United Kingdom Independent Broadcasting


United Kingdom Independent Broadcasting is an affiliation of three British independent television production companies and broadcasters. The primary function of its predecessor was to represent independent British television interests as a member of the European Broadcasting Union. The members of UKIB are the ITV Network Centre, the 17 ITV Companies, Channel 4, and S4C.

History

United Kingdom Independent Broadcasting was formed in 1981, when the Association of Independent Radio Contractors was admitted as an active member of the European Broadcasting Union.
It replaced Independent Broadcasting Authority as the second British EBU member.
Once ITCA was admitted as a fully active EBU member, the AIRC joined with ITA to form the Commercial Radio Companies Association in 1996. CRCA cancelled its EBU membership by the end of 2002.
The IBA continued to exist until it was disbanded by the Broadcasting Act 1990, which replaced it with the Independent Television Commission and the Radio Authority.

Members

Digital channels

Besides the main ITV, Channel 4, and S4C channels, there are several digital-only channels owned by ITV plc and E4, More4 and Film4, operated by Channel 4.

Eurovision Song Contest

The 's entries in the Eurovision Song Contest have been entered by the BBC each time. However, the 's Junior Eurovision Song Contest entries were broadcast and entered by ITV in,, and. S4C announced on 9 May 2018 that would debut at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 held in Minsk, Belarus.

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