michel Cousteau 's Ocean Adventures ) and dramas such as Poirot. The original ITV HD stopped broadcasting on 30 November 2006. 2008 launch The ITV HD logo ( 2008 - 2009 ). High definition broadcasts from ITV plc launched exclusively on Freesat, the new digital satellite service from the BBC and ITV on 7 June 2008, just in time for the start of UEFA Euro 2008. ITV plc planned to spend £ 10m during 2008 on the launch of ITV HD. Freeview and 2009 rebrand ITV HD became ITV1 HD when it relaunched for Freeview HD on 2 December 2009. It continued to operate on Freesat as a red button service on select programming. ITV1 HD aimed to include 35 % ' native HD ' content at the start of 2010, rising to at least 60 % at the start of 2012 and at least 70 % at the start of 2014. In the early years, the service will focus on sport and drama content, over time it is expected that the majority of other genres to convert to native HD. ITV1 HD operated from 18 : 00 to 23 : 00 seven days a week. From August 2009, ITV began testing a HD simulcast of ITV Granada on satellite, before later switching to ITV London. On 26 November 2009, the ITV1 HD logo appeared as a digital on - screen graphic during programming and the off air station identification. 2010 launch as a standard channel ITV1 HD logo from 2010 - 2013 On 12 March 2010, it was announced that ITV1 HD would become a standard channel on 2 April 2010, simulcasting the main ITV1 channel, and launching on Sky and Virgin Media, as well as switching from a red button interactive service to a full - time channel on Freesat. It continues to only be available in ITV plc owned ITV franchise areas, covering England, Wales and the Scottish Borders area, though red button access on ITV1 London ( Freesat channel 977 ) remains in place. The launch coincided with the closure of Men & Motors. During March 2010, Ofcom issued broadcast licences for six regional variations of ITV1 HD, with Central, Granada / Border and Meridian / Anglia regions joining London / LWT in June 2010. Some variations had only available on a free - to - view basis on satellite, Freesat viewers in those regions are instead given either the Granada / Border or London / LWT variation. However, Meridian became free - to - air in September 2012 with Central following in October 2012. On 14 January 2013, ITV1 HD received a new logo and went back to its former name, `` ITV HD '', as part of a rebranding of ITV 's television channels and online services. On 25 August 2015, ITV Cymru Wales became available on HD. On 31 March 2016, a further three ITV regions were made available in HD via satellite, ITV Anglia ( east ), ITV Tyne Tees, and ITV Yorkshire ( west ). Technical problems Harley Street ITV HD 's first HD drama broadcast of Harley Street reportedly suffered technical problems including picture and sound quality and failing to revert to the normal ITV broadcast after the programme had finished. Also, several Digital Spy forum members reported that they could not access HD content via the red button due to the ITV HD service `` only being available through the London region ''. 2010 World Cup On 12 June 2010, ITV HD cut off England 's first 2010 FIFA World Cup game inadvertently into an advert break for 25 seconds, as a result, missing their first World Cup 2010 goal. This interruption also caused the remaining transmission to be in standard - definition. The standard definition ITV broadcasts did not miss the goal, scored by Steven Gerrard. The broadcaster confirmed on 15 June that it had received around 5,000 complaints about the incident. ITV has already said it was not to blame for the problem, which was pinned on human error at Technicolor, the firm which provides transmission. On 23 August 2010, Ofcom cleared ITV over the `` unfortunate error '', despite receiving 823 complaints. After reviewing the situation, Ofcom acknowledged the frustration of ITV HD viewers at the transmission break, but decided that ITV 's actions to resolve the situation had been sufficient. The X Factor On 12 November 2011, a power failure at the BT Tower resulted in the loss of ITV HD, the channel froze during Harry Hill 's TV Burp and continued throughout The X Factor live show. ITV in standard definition was unable to show live footage and instead aired re-runs of the contents auditions until the problem was fixed 15 minutes later. Although the standard definition channel began to work after 15 minutes, ITV HD Granada was still frozen although ITV HD London seemed to work. Champions League On 25 April 2012, a technical fault during extra-time in the 2011 -- 12 UEFA Champions League semi-final between Real Madrid and Bayern Munich resulted in the Meridian and London versions of the channel cutting to Mark Austin preparing to read the 10 pm news bulletin. References Jump up ^ `` Confirmed : ITV HD is Freesat exclusive ''. Digital Spy. 2008 - 05 - 06. Retrieved 2008 - 05 - 06. Jump up ^ `` HD version of ITV to launch next Spring ''. Digital Spy. 12 September 2007. Retrieved 2007 - 09 - 12. Jump up ^ `` ITV HD will relaunch for Freeview HD ''. What Satellite & Digital TV. 2009 - 08 - 07. Archived from the original on 12 August 2009. ^ Jump up to : `` MULTIPLEX B NOTICE OF VARIATION '' ( PDF ). Ofcom. 