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[[File:ITV logo 1989.png|thumb|Logo used from September 4th 1989 until October 4th 1998]]

'''ITV''' 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]].

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			[[File:ITV logo 1989.png\|thumb\|Logo used from September 4th 1989 until October 4th 1998]]
	'''ITV''' 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]].		'''ITV''' 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]].