ITV1
| ITV1 | |||
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| Headquarters | File:FlagEngland.png England | ||
| Launched | September 22, 1955 (as ITV)/
August 11, 2001 (as ITV1) | ||
| Owned By | ITV plc | ||
ITV1 is a public service network station that broadcasts in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It is currently owned by ITV, and some of its branding is also used by Channel Television.
ITV1 is the only station that has broadcast the anime on UK terrestrial television. At present time, ITV1 has only aired the first two seasons of the anime.
Currently, episodes do not air on ITV1. It is not known if they still have the license to air the anime. However, sister channel CiTV continues to show episodes.
GMTV
GMTV is an early-morning programming block on ITV1. Episodes of Pokémon used to air every Saturday beginning at 8:50 and ending by 9:25. It was shown in this time slot from September 1999 until sometime after the Generation I games were released in the United Kingdom.
SM:TV Live
SM:TV Live was a live Saturday morning entertainment show that started at 9:25. It would replace the Who's That Pokémon? segment with small sketches that featured the hosts, Ant & Dec, having their own "PokéFight". Some later episodes featured the duo performing their own PokéRap.
Missing Episodes of Shows
ITV1 has, on more than one occasion, has skipped episodes or cancelled television shows mid-series. These are planned as the TV guides published over a week before date of transmission reflects this. This has happened to ReBoot and Card Captor Sakura before Pokémon series aired, and Digimon following the cancellation of Pokémon. This is not limited to children animation, as the initial run of Season 1 ofPushing Daisies being the most prominent example of non-childrens program.
Pokémon has been stopped twice; once during the Orange Islands saga and once just after Pokémon: Advanced started. Neither series has been seen on ITV 1 since.
External Links
- ITV1 on Wikipedia
- Official site