2. What is ITV’s institutions?
• ITV is the institution.
3. What does it do? What Media products
does it produce and distribute?
• ITV provides entertainment for the public by
airing TV shows, they produce and distribute TV
shows such as Coronation Street, The X-Factor,
Celebrity Juice, The Only Way Is Essex etc.
4. ITV’s history.
• ITV was first formed in 1954 in the United Kingdom by
“Independent Television” It is a commercial network and today it is
split between three owners. ITV PLC, STV Group, UTV Media.
• ITV’s first coloured programmes appeared in Scotland on 13th
December 1969 in Central Scotland; in Wales on 6th April 1970 in
South Wales; and in Northern Ireland on 14th September 1970 in
the eastern parts.
• Some of the first ever shows shown in colour were Road Report, The
Growing Summer and Thunderbirds the animated adventure. They
would all start in the morning from 9:30 – 11:00am.
5. Who owns ITV?
• There was three different groups who formed
ITV. ITV PLC, STV Group and UTV Media. But
the main chairman for ITV PLC was Archie
Norman.
6. How is ITV funded?
• ITV is a commercial institution they are funded
by showing advertisement so they’re able to pay
for the TV programmes they put on their
channels..
8. How many channels does ITV have?
What are they?
• ITV have 5 different channels.
• ITV1
• ITV2
• ITV3
• ITV4
• CITV
9. What kind of things can you see on
each television channel?
• ITV1 usually produce programmes for all audiences, they
show the X-Factor and This Morning.
• ITV2 usually produce programmes for adults and
teenagers, they show The Only Way Is Essex and
Celebrity Juice.
• ITV3 usually produce programmes for adults and
teenagers, they show drama’s such as Murder She Wrote
and thrillers.
• ITV4 usually produce programmes for all audiences and
include sporty programmes such as The Tour Of Britain.
• CITV usually produce programmes such as Horrid
Henry and is usually targeted for children.
10. What are their target audiences?
• ITV1 – All audiences
• ITV2 – Adults and teenagers.
• ITV3 – Adults and teenagers.
• ITV4 – All audiences.
• CITV- Children.
11. Who are ITV’s competitors?
• BBC, Channel 4, Channel 5 etc.
