[Keith]

ITV and STV seem happy to maintain the status quo even though there might be some logic in adjusting the slot to 5.30am-9am.

I guess with the upcoming renewal of licences the breakfast slot remains a separate licence, presumably with the same time slot - and I guess with "GMTV2" attached too, which I guess is back on ITV2 now having moved to CITV previously.

It does feel like one of those oddities, where arguably it would make more sense for OFCOM to axe the separate breakfast licence and merge that time slot into all of the remaining franchises. Presumably most of the regional licences only exist for the purpose of local news, otherwise it could be simplified to just licences for each nation (plus crown dependencies).