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The history of ITV, the United Kingdom and Crown Dependencies "Independent Television" commercial network, goes back to 1955. [1]Independent Television began as a network of independently-owned regional companies that were both broadcasters and programme makers, beginning with four companies operating six stations in three large regions in 1955–1956, and gradually expanding to 17 stations in ...
ITV (TV network) 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 ...
31 August – ITV starts broadcasting in central Scotland – Scottish Television (STV) is the franchise holder. 1958. 14 January – Television Wales and the West (TWW) starts broadcasting to South Wales and the West of England. 30 August – Southern Television launches. 1959.
From 1993, mergers between ITV companies became possible; as a result, companies began to take each other over to increase efficiencies and to expand. By 2004, all of the ITV franchises in England and Wales were owned by the newly formed ITV plc, the four other franchises being Scottish TV, Grampian TV, UTV and Channel.
1960. Channel Television is awarded the contract to provide ITV television in the Channel Islands.However, the Independent Television Authority pointed out that the Television Act 1954 that established ITV did not include provision for the Channel Islands and as a result, if the ITA was to operate an ITV service there, it would have to be permitted by means of extending the Act to the islands ...
The Benny Hill Show (BBC TV/ BBC One 1955–1968, ITV/Thames 1969–1989) Big Brother (Channel 4 2000–2010, Channel 5 2011–2018, ITV2/ITV1 2023-present) Bigheads (2017) The Big Match (1968–1992, ITV4 2008–present as The Big Match Revisited) The Bill (1983, 1984–2010, repeated on Drama) Birds of a Feather (BBC One 1989–1998, ITV 2014 ...
ITV Channel Television, despite being an ITV plc region, used the break bumpers, however instead used their hearts logo against filmed shots of the Channel Islands. Regional idents were available and featured the ITV1 ident with the region name written under the logo, to a background of different shades of dark blue.
1962. 1 September – ITV begins broadcasting to the Channel Islands. 14 September – The final part of the UK gets an ITV service when Wales (West and North) Television launches in West and North Wales. 1963. 7 January – The first edition of World in Action is broadcast. 1964. No events. 1965.