The document provides details on the history and development of ITV, the British commercial television network: - ITV was previously known as a collective name for separate regional television channels, and is now the brand name of the ITV Network operating across much of the UK. - From 2001-2013 it was known as ITV1, introduced alongside regional identities, which were then replaced by the ITV brand alone in 2002 when Granada and Carlton merged. - ITV branched into multiple channels like ITV2 and ITV3 and remains the biggest commercial television channel in the UK, though its audience share has declined with more channels available.

2. • It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the
BBC Television Service, and was the world's first
regular television service with a high level of
image resolution.
• Baird Television Ltd. made Britain's first
television broadcast, on 30 September 1929.
• By late 1930, 30 minutes of morning
programmes were broadcast Monday to
Friday, and 30 minutes at midnight on Tuesdays
and Fridays, after BBC radio went off the air.
Baird broadcasts via the BBC continued until
June 1932.
• On 1 September 1939, two days before Britain
declared war on Germany, the station was taken
off air with little warning
• Many of the television service's technical staff
and engineers would be needed for the war
effort, in particular on the radar programme. The
last programme transmitted was a Mickey Mouse
cartoon, Mickey's Gala Premier (1933), which
was followed by test transmissions and an
announcement of the afternoon's
programmes, which were in the event not
broadcast; this account refuted the popular
memory according to which broadcasting was
suspended before the end of the cartoon
• According to figures from Britain's Radio
Manufacturers Association, 18,999 television
sets had been manufactured from 1936 to
September 1939, when production was halted by
the war.
• The channel's annual budget for 2012/13 is
£1.14 billion.

3. This is part of BBC one’s website that lets you stream videos to your computer and
watch anything you may have missed. It shows such programmes like EastEnders
which are soaps, documentaries such as Saints and Scroungers and The Escape
Artist which is a drama.

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Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began
transmission on 2 November 1982.
Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned;
originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA), the
station is now owned and operated by Channel Four Television
Corporation, a public body established in 1990, coming into operation in
1993.
With the conversion of the Wenvoe transmitter group in Wales to digital on
31 March 2010, Channel 4 became an entirely UK-wide TV channel for the
first time.
The channel was established to provide a fourth television service to the
United Kingdom in addition to the television licence-funded BBC's two
services and the single commercial broadcasting network, ITV.
Before Channel 4 and S4C, Britain had three terrestrial television services:
BBC1, BBC2, and ITV. The Broadcasting Act 1980 began the process of
adding a fourth, and Channel 4.
After some months of test broadcasts, it began scheduled transmissions on
2 November 1982.
The first voice heard on Channel 4's opening day of Tuesday 2 November
1982 was that of continuity announcer Paul Coia, who intoned, "Good
afternoon. It's a pleasure to be able to say to you: Welcome to Channel
Four", before heading into a montage of clips from its programmes set to
the station's signature tune, "Fourscore", written by Lord David
Dundas, which would form the basis of the station's jingles for its first
decade.
On 28 March 2007, Channel 4 announced plans to launch a music channel
"4Music" as a joint venture with British media company EMAP which would
include carriage on the Freeview platform.
On 15 August 2008, 4Music was launched across the UK.

5. 4oD is channel 4’s catch-up site for programmes that you may have missed. This screenshot tells us
what sort of shows Channel 4 broadcasts such as Made In Chelsea which is a structured reality drama.
This can also be accessed on most hand held devises such as phones, game consoles and tablets.

6. • ITV (previously ITV1 from 2001 to 2013) is the flagship television channel of
ITV plc in the United Kingdom.
• Having previously been a collective name for a network of separate regional
television channels, it is now the brand name of the ITV Network operating in
England, Wales, southern Scotland (Dumfries & Galloway, the Scottish
Borders), the Isle of Man, and the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey.
• From 2001 until 2013, the channel was known as 'ITV1', because the 'ITV1'
brand name was introduced by Granada and Carlton in August 2001, alongside
the regional identities of their eleven regional companies.
• ITV1 replaced these regional brands completely in October 2002, before
Granada acquired Carlton in a corporate takeover and merged to form ITV plc
in 2004. The ITV brand, however, should be distinguished from the UK-wide
ITV, of which ITV forms a large proportion.
• ITV and its predecessor channels were collectively known simply as ITV from
1955 to 2001, and always treated as a single channel for ratings purposes.
• ITV branched off into four different channels which are ITV, ITV2, ITV3 and
ITV4.
• ITV2 has become a very popular TV show in itself. It was launched on 7
December 1998
• ITVITV's audience share has fallen in the era of multi-channel television.ITV is
the biggest and most popular commercial television channel in the United
Kingdom.
• ITV plc replaced the ITV1 name on 14 January 2013 in favour of the channel's
former name, 'ITV'.
• ITV1 became the generic on-screen brand name used by the twelve franchises
of the ITV Network in the United Kingdom. The brand was introduced in 2001
by Carlton- and Granada-owned franchises, initially used alongside the local
regional name
• it became the sole on-air identity in 2002 when the two companies decided to
create a single unified play out of the channel.

7. This is ITV player. This allows you – like the other
websites – allow you to catch up on shows you
may have missed. This screenshot shows that
there are many crime dramas on this channel such
as ‘Agatha Christie’s Poirot’ and ‘Midsomer
Murders’. This is also available on mobile devises.