Private Television in the United Kingdom: A Story of Ownership Integration

Although in the United Kingdom public service broadcasting (PSB) — led by the BBC, a non-commercial entity — has traditionally been seen as the bedrock of the television industry, the United Kingdom is home to a significant private or commercially owned television sector too. The first commercial “ITV” broadcasting licences were awarded in the 1950s and since then the television industry has gone through successive phases of expansion that have multiplied the number of channels and programme-makers. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.