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The Cable Authority was a body in the United Kingdom, which existed from the 1980s until December 31, 1990 to regulate those non-terrestrial television channels broadcasting at the time, which were only available to a very small audience. The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... This article is about the year. ...

From January 1, 1991, its functions were taken on by the Independent Television Commission. January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The ITC has been superseded as the British commercial television regulator by Ofcom (the Office of Communications). ...