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The Independent Television network in 1956, one year after first transmissions The ITV regions after all companies had begun broadcasting in 1962. The Independent Television network came about as a result of the Television Act 1954, which paved the way for the establishment of a commercial television service in the United Kingdom and created the Independent Television Authority (ITA). [1]
ITV, legally known as Channel 3, is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network. ... The act created the Independent Television Authority ...
April – The newly created ITV plc purchases NTL's 35% stake in the ITV News Channel. 1 November – ITV3 launches, replacing Plus which closes a few hours prior to ITV3's launch. Earlier that day ITV bought out BSkyB's stake in Granada Sky Broadcasting. 2005. 11 April – The ITV Lunchtime News is extended to last 60 minutes.
The Independent Television Authority (ITA) was an agency created by the Television Act 1954 (2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 55) to supervise the creation of "Independent Television" (ITV), the first commercial television network in the United Kingdom. The ITA existed from 1954 until 1972.
ITV1 (formerly known as ITV) is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel [b] owned and operated by the British media company ITV plc.It provides the Channel 3 public broadcast service across all of the United Kingdom except for the central and northern areas of Scotland where STV provides the service.
ITV plc is a British media company that holds 13 of the 15 regional television licences that make up the ITV network (Channel 3), the oldest and largest commercial terrestrial television network in the United Kingdom. ITV plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
12 May – Following the collapse of ITV Digital, [8] [9] the ITV Sports Channel stops broadcasting. 30 September – ITV purchases ITN's 65% stake in its news channel and relaunches it as the ITV News Channel. 2003. 31 March – Carlton Cinema stops broadcasting. [10] 2004. April – The newly created ITV plc purchases NTL's 35% stake in the ...
Web television (WebTV) is a term used for programs created by a wide variety of companies and individuals for broadcast on Internet TV. A first patent was filed in 1994 [ 140 ] (and extended the following year) [ 141 ] for an "intelligent" television system, linked with data processing systems, by means of a digital or analog network.