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I've been doing my research and yes PolyGram TV (and thus NBCUniversal) is actually the legal successor of ITC, ITV only has the library.
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(I've been doing my research and yes PolyGram TV (and thus NBCUniversal) is actually the legal successor of ITC, ITV only has the library.)
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===Background===
===Background===
'''The Incorporated Television Company''' ('''ITC''') was a British television distribution company founded by Lew Grade in 1954 as the distribution unit of [[Associated Television|ATV]] (Associated TeleVision), one of the [[ITV IDs|ITV]] franchises; it later branched out into TV series and feature film production. In 1995, [[PolyGram Filmed Entertainment]] acquired ITC Entertainment Group. PolyGram was later acquired by Seagram and Sons on December 10, 1998, which was acquired by [[Universal Studios]] in December 2000. Before that, [[Carlton Television|Carlton Communications]] acquired the ITC library on January 19, 1999.
'''The Incorporated Television Company''' ('''ITC''') was a British television distribution company founded by Lew Grade in 1954 as the distribution unit of [[Associated Television|ATV]] (Associated TeleVision), one of the [[ITV IDs|ITV]] franchises; it later branched out into TV series and feature film production. In 1995, [[PolyGram Filmed Entertainment]] acquired ITC Entertainment Group, resulting in the company being folded into [[PolyGram Television]] two years later. PolyGram was later acquired by Seagram and Sons on December 10, 1998, resulting in PolyGram TV being folded into Universal Television (which serves as the legal successor of the comapany).


Most of the ITC library, with certain exceptions (''The Dark Crystal'' is held by Universal with [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment|Sony Pictures Entertainment]] handling video rights; the ''Muppets'' franchise is now owned by Disney), is now owned by [[ITV Studios Global Entertainment|ITV Studios Global Entertainment]], a subsidiary of ITV plc.
Most of the ITC library, with certain exceptions (''The Dark Crystal'' is held by Universal with [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment|Sony Pictures Entertainment]] handling video rights; the ''Muppets'' franchise is now owned by Disney), is now owned by [[ITV Studios Global Entertainment|ITV Studios Global Entertainment]], a subsidiary of ITV plc.
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'''Legacy:''' It could be considered a prototype version of the previous logo thanks to the gold color, albeit it's more of a crude recreation of the logo at the time, both in animation and design.
'''Legacy:''' It could be considered a prototype version of the previous logo thanks to the gold color, albeit it's more of a crude recreation of the logo at the time, both in animation and design.


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