 Towards the end of the 1980s, the government began a radical process of re-organisation of the commercial broadcasting industry, which was written onto the statute books by means of the Broadcasting Act 1990.Significantly, this meant the abolition of the IBA, and hence the Channel Four Television Company.The result led to the creation of a corporation to own and operate the channel, which would have greater autonomy and would eventually go on to establish its other operations.