Following a realignment of ITV regional services and the digital switchover, the Douglas relay switched ITV broadcasts to Granada Television on Thursday 17 July 2009.

Following the administration in 2002, the three multiplexes that were run by ITV Digital remained blank until a week or so before Freeview's launch.

Following the 1993 changes, ITV as a network began to consolidate with several companies doing so to save money by ceasing the duplication of services present when they were all separate companies.

Following broadcast on ITV in the UK, Pilger's documentary Palestine Is Still the Issue ( 2002 ) was alleged by complainants including the Israeli embassy, the Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Conservative Friends of Israel to be inaccurate and biased.

Following the collapse of ITV Digital, the Independent Television Commission re-advertised the licences for the three multiplexes ( MUX B, C and D ) that had been used by ITV Digital.

Following the launch of the ITV series Agatha Christie's Marple in 2004, the Poirot series was retitled Agatha Christie's Poirot.

Following a speech by Michael Grade about regional broadcasting post-switchover at the 2007 Nations and Regions conference in Cardiff, there was speculation that ITV West and ITV Westcountry could merge news operations, as part of further streamlining of regional operations.

Following the merger to form ITV West & Westcountry, most of Westcountry's operations were transferred to HTV's West headquarters in Bristol, where the regional news service is now based.

Following the 2004 ITV rebranding, the new local ident featured the national ident of three cubes containg the letters ' ITV ' above a large cube ' 1 ', with the addition of the region name below.

Following this incident, ITV adopted an anti-bullying programme.

Following his initial departure from EastEnders, Kemp moved from the BBC to ITV for a reported £ 1. 2 million.

Following the station's earlier troubles, Grampian Television, along with all other ITV companies at the time, won a three-year extension to their licence ( later extended by a further year ) in 1964.

Following a survey of Isle of Man viewers in autumn 2008, coverage of the Isle of Man was transferred from ITV Border to ITV Granada on Thursday 16 July 2009.

Following The Russell Brand Show prank telephone calls row and his 12-week unpaid suspension from all of his BBC shows, Jonathan Ross resigned from presenting the 2008 awards, in agreement with ITV, as he did not want to " take away from the awards themselves or the many talented winners of the awards.

Following the creation of ITV Tyne Tees & Border on 25 February 2009, both the CFM & ITV Border buildings have now been demolished.

Following the axing of Quizmania he went on to become a presenter on Play DJ, another ITV Play show, and also for a brief period appeared on the satellite and digital shopping TV channel iBuy.

Following her successful stint as a chef on TV-am in 1983, Lee took over from Sarah Kennedy on the second, less successful, incarnation of ITV gameshow Game for a Laugh.

Following a re-organisation of ITV coverage in 1972, from 1974 it started transmitting pictures from neighbouring station Yorkshire Television instead, which it continues to do to this day.

Following the 1899 season, the National League disbanded four teams, including the Cleveland franchise.

Following the 1945 elections to the Constituent Assembly in France, which were held with a very limited franchise, the French authorities gradually extended the franchise until in November 1955 the principle of universal sufferage was passed into law and implemented the following year.

Following this model the Mario series has gone on to become the best selling video game franchise of all time with 193 million units sold as of January 2007, almost 40 million units ahead of second ranked franchise ( Pokémon, also by Nintendo ).

Following a transitional period, the right to operate the two tram businesses was officially transferred from the government to the private sector under franchise agreements on 29 August 1999.

Following the 2006 season the franchise was acquired by the group PS and J Professional Baseball Club, LLC headed by Steve Malliet, an experienced minor league executive in both affiliated and independent baseball.

" Following this, the franchise went through a lengthy transitional period, as key players either retired ( Laimbeer in 1993 and Thomas in 1994 ) or were traded ( Edwards, Johnson, Salley and Rodman among others ).

Following TWW's loss of contract, the Teledu Cymru name was once again utilised by the Independent Television Service for Wales and the West that ran the franchise until HTV could begin broadcasting.

Following the intervention of the ITA, a temporary service was set up — Independent Television Service for Wales and the West, broadcasting from the old TWW Pontcanna studios in Cardiff, and staffed by former TWW workers, until Harlech ( soon renamed " HTV ") was ready to take over its franchise early, on 20 May 1968.

Following Govia's successful bid for the West Midlands franchise in 2007, another 37 Desiros were ordered to replace its older fleet of 321s.

Following the loss of Thames ' franchise and the amalgamation of the company into talkbackTHAMES, the Euston Road base of Thames was sold off and demolished.

Following Stan's passing away from lymphoma in 2005, Michael collaborated with his mother on writing and illustrating Berenstain Bears installments, while Leo has been involved with the business side of the franchise.

Following the conclusion of the 2005 MLS season, the franchise was officially put on hiatus and the players, head coach Dominic Kinnear and some of his coaching staff were moved to Houston, Texas, where they became the Houston Dynamo.

Following their 1956 campaign, tragedy struck the Roughriders franchise when four members of the team were killed in a plane crash on December 9, 1956, while returning from the CFL All-Star Game in Vancouver.

Following submission of their application, TVS were anticipating that they would be forced into a shotgun marriage with Southern but won outright since their plans for a better mix of programmes and greater investment were considered good enough to operate the franchise alone.

Following the award of the franchise to TVS, Southern sold the site to the new company at a premium.

Following the Super Bowl win, Parcells was courted by the Atlanta Falcons to become the Head Coach and General Manager of the franchise.

Following the War, the Panthers became a minor league franchise of the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Following the departure of the Madison Muskies after the 1993 season who had represented Madison in the Midwest League from 1982 to 1993 to Grand Rapids, Michigan for a new stadium to become the West Michigan Whitecaps, the Springfield Cardinals franchise moved from Springfield, Illinois to Madison and became the Madison Hatters.

Following the announcement however, concerns were again raised by critics, speculating that Bell Media may attempt to acquire full rights to the NHL once CBC's current contract with the league expires in the 2013 – 14 seasonusing their potential ownership of the Toronto Maple Leafs, the NHL's highest valued franchise, as an impetus for such a coup.

Following the focus on the Maniac Mansion, Monkey Island and Indiana Jones franchises, LucasArts entered a new franchise in 1993 with Sam & Max Hit the Road.

Following the season, Paul Pierce, team captain and face of the franchise, expressed frustration with the team's failures.

Following the privatisation of British Rail, the rights to run services on the line were put out to tender as a franchise.

Following the Cuban Revolution in 1959 the team relocated to Jersey City, New Jersey, but soon folded ; the franchise was bought by the Cleveland Indians, who moved it to Jacksonville as the Jacksonville Suns in 1962.