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'''{{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¤tPosition=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>. {{PAGENAME}} 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. | '''{{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¤tPosition=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>. {{PAGENAME}} 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. | ||
''[[Danger Mouse ( | ''[[w:c:dangermouse:Danger Mouse (original TV series)|Danger Mouse]]'' and ''[[Count Duckula (series)|Count Duckula]]'' were originally broadcast on {{PAGENAME}}. | ||
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Revision as of 22:13, 12 July 2024
ITV 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)[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.
Danger Mouse and Count Duckula were originally broadcast on ITV.
References
- ↑ "Commercial Television: A Guide to the constitution and working of the new service". The Times. August 19th 1955. Retrieved January 18th 2013.
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