[DOC] [TLE] History of ITV - Wikipedia [PAR] The history of ITV, the United Kingdom "Independent Television" commercial 
network, goes ... Each individual company broadcast on 405-line VHF and was 
responsible for ... Ltd (ITCA) together with the Independent Television Authority (
ITA) in 1959. ... The weekend franchises in the North of England and the 
Midlands were... [DOC] [TLE] BBC ON THIS DAY | 22 | 1955: New TV channel ends BBC monopoly [PAR] Britain's first independent television station is on air, bringing advertisements to 
the ... The new Independent Television Authority (ITA) began its broadcasts with 
live ... The Corporation is already coming under huge pressure as a result of the... [DOC] [TLE] BBC ON THIS DAY | 26 | 1953: Lords vote for commercial television [PAR] Peers back the Government's proposals for commercial television - despite fierce 
... held a monopoly for too long and a second channel run by the corporation 
would not ... The Independent Television Authority was set up to supervise the TV 
... the first transmission of the London ITV service began on 22 September 1955. [DOC] [TLE] Independent Broadcasting Authority | British government agency ... [PAR] Alternative Titles: IBA, Independent Television Authority, ITA ... Workers leaving 
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) headquarters in London. ... It retained its 
monopoly of television service in Britain until the passage of the Television Act of 
1954 ... Television Authority (later the Office of Communications [Ofcom]) in 1955. [DOC] [TLE] The Museum of Broadcast Communications - Encyclopedia of ... [PAR] Its writ runs over Independent Television, a federal grouping of 15 ... services 
originating in the U.K. The ITC will eventually be responsible as well for any ... 
First, up to 1955, development of the medium was subordinated to the needs of 
radio. ... of a new public corporation, an Independent Television Authority, to 
appoint the... [DOC] [TLE] The UK 405-Line Television Network - Radios-TV.co.uk [PAR] Aug 26, 2016 ... UK 405-Line Transmitter Information. ... they were incorporated by royal charter 
as the British Broadcasting Corporation, financed by receiver licence fees and, 
for a while, a tax on valves. The first time this monopoly was broken was in 1955 
when the Independent Television Authority (ITA) was formed to... [DOC] [TLE] British Broadcasting Corporation Ltd. - Encyclopedia.com [PAR] The British Broadcasting Corporation Ltd. (BBC) is the largest public sector 
media company in .... by the Conservative government, broke the BBC's 
television monopoly. ... of the Television Act, an Independent Television Authority 
(ITA) was formed, and on September 22, 1955, the first commercial broadcast 
went on the air. [DOC] [TLE] Start here - Radio - Transdiffusion [PAR] Apr 20, 2015 ... By 1920 it was possible to broadcast voices and music across a ... Eventually it 
was decided that broadcasting in the UK should be a government monopoly, run 
by a ... On 1 January 1927, the British Broadcasting Corporation was born. .... 
broadcaster to rival the BBC  the Independent Television Authority... [DOC] [TLE] The History of British Commercial Television 1955 to 1982 [PAR] The "Independent Television" service, named because of its independence ... 
who had held the monopoly on broadcasting in Britain, aired a sensational ... and 
North's weekend contractor, Associated British Corporation complained), began 
two days later. .... All the ITV regions initially broadcast using 405-lines on VHF. [DOC] [TLE] Independent Television Authority - Radio Sounds Familiar [PAR] The "Independent Television" service, named because of its independence from 
the ... BBC, who had held the monopoly on broadcasting in Britain, aired a 
sensational ... weekend contractor, Associated British Corporation complained), 
began two days later. ... All the ITV regions initially broadcast using 405-lines on 
VHF. [DOC] [TLE] ..REASONS FOR CHANGING OVER TO A PLURAI,ISTIC ... [PAR] The monopoly of the BBC was broken by the Television Act of 1954 ... "It had 
seemed to the Authority in 1955 rhar one thing in Britain be- ginning to go wrong
... [DOC] [TLE] Reasons for Changing Over to a Pluralistic Framework to ... [PAR] The monopoly of the BBC was broken by the Television Act

Question: In 1955 the Independent Television Authority broke this corporation's monopoly on TV in England
Answer: the BBC