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People within the UK in 1920s
Britain consumed media through
newspaper or radio broadcasts1936 John Logie
Baird created
the television.1962 a general strike meant
no newspapers were printed
for 9 days, their absence
began the BBC broadcasting
5 times a day.In 1955, commercial or
independent television did
much to fire up the BBC.1964 the BBC opened
a second channel.1967 BBC television channel
ended up forming colour.It was some time before the quality of ITV programming was recognised in drama (1956-74).Channel 4 came out in 1982
with a new remit. It was fore
diverse a range of audiences
not served in BBC and ITV.The broadcasting acts of 1990 and 1996 legislated for a new television
environment in which regulations of independent television was
loosened, and digital broadcasting
promised to provide even more
channels than analogue
cable and satellite.Channel 5 was launched as a final terrestrial channel in 1977In 2003, Freeview was set up after
ITV digital failed launched the
previous year.BBC iPlayer was launched
was launched in 2007 and focused on
catch-up on demand.
Soon after rental services
such as NETFLIX and Lovefilm
began streaming
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