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Starting as ONdigital in 1998, the service was rebranded as ITV Digital in July 2001. Low audience figures, piracy issues and an ultimately unaffordable multi-million pound deal with the Football League led to the broadcaster suffering large losses, and it entered administration in March 2002.
Apr 29, 2020 · ITV Digital hoped its £315 million deal with the Football League would transform both British media and football.
Oct 1, 2024 · ITV1 and ITV2 will disappear from certain TV boxes across the UK this week due a satellite service upgrade. The broadcaster has completed an "all-HD" upgrade for satellite viewers, meaning that SD on satellite will no longer be available as of October (2024).
- Patrick Glover
Apr 30, 2022 · ITV Digital was soon losing one in four customers – many tempted by tittering counter-offers from Sky – while the encrypted subscription cards could be easily cracked and counterfeited.
Dec 8, 2016 · On 27th March 2002 ITV Digital went bust. Despite the best efforts of Johnny Vegas and his monkey the first ever TV service to air on a digital.
Jun 1, 2020 · In the summer of 2001, ITV Digital displaced ONdigital, with the ITV Sport channel at its centre. The rebrand made sense, tying the struggling set-top floggers to an established TV station. Adverts featuring Johnny Vegas and a knitted monkey drew attention, but still the hardware wouldn’t sell.
The End of itvDigital. ITV Digital (formerly Ondigital) was the UK carrier of Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) and was a joint venture between UK operators Carlton and Granada. ITV Digital was placed in to Administration in April 2002, and screens went blank on 1st May 2002.
