Editing Granada plc (section)

{{Short description|Former British mass media company}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Granada plc
| type = [[Public company|Public]]
| traded_as = [[London Stock Exchange|LSE]]: GAA
| industry = [[Conglomerate (company)|Conglomerate]] <br />(primarily [[Mass media|media]])
| fate = Merged with [[Carlton Communications|Carlton]] to form [[ITV plc]]
| successor = {{ubl|[[ITV plc]]|[[Moto Hospitality]]}}
| founder = [[Sidney Bernstein, Baron Bernstein|Sidney Bernstein]]
| defunct = {{End date and age|2004|02|02|df=y}}
| key_people = {{ubl|[[Charles Allen (businessman)|Charles Allen]] ([[Chief executive officer|Chief Executive]])}}
| products = {{ubl|[[Granada Breeze]]|[[Plus (British TV channel)|Granada Plus]]|[[Men & Motors|Granada Men and Motors]]|[[Granada Talk TV]]}}
| num_employees = {{ubl|31,000 (2001) prior to demerger of [[Compass Group]]| 4,700 (2002)<ref name="competition">{{Cite news|title=Granada: history, activities and group structure |url=http://www.competition-commission.org.uk/rep_pub/reports/2003/fulltext/482a4.5.pdf |work=Competition Commission |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118230438/http://www.competition-commission.org.uk/rep_pub/reports/2003/fulltext/482a4.5.pdf |archive-date=18 January 2012 }}</ref>}}
| parent = 
| divisions = {{ubl|[[Granada America]]|[[Granada Australia]]|[[Granada International]]|[[Granada Productions]]|Granada Ventures}}
| subsid = {{ubl|Granada TV Rental|Granada Theatres|Granada Motorway Services|Telerent|[[Granada Television]]|[[London Weekend Television]]|[[Yorkshire Television]]|[[Tyne Tees Television]]|[[Meridian Broadcasting]]|[[Anglia Television]]|[[Harlech Television|HTV]] (sold to [[Carlton Communications|Carlton]] for competition reasons)|[[Border Television]]}}
| logo_caption = Final logo, used from 2000 to 2004
| logo = Granada plc logo (2000).svg
| foundation = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1930}}
| location = [[London]] and [[Manchester]], UK
}}

'''Granada plc''' (previously called '''Granada Ltd.''', '''Granada Group plc''', and '''Granada Media plc''') was a British [[Conglomerate (company)|conglomerate]] best known as the parent from 1954 to 2004 of the [[Manchester]]-based [[ITV Granada|Granada Television]].

The company agreed a corporate takeover of [[Carlton Communications]] in 2004 and Granada plc subsequently became [[ITV plc]] on 2 February 2004. It was once a constituent of the [[FTSE 100 Index]].