1. The two leading public broadcasting companies are2

2. The two major commercial television companies are4 .

3. The most watched nationwide television channels, owned by these companies are 6

4. The BBC’s international television news service,7 , is broadcast throughout the world.

5. The BBC first began television broadcasts only for London in9 , and renewed them in 1

6. ITV (Independent Television) was originally founded in 10 to provide competition to the BBC.

7. On 11 all television broadcasts in the United Kingdom went digital.

8. Numerous providers deliver free and subscription services on more than 5 channels throughout the UK.

9. Freesat, Freesat from Sky, Freeview, the Internet, BTVision, Orange, Sky TV, Smallworld, T-Mobile, TalkTalk TV, Vodafone are8 , delivering free and 3 services.