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 * 2004: Shares in ITV plc, the result of a merger between Granada plc and Carlton Communications plc, begin trading on the London Stock Exchange. ITV plc owns all of the regional Channel 3 licences in England & Wales, accounting for over 90% of ITV1's advertising revenues.


 * 2004: At 5.30am, ITV News launched a new look, featuring a new logo and a "revolutionary new £1m set". For the first time, ITV's national, international and regional news services come together as one division, the ITV News Group. As a result, regional news bulletins also adopt the new look of the national bulletins. The change also sees the removal of the last trace of HTV branding from the network as HTV News becomes ITV Wales News and ITV West News.


 * 2004: Regional programmes made by ITV plc companies begin to carry new captions with "An ITV Production" on them and a logo made up of the ITV corporate logo with a yellow strip underneath showing the region name. At the same time, Central and Westcountry return as region names, displacing any mention of Carlton.