Until the early 1950s, the only television service in Britain was operated as a monopoly by the British Broadcasting Corporation, and financed by the annual television licence fee payable by each household which contained one or more television sets. The new Conservative government elected in 1951 wanted to create a commercial television channel, but this was a controversial subject—the only other examples of commercial television were to be found in the United States, and it was widely considered that the commercial television found there was "vulgar".
The solution to the problem was to create the Independent Television Authority which would closely regulate the new commercial channel in the interests of good taste, and award franchises to commercial companies for fixed terms. Aware that TV coverage of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in the U.S. had been interrupted by advertisements, one of which featured celebrity chimpanzeeJ. Fred Muggs, a clause was included in the Act banning advertising breaks during broadcasts featuring the royal family.
The first commercial franchises were awarded in 1954, and commercial television started broadcasting in stages between 1955 and 1962. The first advertisement aired by ITV promoted Gibbs SR toothpaste at 20.12hrs local time on 22 September 1955. Household cleaners were the most frequently advertised products over the 1955–1960 period.
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television, 1954, this, article, multiple, issues, please, help, improve, discuss, these, issues, talk, page, learn, when, remove, these, template, messages, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, addin. This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Television Act 1954 news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article s factual accuracy is disputed Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page Please help to ensure that disputed statements are reliably sourced October 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message The Television Act 1954 was a British law which permitted the creation of the first commercial television network in the United Kingdom ITV Television Act 1954 1 Parliament of the United KingdomCitation2 amp 3 Eliz 2 c 55Territorial extent England and Wales Scotland Northern IrelandDatesRoyal assent30 July 1954Status Current legislationUntil the early 1950s the only television service in Britain was operated as a monopoly by the British Broadcasting Corporation and financed by the annual television licence fee payable by each household which contained one or more television sets The new Conservative government elected in 1951 wanted to create a commercial television channel but this was a controversial subject the only other examples of commercial television were to be found in the United States and it was widely considered that the commercial television found there was vulgar The solution to the problem was to create the Independent Television Authority which would closely regulate the new commercial channel in the interests of good taste and award franchises to commercial companies for fixed terms Aware that TV coverage of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in the U S had been interrupted by advertisements one of which featured celebrity chimpanzee J Fred Muggs a clause was included in the Act banning advertising breaks during broadcasts featuring the royal family The first commercial franchises were awarded in 1954 and commercial television started broadcasting in stages between 1955 and 1962 The first advertisement aired by ITV promoted Gibbs SR toothpaste at 20 12hrs local time on 22 September 1955 Household cleaners were the most frequently advertised products over the 1955 1960 period References Edit Short title as conferred by s 20 of the Act the modern convention for the citation of short titles omits the comma after the word Act Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Television Act 1954 amp oldid 1130554965, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
