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May – HTV acquires the UK branch of Vestron Video International and renamed them to First Independent Films which was a British film distributor and home video company that replaced its UK operations. [6] [7] [8] 25 May – HTV West begins broadcasting in stereo from the Mendip transmitting station. [9] 1991
ITV Wales and West, previously known as Harlech Television (HTV), was an ITV franchisee in the United Kingdom until 31 December 2013, licensed to broadcast by the regulator Ofcom.
ITV Anglia (West) [5] Anglia (West) ... HTV West HTV (West) ITV1 West of England; ITV1 West [note 9] South West England: 29 April 1961 Westward: Westward TV TSW:
Annie St John – announcer for HTV West, Tyne Tees and LWT during the 1980s, and later a main presenter on HTV News West. She died from a drugs overdose in 1990. Angus Scott – regular sports presenter for HTV during the 1980s and 1990s: he frequently presented sports news on HTV News. He is the brother of Steve Scott.
The launch of Harlech Television in May 1968 led to the launch of a full half-hour evening news programme, Report, broadcast to South Wales and the West of England.. Previously, former ITV franchise holder for Wales and the West of England TWW had provided short evening bulletins known as TWW Reports, presented jointly from studios in Cardiff and Bristol, where the station ran a joint news ...
6 April – HTV starts broadcasting in colour and from this day, the station becomes known on air as HTV rather than Harlech Television. [5] The service for Wales becomes known as HTV Cymru Wales. (HTV's "general" 405-line VHF service for South Wales and the West of England continues as a separate service). 1971. No events. 1972
The Ferryside television relay station in Carmarthenshire is chosen as the site of the UK's experimental switchover trial, and as such becomes the first UK TV transmitter to be converted to digital transmission. [18] 14 November — ITV Wales News is renamed back to Wales Tonight. 2006. 29 December – HTV Ltd is renamed ITV Wales & West Ltd ...
2000. May – ITV Night Time begins on Anglia, Channel, HTV Wales, HTV West, Meridian and Westcountry. 2001. 29 August – Many of the former overnight programmes associated with the old Night Network and Night Time services are replaced with repeats of networked daytime shows (many of these including on-screen BSL signing for the deaf).