CITV

CITV (short for Children's ITV or Children's Independent Television) is a British television channel from ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of ITV plc. It broadcasts content from the CITV archive, as well as commissions and acquisitions. It airs daily from 06:00 to 18:00. The channel has averaged 200,000 viewers everyday having a 0.8 share of the TV audience in the UK.

CITV itself is the programming block on ITV. "Children's ITV" launched on 3 January 1983, featuring pre-recorded (later 'live') in-vision continuity links in between programmes, that came from Central Independent Television's studios in Birmingham.

CITV as a slot airs on Saturday and Sunday mornings on the ITV network from 06:00 to 09:25, as part of the ITV Breakfast timeslot occupied by Daybreak and Lorraine on weekdays. CITV presentation is currently produced by ITV Granada in Manchester, with pre-recorded recorded continuity links voiced by Tim Dann.

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