Let's talk about TV in the UK

Listen to the text about television in the UK and complete the sentences.

Use the following words to fill in the gaps with the numbers (1, 2, ...) 1. 1946 2. BBC and Channel 4 Television Corporation 3. subscription 4. TV Network Ltd and Northern and Shell 5. 480 6. BBC One, BBC Two, Channel 4, ITV , Channel 5 7. BBC World News 8. providers 9. 1936 10. 1955 11. October 24 2012

1. The two leading public broadcasting companies are  

2. The two major commercial television companies are .  

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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