1. Launched date: 22 September 1995 Owned By: ITV plc, STV Group plc, UTV Media and Channel Television Limited. Audience Share: 19.1 % (ITV Network) Webiste: www.itv.com Chairman: Archie John Norman – took post of Chairman on 8 th Jan 2010 (Michael Grade 2007-2009) Availability Terrestrial: Analogue = normally tuned to 3, Freeview = Channel 3. Satellite: Sky Digital = Channel 103, Freesat = Channel 103 Cable – Virgin Media = Channel 103, TalkTalk TV = Channel 3, UPC Ireland = Channel 110 Internet TV – itv.com, Zattoo – UK Only. Peer-to-peer Internet Protocol TV system

4. Unlike many TV channels ITV is not owned by one single company although it has come close to becoming so in recent years. Ofcom has issued licences to four companies to provide regional Channel 3 services.

5. Audience Activities ITV can be accessed over the internet, over the iPod Touch and mobile phones. The audience can also interact with TV shows such as Dancing on Ice, The X Factor, I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Outta Here and Popstar to Operastar, by voting in their favourite act to keep them safe when participating in the show by calling in on an 0800 number or by pressing the red button.

6. itv.com is the main website of ITV plc, the UK's biggest commercial television broadcaster. The website offers online streaming, ITV archive, news, sport, entertainment, games, soaps, lifestyle, drama and an interactive TV guide. Each of ITV plc's channels, ITV1, ITV2, ITV3, ITV4, and CITV Channel have a page with information on their programming www.itv.com was created on 31 st October 1994 but was registered elsewhere for some years before Carlton and Granada merged to itv plc The original ITV URL was www.itv.co.uk, which now redirects to itv.com. itv.co.uk was and still is registered to the ITV Network Limited as opposed to ITV plc.

8. This media group also operates TV channels/radio stations in Germany, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, UK, Australia, Luxembourg, Spain, Greece, Hungary and Croatia. The group also has production companies in the United States. RTL is one of the world’s leading producers of TV content such as game shows and soaps including The XFactor, Pop Idol, Good Times Bad Times, The Price Is Right, Family Feud, The Bill, The Apprentice and Are You Smarter Than a 5 th Grader?. RTL Group is Europe’s largest TV, radio and production company and it is owned by German transnational media company Bertelsmann. It has 45 television and 32 radio stations in 11 countries. RTL originally stood for Radio Télévision Luxembourg (in French) or Radio Television Luxemburg (in German).