Editing ITV Digital (section)

{{short description|Former British subscription-based digital terrestrial TV service}}
{{for|the current channels owned by ITV plc|ITV Digital Channels}}
{{originalresearch|date=August 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox company
| name = ITV Digital plc
| logo = Itv digital logo.svg
| logo_caption = Logo used from 2001 to 2002
| logo_size = 175px
| former_name = ONdigital plc, British Digital Broadcasting plc
| type = [[Joint venture]]
| fate = [[Administration in United Kingdom law|Bankruptcy]], [[liquidation]]
| founded = {{start date and age|1997|01|15|df=yes}} (as '''British Digital Broadcasting''')
| defunct = {{end date and age|2002|10|18|df=yes}} (as ITV Digital)
| successor = {{ubl|[[Freeview (UK)|Freeview]] (terrestrial broadcaster)|[[Top Up TV]] (pay TV service)}}
| hq_location = [[Marco Polo House]]
| hq_location_city = [[Battersea]], [[London]]
| hq_location_country = United Kingdom
| owner = [[Carlton Communications]]<br />[[Granada plc|Granada]]
| industry = Media
| products = Pay TV services and programming
| footnotes = <ref>{{cite news |title= BBC NEWS {{!}} Business {{!}} ITV Digital put into liquidation |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2340335.stm |access-date=5 November 2018 |agency=BBC News |date= 18 October 2002}}</ref>
}}

'''ITV Digital''' was a British [[digital terrestrial television]] [[Broadcasting|broadcaster]] which launched a pay-TV service on the world's first digital terrestrial television network. Its main shareholders were [[Carlton Communications plc]] and [[Granada plc]], owners of multiple licences of the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] network. Starting as '''ONdigital''' in 1998, the service was rebranded as '''ITV Digital''' in July 2001.

Low audience figures, piracy issues and an ultimately unaffordable multi-million pound deal with the [[English Football League|Football League]] led to the broadcaster suffering large losses, and it entered [[administration (law)|administration]] in March 2002. Pay television services ceased permanently on 1 May of that year, but carriage of the remaining free-to-air channels such as [[BBC One]] and [[Channel 4]] continued. In October, ITV Digital’s former terrestrial [[Multiplex (TV)|multiplex]]es were taken over by [[Crown Castle]] and the [[BBC]] to create the [[Freeview (UK)|Freeview]] free-to-air service.