ITV
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Country |
United Kingdom, Isle of Man, and Channel Islands |
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Headquarters |
London |
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Language |
English |
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Owner |
ITV plc (13 licences) |
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Launched |
September 22nd 1955 |
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Former names |
Independent Television (1955–1963) |
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ITV, legally known as Channel 3, is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network. It is branded as ITV1 in most of the UK except for central and northern Scotland, where it is branded as STV. It was launched in 1955 as Independent Television to provide competition, eliminating what had been the monopoly of BBC Television (established in 1936).[1] 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.
References
- ↑ "Commercial Television: A Guide to the constitution and working of the new service". The Times. August 19th 1955. Archived from the original on August 10th 2017.
External links
- Official website
- ITV at Count Duckula Wiki
- ITV at Danger Mouse Wiki
- ITV at the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
- ITV at ITV Wiki
- ITV at Sandie Shaw Wiki
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This page uses content from the English Wikipedia page ITV (TV network). The revision history lists the authors. The text on TV Burp Wiki and Wikipedia is licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0 International licence. |