▁election ▁broadcast s ▁on ▁beh alf ▁of ▁the ▁major ▁political ▁parties ▁and ▁political ▁events , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Bud get . ▁The ▁network ▁also ▁needs ▁to ▁produce ▁accessible ▁output ▁containing ▁subt it les , ▁signing ▁and ▁audio ▁description . ▁In ▁exchange ▁for ▁this ▁programming , ▁the ▁I TV ▁network ▁is ▁available ▁on ▁all ▁platforms ▁free ▁to ▁air ▁and ▁can ▁be ▁found ▁at ▁the ▁top ▁of ▁the ▁EP G ▁of ▁all ▁prov iders . ▁ ▁Since ▁the ▁launch ▁of ▁the ▁platform ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁I TV ▁license es ▁have ▁received ▁gift ed ▁capacity ▁on ▁the ▁digital ▁terrest rial ▁television ▁platform . ▁At ▁present , ▁the ▁companies ▁are ▁able ▁to ▁broadcast ▁additional ▁channels ▁and ▁all ▁choose ▁to ▁broadcast ▁the ▁I TV ▁pl c ▁owned ▁I TV 2 , ▁I TV 3 , ▁I TV 4 ▁and ▁C IT V ▁in ▁their ▁region . ▁U TV ▁and ▁ST V ▁( former ly ▁Scottish ▁Television ▁and ▁Gr amp ian ▁Television ) ▁previously ▁broadcast ▁their ▁own ▁services ▁– ▁U TV 2 ▁in ▁Northern ▁Ireland ▁and ▁S 2 ▁in ▁central ▁and ▁northern ▁Scotland ▁– ▁until ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁when ▁they ▁adopted ▁the ▁I TV ▁pl c ▁channels . ▁The ▁broad c aster s ▁all ▁make ▁use ▁of ▁the ▁Digital ▁ 3 & 4 ▁multiple x , ▁shared ▁with ▁Channel ▁ 4 . ▁I TV ▁En core ▁launched ▁on ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁and ▁I TV Be ▁launched ▁in ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 4 . ▁I TV