Simplify the following text for a Grade 13 native English-speaking person.
Original: Independent Television ( generally known as ITV but also as ITV Network or Channel 3 ) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters , set up under the Independent Television Authority ( ITA ) to provide competition to the BBC .
Simplified: ITV is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters , set up under the Independent Television Authority ( ITA ) to provide competition to the BBC .