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If the British government had not decided the BBC did not need any competition, and did not allow the setting up of ITV (Independent TeleVision, for the Ignorant Foreigners (TM)- initially a single channel comprised of a network of regional franchises) in 1955, what might the impact on broadcasting be? How might it affect BBC programming with no competition, and assuming this situation persists until the '80s at least, how will it affect television history during what I might think of as the "Golden Age" in the '60s and '70s? How long is it going to be tenable, or could we see a BBC-owned satellite service?
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