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Itv1+1
BillieTheBot
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How come theres ITV2+1, but not ITV1+1 grrrr
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I dunno
ie they have ITV1, ITV2, ITV2+1, ITV3 and ITV4
The main reason for the lack of such a service is the regional structure. ITV1 presentation in England and Wales looks the same no matter where you are, but legally speaking, they're 11 seperate television stations. Running that many TV stations is incredibly expensive - even when they're all running the same stuff - and ITV plc only have so many resources and channel spaces available to them. It would be prohibitively expensive for them to do a +1 service for a channel with such a structure.
Secondly, there are also rights issues. A decent chunk of ITV1 shows are made by ITV Studios themselves, but many of them aren't. Buying the rights to show a programme repeatedly across multiple digital channels is very expensive. Hence why many shows on ITV3, for example, can't be shown on the +1 service there.
Finally, there would almost certainly be problems with the rest of the network. ITV plc is currently in the middle of taking legal action against STV, who run the two franchises in Scotland, so getting the Scots to play ball would currently be very difficult. UTV in Northern Ireland is also fiercely regional and both of these refuse to carry the generic ITV branding. That's also the reason why ITV1 HD is not available in Scotland or Northern Ireland - although it does mean viewers in those reasons did actually get to see England score a goal a few weeks ago...
There's your explanation.
On digital freview it did.
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Thing is theres usually a delay before stuff appears on the on demand stuff.