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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a British free-to-air ~~[[Wikipedia:Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom|~~public broadcast]] television network. It was launched in 1955 as '''Independent Television''' to provide competition to ~~[[Wikipedia:~~BBC Television~~|BBC Television]]~~ (established in 1936)<ref name="ITV times constitution">[http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/newspaperRetrieve.do?sgHitCountType=None&sort=Relevance&tabID=T003&prodId=TTDA&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&searchId=R2&searchType=BasicSearchForm&currentPosition=3&qrySerId=Locale%28en%2C%2C%29%3AFQE%3D%28tx%2CNone%2C22%29Independent+television%3AAnd%3ALQE%3D%28da%2CNone%2C23%2901%2F01%2F1950+-+12%2F31%2F1955%24&retrieveFormat=MULTIPAGE_DOCUMENT&userGroupName=hamlib&inPS=true&contentSet=LTO&&docId=&docLevel=FASCIMILE&workId=&relevancePageBatch=CS335762707&contentSet=UDVIN&callistoContentSet=UDVIN&docPage=article&hilite=y "Commercial Television: A Guide to the constitution and working of the new service"]. ''The Times''. August 19th 1955. Retrieved January 18th 2013.</ref>. ITV is the oldest commercial network in the UK. Since the passing of the ~~[[Wikipedia:Broadcasting Act 1990|~~Broadcasting Act 1990]], it has been ~~[[Wikipedia:Legal name|~~legally known]] as '''Channel 3''' to distinguish it from the other analogue channels at the time~~: [[Wikipedia~~:BBC One~~|BBC One]]~~, ~~[[Wikipedia:BBC Two|~~BBC Two]], and ~~[[Wikipedia:Channel 4|~~Channel 4]].

'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network. It was launched in 1955 as '''Independent Television''' to provide competition to BBC Television (established in 1936)<ref name="ITV times constitution">[http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/newspaperRetrieve.do?sgHitCountType=None&sort=Relevance&tabID=T003&prodId=TTDA&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&searchId=R2&searchType=BasicSearchForm&currentPosition=3&qrySerId=Locale%28en%2C%2C%29%3AFQE%3D%28tx%2CNone%2C22%29Independent+television%3AAnd%3ALQE%3D%28da%2CNone%2C23%2901%2F01%2F1950+-+12%2F31%2F1955%24&retrieveFormat=MULTIPAGE_DOCUMENT&userGroupName=hamlib&inPS=true&contentSet=LTO&&docId=&docLevel=FASCIMILE&workId=&relevancePageBatch=CS335762707&contentSet=UDVIN&callistoContentSet=UDVIN&docPage=article&hilite=y "Commercial Television: A Guide to the constitution and working of the new service"]. ''The Times''. August 19th 1955. Retrieved January 18th 2013.</ref>. ITV is the oldest commercial network in the UK. Since the passing of the Broadcasting Act 1990, it has been legally known as '''Channel 3''' to distinguish it from the other analogue channels at the time: BBC One, BBC Two, and Channel 4.

''[[Harry Hill's TV Burp]]'' was originally broadcast on ITV.

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	'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a British free-to-air ~~[[Wikipedia:Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom\|~~public broadcast]] television network. It was launched in 1955 as '''Independent Television''' to provide competition to ~~[[Wikipedia:~~BBC Television~~\|BBC Television]]~~ (established in 1936)<ref name="ITV times constitution">[http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/newspaperRetrieve.do?sgHitCountType=None&sort=Relevance&tabID=T003&prodId=TTDA&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&searchId=R2&searchType=BasicSearchForm&currentPosition=3&qrySerId=Locale%28en%2C%2C%29%3AFQE%3D%28tx%2CNone%2C22%29Independent+television%3AAnd%3ALQE%3D%28da%2CNone%2C23%2901%2F01%2F1950+-+12%2F31%2F1955%24&retrieveFormat=MULTIPAGE_DOCUMENT&userGroupName=hamlib&inPS=true&contentSet=LTO&&docId=&docLevel=FASCIMILE&workId=&relevancePageBatch=CS335762707&contentSet=UDVIN&callistoContentSet=UDVIN&docPage=article&hilite=y "Commercial Television: A Guide to the constitution and working of the new service"]. ''The Times''. August 19th 1955. Retrieved January 18th 2013.</ref>. ITV is the oldest commercial network in the UK. Since the passing of the ~~[[Wikipedia:Broadcasting Act 1990\|~~Broadcasting Act 1990]], it has been ~~[[Wikipedia:Legal name\|~~legally known]] as '''Channel 3''' to distinguish it from the other analogue channels at the time~~: [[Wikipedia~~:BBC One~~\|BBC One]]~~, ~~[[Wikipedia:BBC Two\|~~BBC Two]], and ~~[[Wikipedia:Channel 4\|~~Channel 4]].		'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network. It was launched in 1955 as '''Independent Television''' to provide competition to BBC Television (established in 1936)<ref name="ITV times constitution">[http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/newspaperRetrieve.do?sgHitCountType=None&sort=Relevance&tabID=T003&prodId=TTDA&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&searchId=R2&searchType=BasicSearchForm&currentPosition=3&qrySerId=Locale%28en%2C%2C%29%3AFQE%3D%28tx%2CNone%2C22%29Independent+television%3AAnd%3ALQE%3D%28da%2CNone%2C23%2901%2F01%2F1950+-+12%2F31%2F1955%24&retrieveFormat=MULTIPAGE_DOCUMENT&userGroupName=hamlib&inPS=true&contentSet=LTO&&docId=&docLevel=FASCIMILE&workId=&relevancePageBatch=CS335762707&contentSet=UDVIN&callistoContentSet=UDVIN&docPage=article&hilite=y "Commercial Television: A Guide to the constitution and working of the new service"]. ''The Times''. August 19th 1955. Retrieved January 18th 2013.</ref>. ITV is the oldest commercial network in the UK. Since the passing of the Broadcasting Act 1990, it has been legally known as '''Channel 3''' to distinguish it from the other analogue channels at the time: BBC One, BBC Two, and Channel 4.

	''[[Harry Hill's TV Burp]]'' was originally broadcast on ITV.		''[[Harry Hill's TV Burp]]'' was originally broadcast on ITV.