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The fourth British television network and second commercial network, after the two [[The BBC|BBC]] channels and [[ITV]]; also one of the big five UK TV channels to have been available free to air before the start of digital broadcasting. When British TV switched to UHF in the 1970s four frequencies were allocated to each transmitting site, but political wranglings kept the fourth channel vacant for many years.

 

 

Eventually, in 1982, Channel 4 was created by the Government to break the duopoly of [[The BBC]] and [[ITV]], with a mandate to produce innovative, distinctive and arty programs. The initiative arrived just in time to take the final coveted terrestrial space (until years later when the development of technology allowed the creation of [[Channel Five]]).