ITV (United States)

ITV is an American English-language commercial broadcast television network that is operated by ITV Network America, LLC, a limited liability company of the ITV America unit of ITV plc. The network is co-headquarterd in New York City and Sherman Oaks, California, with major production facilities and operations in Stamford, Connecticut, New York City, Los Angeles, and London in the United Kingdom.

ITV is sometimes referred to as Independent Television, in reference to the meaning of the network and its parent company's names.

ITV can be distinguished from its parent British ITV network.

Preparations (1980-1989)
ITV Network America, LLC (the network's holding company) was founded and set-up in 1980 by the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) in the UK during its review of the television franchise licenses for contracts beginning New Year's Day, 1982.

When new licenses were applied in 1982, the IBA now had the task of bringing the programs into the United States through a single network.

In 1988, when the IBA announced a new branding, a new official logo, and reconsolidation at the network (forming current owner ITV plc), they started preparing all the necessary assets for the new ITV network in America to begin operations. They first bought the Independent Stations Group, owners of several UHF independent stations in big markets, then opened facilities in New York, California, and Connecticut.