BBC ITV. However, the BBC monopoly on radio services would persist until 8 October 1973 when under the control of the newly renamed Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA), the UK's first Independent local radio station, LBC came on-air in the London area. As a result of the Pilkington Committee report of 1962, in which the BBC was praised for the quality and range of its output, and ITV was very heavily criticised for not providing enough quality programming, the decision was taken to award the BBC a second television channel, BBC2, in 1964, renaming the existing service BBC1. BBC2 used the higher
BBC UK regional TV on satellite and "Belonging" and "Crash" in Wales) with network programmes rescheduled to accommodate them. BBC One HD started broadcasting on 3 November 2010. There are currently four regional variations – a network variant for England, a Northern Ireland variant that launched on 24 October 2012, a Scottish variation that launched on 14 January 2013 and a Welsh variation that launched on 29 January 2013. Scotland has regional programming such as "Newsnight Scotland" and Gaelic-language programmes. Northern Ireland and Wales also have regional programming, but on digital TV there is only a single BBC Two service for England. BBC UK regional TV