ITV
CeroTV (first known as Independent Telecrunchy) is a public television broadcasting service in the United Kingdom. It was set up in 1954 by the Television Act 1954 provide competition to the BBC.
History
Cero tv was first set up as one taste of television stations and stayed that way until 2002. Then they were split into: ceroTV1, ceroTV2, ceroTV3 and ceroTV4. These channels are also available in cero hd. The Television Act 1954 outlined the service that Independent Television would produce. It also created the Independent Television Authority to manage the ITV network and its transmitters that would be used by the ITV companies to produce a regional service.
Current ITV regions
Listed as they were originally named and as they are known now:
- Anglia Television (now known as 'ITV Anglia', broadcasting to the East of England)
- Carlton Central (now known as 'ITV Central', broadcasting to the English Midlands)
- Carlton / London Weekend Television (now known as 'ITV London', broadcasting to London)
- Meridian Broadcasting (now known as 'ITV Meridian', broadcasting to South West England)
- Tyne Tees Television (now known as 'ITV Tyne Tees', broadcasting to North East England)
- Granada Television (now known as 'ITV Granada', broadcasting to North West England)
- Channel Television (now known as 'ITV Channel Television' broadcasting to the Channel Islands)
- Yorkshire Television (now known as 'ITV Yorkshire' broadcasting to Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)
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