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| − | '''ITV''', or '''Independent Television''', is the main commercial terrestrial [[television]] broadcaster in the [[United Kingdom]]. Commercial television was first permitted in the UK in 1955, breaking the monopoly of the [[BBC]] (independent commercial [[radio]] was not permitted for another 18 years, arriving in 1973). It was | + | '''ITV''', or '''Independent Television''' (known legally since 1990 as '''Channel 3'''), is the main commercial terrestrial [[television]] broadcaster in the [[United Kingdom]]. Commercial television was first permitted in the UK in 1955, breaking the monopoly of the [[BBC]] (independent commercial [[radio]] was not permitted for another 18 years, arriving in 1973). It was organized along regional lines, with ultimately 15 regional franchises (including two for the London area: one for weekdays and one for weekends), later supplemented by a national "breakfast TV" franchise. Although the intent was to encourage regional diversity in programming, regional output swiftly fell to the levels decreed by the regulatory Independent Television Authority (later Independent Broadcasting Authority), most companies broadcasting the same national shows at the same times, and this was followed by the consolidation of franchises under fewer owners; indeed, all but two of the regional franchises are now controlled by one company called ITV plc, formed by a merger of the two most powerful broadcasters, [[London]]-based Carlton and [[Manchester]]-based Granada. |
ITV was recently listed as one of numerous leftist-controlled companies that have gone "[[woke]]" and now support the criminal rioters of [[Antifa]] and [[Black Lives Matter]] in the wake of the [[2020 leftist riots]].<ref>[https://gab.com/a/posts/104311289660016704 Here Are The Companies That Support Antifa, Black Lives Matter, and Want You Dead] at Gab.com</ref> | ITV was recently listed as one of numerous leftist-controlled companies that have gone "[[woke]]" and now support the criminal rioters of [[Antifa]] and [[Black Lives Matter]] in the wake of the [[2020 leftist riots]].<ref>[https://gab.com/a/posts/104311289660016704 Here Are The Companies That Support Antifa, Black Lives Matter, and Want You Dead] at Gab.com</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 21:36, December 31, 2020
ITV, or Independent Television (known legally since 1990 as Channel 3), is the main commercial terrestrial television broadcaster in the United Kingdom. Commercial television was first permitted in the UK in 1955, breaking the monopoly of the BBC (independent commercial radio was not permitted for another 18 years, arriving in 1973). It was organized along regional lines, with ultimately 15 regional franchises (including two for the London area: one for weekdays and one for weekends), later supplemented by a national "breakfast TV" franchise. Although the intent was to encourage regional diversity in programming, regional output swiftly fell to the levels decreed by the regulatory Independent Television Authority (later Independent Broadcasting Authority), most companies broadcasting the same national shows at the same times, and this was followed by the consolidation of franchises under fewer owners; indeed, all but two of the regional franchises are now controlled by one company called ITV plc, formed by a merger of the two most powerful broadcasters, London-based Carlton and Manchester-based Granada.
ITV was recently listed as one of numerous leftist-controlled companies that have gone "woke" and now support the criminal rioters of Antifa and Black Lives Matter in the wake of the 2020 leftist riots.[1]