2009 - 06 - 03. Jump up ^ `` ITV starts ITV1 HD test transmissions ''. Digital Spy. 2009 - 08 - 11. Jump up ^ `` New ITV1 HD channel available on Freesat, Freeview, Sky and Virgin ''. ITV plc. 2010 - 03 - 12. Archived from the original on 22 March 2010. Retrieved 12 March 2010. Jump up ^ `` Men & Motors to close on satellite ''. Digital Spy. 2010 - 03 - 29. Jump up ^ `` Television Broadcast Licensing Update March 2010 ''. Ofcom. Retrieved 2010 - 04 - 22. Jump up ^ `` Questions about ITV1 HD ''. ITV plc. Archived from the original on 11 April 2010. Retrieved 2010 - 05 - 26. Jump up ^ `` ITV to launch three new HD regions on satellite - a516digital ''. a516digital. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016. Jump up ^ `` First ITV HD drama suffers tech problems ''. Digital Spy. 2008 - 07 - 18. Jump up ^ Jamieson, Alastair ; Copping, Jasper ( 2010 - 06 - 12 ). `` ITV HD viewers miss first England World Cup goal as broadcast switches to commercial ''. London : The Daily Telegraph. Jump up ^ `` ITV apologises after England World Cup 2010 goal gaffe ''. London : The Guardian. 2010 - 06 - 12. Jump up ^ `` 5,000 viewers complain to ITV about England World Cup goal blackout ''. Daily Mail. 2010 - 06 - 15. Jump up ^ `` ITV cleared over World Cup goal gaffe ''. Digital Spy. 2010 - 08 - 23. Jump up ^ `` X Factor Fans ' Fury At Live Show Delay ''. Sky News. 23 December 2011. Jump up ^ `` ITV strike again ! Another gaffe as viewers left watching news not extra time in Madrid ''. Daily Mail. 26 April 2012. Jump up ^ `` ITV HD cuts from Champion 's League football to newsreader fiddling with buttons ''. The Daily Telegraph. 26 April 2012. External links ITV at itv.com ITV Channels Current Domestic SD : ITV, STV, UTV ITV2 ITV3 ITV4 ITVBe CITV The Store HD : ITV HD, STV HD, UTV HD ITV2 HD ITV3 HD ITV4 HD ITVBe HD ITV Box Office International ITV Choice Defunct ITV Encore ITV News Channel ITV Play ITV Sport Channel S2 UTV2 UTV Ireland Companies Current ITV plc STV Group plc Former Alpha Television Associated Television Carlton Communications plc Granada plc ITV Digital Ltd Trident Television UTV Media plc Yorkshire - Tyne Tees Television Divisions, brands and services Current children 's : CITV, LittleBe news : ITV News ( ITN ) sport : ITV Sport production : ITV Studios ( Australia ), 12 Yard, Big Talk Productions, Gameface, The Garden, Mammoth Screen, Possessed, Potato, Shiver Productions, Silverpoint Pictures, So Television, Twofour weather : ITV Weather online : itv.com, stv.tv catch up : ITV Hub, STV Player Defunct ITV Day ITV Digital ITV Local ITV Play ITV Schools UTV Player u.tv Franchises and regions National franchises breakfast : TV - am ( 1983 -- 1992 ), GMTV ( 1993 -- 2010 ), ITV Breakfast ( 2010 -- present ) teletext : ORACLE ( 1974 -- 1992 ), Teletext Ltd. ( 1993 -- 2010 ) Regional franchises Northern Scotland : Grampian Television Central Scotland : Scottish Television Scottish and English Border : Border Television Northern Ireland : UTV North East England : Tyne Tees Television Yorkshire and Lincolnshire : Yorkshire Television North of England ( weekdays ), later North West England and Isle of Man ( all week ) : Granada Television North of England and Midlands ( weekends ) : ABC Network Wales and the West of England : TWW, WWN / Teledu Cymru, ITSWW, HTV Midlands ( weekdays ), later Midlands ( all week ) : ATV Midlands ( all week ) : Central Independent Television East Anglia : Anglia Television London ( weekdays ) : Associated - Rediffusion, Thames Television, Carlton Television London ( weekends ) : ATV, LWT South and South East England : Southern Television, TVS, Meridian Broadcasting South West England : Westward Television, TSW, Westcountry Television Channel Islands : Channel Television Unsuccessful franchise bids London Weekday, East Anglia and South and South East England : CPV - TV North West England : North West Television Non-franchise regions Current ITV Central ITV London ITV Meridian ITV West Country ITV Tyne Tees & Border STV Defunct ITV Thames Valley Regulators Independent Television Authority ( 1954 -- 72 ) Independent Broadcasting Authority ( 1972 -- 90 ) Independent Television Commission ( 1991 -- 2003 ) Ofcom ( 2003 -- present ) Other Freesat History of ITV ( Idents ) ITV Emergency National Service ( 1968 ) ITV Telethon Night Network ) Timeline of ITV ITV Nightscreen people ( journalists and newsreaders ) programmes ( ITV2 CITV ) Television House List of ITV regions United Kingdom Independent Broadcasting ITV advertising operations ITV 50 Television in the United Kingdom Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ITV_HD&oldid=851166531 '' Categories : ITV television channels English - language television stations in the United Kingdom Television channels and stations established in 2008 Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from July 2015 Use British English from July 2015 All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from December 2011 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Gaeilge Polski Edit links This page was last edited on 20 July 2018, at 14 : 20 ( UTC ). 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