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It was created to sell airtime for two ITV regions, Yorkshire Television and Tyne Tees Television, and later took over both companies. Trident acquired Halas and Batchelor , Scarborough Zoo, Windsor Safari Park , the British Playboy Clubs , The Clermont , the London Vic Casino , Trident Casinos and Trident Holdings (Australia Pty Ltd).
Regional programming on ITV was a major concern for the IBA, particularly in the 1980 franchise round. The IBA was determined each franchise provided the best possible local service, so the South of England transmission region was split in two, with the successful applicant required to provide separate news services for the South and South East, while in the Midlands ATV's commitment to ...
ITV Tyne Tees, previously known as Tyne Tees, Channel 3 North East and Tyne Tees Television, is the ITV television franchisee for North East England and parts of North Yorkshire. [ 1 ] Tyne Tees launched on 15 January 1959 from studios at a converted warehouse in City Road, Newcastle upon Tyne , remaining in the city until July 2005 when Tyne ...
Following rule changes in 1992, Yorkshire-Tyne Tees resumed their alliance under the name Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television (YTTT) plc. The two stations were integrated to a far greater extent. Following the takeover, 292 jobs were axed at the two broadcasters; [ 29 ] 174 at Leeds, and 115 at Newcastle, with a further three from airtime sales in ...
The takeover of Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television was thought to be worth about £800m. Three months later, Bruce Gyngell left the company in September 1997. Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television, along with Welsh franchisee HTV , later challenged a government plan for all ITV companies to be required to use a single supplier of television news.
On 28 October 2002, the Tyne Tees brand was removed from network programming, with its on-screen identity reduced to a sub-brand of ITV. The continuity announcers that had served the region from Leeds since 1993, were themselves being reduced to six from London for the whole country. [2] The final announcement from Tyne Tees was as follows:
In 1980, Anglia successfully retained the franchise after defeating a challenge from East of England TV, who wished to operate from Cambridge. [11] In addition, the IBA bowed to public pressure from 70,000 viewers in northern parts of Norfolk who were served by Yorkshire Television via the Belmont Transmitter; many of the viewers had gone to "considerable trouble and expense" to receive Anglia ...
On 23 July 2013, proposals to reintroduce full regional services for the Tyne Tees and Border regions were approved by Ofcom, effectively leading to a demerger of the Tyne Tees and Border services. On 16 September 2013, ITV News Tyne Tees and Lookaround were restored as fully separate regional programmes on weekdays with shorter daytime and ...