Daybreak Northern Ireland [SEP] original network
Daybreak Northern Ireland
Daybreak Northern Ireland (previously "GMTV Northern Ireland") was the regional news strand for Northern Ireland provided for the ITV breakfast station ITV Breakfast.
Unlike the ITV plc-owned regions, UTV - the ITV contractor for Northern Ireland - did not provide regional news broadcasts during "Daybreak" (previously "GMTV"). This was due to a dispute between UTV and GMTV which dates back to 1994 when UTV opted out of the national breakfast contractor in breach of their broadcasting licence to provide live
across the network between 6:00 and 9:25am each morning using the "Good Morning Britain" (previously "Daybreak") and "Lorraine" names. The company broadcasts a centralised service under the ITV brand. In Northern Ireland, ITV uses the UTV brand name.
The group also owns ITV Studios, the production arm of the company and formed from an amalgamation of all the production departments of the regional licences they own. The company produces a large proportion of ITV's networked programming (around 47%, but previously as