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The Independent Television Commission (ITC) licensed and regulated commercial television services in the United Kingdom (except S4C in Wales) between 1 January 1991 and 28 December 2003.
The establishing Act required the auction of Channel 3 licences for the fifteen ITV regions[1] and nationwide breakfast time. Most of the Channel 3 licences were awarded to the incumbent ITV companies; however there were some controversial decisions:
GMTV (changed to Good Morning Television as the bid name 'Sunrise Television' was already used by Sky News) outbid TV-am for the Breakfast television licence.
On 1 January 1993 these new arrangements came into force, and the ITC began its job of 'light-touch regulation'. During this time, the ITC regulated the Channel 3 system as well as Channel 4. It issued licences to new satellite broadcasters and awarded the Channel 5 licence in the mid-1990s. It also regulated cable TV.
In the early 2000s, the British government, in a white paper, declared its intention to merge the ITC with the Radio Authority, Office of Telecommunications, and Radiocommunications Agency. This merger, under the Communications Act 2003, took effect on 29 December 2003. Most powers of the ITC are now exercised by the Office of Communications (Ofcom), making some powers – and the ITC itself – defunct. At this point, technical standards regulation, previously carried out in accordance with the IBA engineering "Code of Practice", seems to have disappeared from the regulatory landscape.
Alongside the ITC, two other independent bodies also dealt with complaints: the Broadcasting Complaints Commission dealt with injustices against individuals, whereas the Broadcasting Standards Council dealt with complaints about the moral content of programs, with no redress for individuals.
Historically, all of independent television (from 22 September 1955) and radio (from 8 October 1973) was governed by the IBA (Independent Broadcasting Authority) – joined by the Cable Authority in 1984. On 1 July 1985, the Home Secretary asked the IBA to review prospects for commercial DBS.
In 1988, the Broadcasting Standards Council was set up to monitor 'taste and decency' on television. In 1990, large-scale changes brought about the Radio Authority, the privatization of the IBA's engineering division as NTL, and formation of the Independent Television Commission.
Since its formation, the BBC has been primarily responsible for its own governance - initially through the Corporation's Board of Governors and since 1 January 2007 through the BBC Trust.
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This article is about the regulator For the television production company see ITC Entertainment This article relies largely or entirely on a single source Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources Find sources Independent Television Commission news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2020 The Independent Television Commission ITC licensed and regulated commercial television services in the United Kingdom except S4C in Wales between 1 January 1991 and 28 December 2003 Independent Television CommissionAbbreviationITCSuccessorOfcomFormation1 January 1991TypeStatutory corporationLegal statusCreated by Broadcasting Act 1990PurposeRegulator and competition authority for broadcasting telecommunications and radiocommunications spectrumHeadquartersLondon EnglandLocationLondon Belfast Cardiff Caterham Glasgow Newton le WillowsRegion servedUnited KingdomOfficial languageEnglish Welsh Contents 1 History 2 Activities 3 Chairman 4 The ITC s co regulators and origins 4 1 Timeline of communications regulators 1953 present 5 See also 6 ReferencesHistory Edit ITC s former headquarters now occupied by Ofcom note the former IBA signage was removed The creation of ITC by the Broadcasting Act 1990 to replace the television regulation functions of the Independent Broadcasting Authority formed by the Sound Broadcasting Act 1972 and Cable Authority From 1 January 1991 it regulated the existing ITV network The 1990 Act also established the Channel Four Television Corporation to run Channel 4 regulated by the ITC There was no fanfare as control was passed from Channel Four Television Company Limited Activities EditThe establishing Act required the auction of Channel 3 licences for the fifteen ITV regions 1 and nationwide breakfast time Most of the Channel 3 licences were awarded to the incumbent ITV companies however there were some controversial decisions Carlton Television outbid Thames Television for the London Weekday licence CPV TV was the highest bidder but its bid failed due to quality considerations GMTV changed to Good Morning Television as the bid name Sunrise Television was already used by Sky News outbid TV am for the Breakfast television licence TVS and TSW were deemed to have overbid for their licences and hence their franchises were awarded to lower bidders Meridian Broadcasting and Westcountry Television respectively On 1 January 1993 these new arrangements came into force and the ITC began its job of light touch regulation During this time the ITC regulated the Channel 3 system as well as Channel 4 It issued licences to new satellite broadcasters and awarded the Channel 5 licence in the mid 1990s It also regulated cable TV In the early 2000s the British government in a white paper declared its intention to merge the ITC with the Radio Authority Office of Telecommunications and Radiocommunications Agency This merger under the Communications Act 2003 took effect on 29 December 2003 Most powers of the ITC are now exercised by the Office of Communications Ofcom making some powers and the ITC itself defunct At this point technical standards regulation previously carried out in accordance with the IBA engineering Code of Practice seems to have disappeared from the regulatory landscape Technical standards are part of the licence conditions and both are set by Ofcom this is the current technical standard issued by Ofcom https www ofcom org uk data assets pdf file 0023 62663 broadcast TV technical codes pdfChairman EditGeorge Russell last chairman of IBA 2 Sir George Russell 1 Jan 1991 31 Dec 1996 Sir Robin Biggam 1 Jan 1997 28 Dec 2003 The ITC s co regulators and origins EditTimeline of communications regulators 1953 present Edit Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications 1 Alongside the ITC two other independent bodies also dealt with complaints the Broadcasting Complaints Commission dealt with injustices against individuals whereas the Broadcasting Standards Council dealt with complaints about the moral content of programs with no redress for individuals Historically all of independent television from 22 September 1955 and radio from 8 October 1973 was governed by the IBA Independent Broadcasting Authority joined by the Cable Authority in 1984 On 1 July 1985 the Home Secretary asked the IBA to review prospects for commercial DBS In 1988 the Broadcasting Standards Council was set up to monitor taste and decency on television In 1990 large scale changes brought about the Radio Authority the privatization of the IBA s engineering division as NTL and formation of the Independent Television Commission Since its formation the BBC has been primarily responsible for its own governance initially through the Corporation s Board of Governors and since 1 January 2007 through the BBC Trust Communications regulationPreceded byIndependent Broadcasting Authority Regulation of ITV1 January 1991 28 December 2003 Succeeded byOfcomRegulation of Channel 41 January 1991 28 December 2003Regulation of Satellite Television1 January 1991 28 December 2003Preceded byCable Authority Regulation of Cable Television1 January 1991 28 December 2003New creation Regulation of Channel 530 March 1997 28 December 2003See also EditOfcom Code on Sports and Other Listed and Designated EventsReferences Edit http www ukfree tv maps php key tblITVsubregions ID amp c 8 7C Akinyemi Gloria 28 March 2022 Ofcom predecessor organisations ITA IBA ITC PDF Ofcom Retrieved 28 December 2022 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Independent Television Commission amp oldid 1130576950, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
