Key Dates and Facts
1980 Broadcasting Act
1982 - launch of Channel 4 as a publicly owned PSB provider
1990- Broadcasting Act
1993 - Channel 4 becomes a public corporation
2008: HBO had approx. 40 million subscribers which provided over $6 billion profit.
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| Free digital TV in the UK |
BBC:In 1944 aimed to become 'a Times of the air' providing 'the highest possible cultural level' in documentary, news, art and educational broadcasting.
ITV:
The first commercial television in the UK. In 1954, when the Act introducing commercial television was passed, it meant a threat to BBC and an opportunity advertising agencies, market research organizations and radio/television manufacturers.
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