A more localised television news service will return in 2015, but a new 90-minute current affairs show will not have to focus on the Borders.
That is the decision of regulator Ofcom, who published the result of their consultation on Tuesday.
From January 2015, ITV Border will return to its original area, covering the Borders, Dumfries and Galloway and Cumbria, with the evening news programme Lookaround reinstated.
However, Ofcom has decided that ITV also has to provide 90 minutes a week of additional current affairs programming for viewers on the Scottish side of the border. This could be provided by a retransmission of the Scotland Tonight show, produced by STV.
An option to bring back Lookaround and broadcast an additional 30 minutes of current affairs from within the Border region was rejected by Ofcom.
This option had been backed by local politicians Michael Moore, David Mundell, John Lamont and Paul Wheelhouse, in addition to ITV themselves.
The broadcaster argued the public would be more interested in a 30-minute local current affairs show than a national programme.
It is understood that ITV bosses will decide the best way to provide the current affairs requirement in the next few weeks.