Emma has been broadcast on a television channel.
Emma (1996 TV film) . It aired on ITV on the 24 November 1996 and garnered an estimated 12 million viewers . ITV is a commercial TV network in the United Kingdom . Launched in 1955 as Independent Television under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority ( ITA , then after the Sound Broadcasting Act 1972 , Independent Broadcasting Authority , now Ofcom ) to provide competition to the long established BBC , it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK . ITV is a network of television channels that operate regional television services as well as sharing programmes between each other to be displayed on the entire network .