Independent Television in Britain: Origin and Foundation 1946-62

by Bernard Sendall

After thirty years of broadcasting in Britain under a public monopoly, the Television Act of 1954 introduced a controversial new force called Independent Television (ITV) which was a plural structure combining private enterprise and public control. Its income came from advertising. This volume, the first of three recording the history of Independent Television, describes the campaign to end the BBC's monopoly in television and tells of the vicissitudes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333309413
• ISBN13: 9780333309414
• Release Date: October 1982
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 418 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"