After several mergers, the fifteen regional franchises are now held by two companies: ITV plc, which runs the ITV channel, and STV Group, which runs the STV channel. Each franchise was originally owned by a different company. ITV was for four decades a network of separate companies which provided regional television services and also shared programmes between each other to be shown on the entire network. Since the passing of the Broadcasting Act 1990, its legal name has been Channel 3 to distinguish it from the other analogue channels at the time, BBC1, BBC2 and Channel 4. ITV is the oldest commercial network in the UK.
It was launched in 1955 as Independent Television to provide competition to BBC Television (established in 1936).
ITV is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network. United Kingdom, Isle of Man and Channel Islands
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