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"HTV West" and "ITV West" were the service names for the ITV service in the West of England from 1970 until 2009, after which the service name "ITV West Country" has been used across the West and South West of England. The "West" service was a sub-region of the franchise for Wales and the West.
The white logo on blue background was seen plain when both Wales and the West received the programme, [31] but would otherwise have the region name included. For the West region, this was 'West' at the top of the logo between the 'H' and 'V', [32] whereas for Wales, the caption Cymru Wales was placed at the bottom of the logo, as a reference ...
ITV West Country is the British television service provided by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the South West England franchise area on the ITV network.Previously, between 2009 and 2013, the area was a non-franchise region, branded with the same name, incorporating the former ITV Westcountry franchise area and the ITV West sub-region of the ITV Wales & West franchise.
The opening of a colour service from the Mendip transmitter in May 1970 led to the creation of a separate HTV West service and the launch of a full evening news programme for the region, Report West. Up until the early 1980s, the first half of the programme also aired on HTV's 'General Service', followed by a full edition of Report Wales.
June – A separate HTV West service is launched, as is a full evening news programme for the region called Report West. 1971. No events. 1972. 11 September – Scottish television launches Scotland Today, although the programme is only broadcast for ten months each year. Magazine programmes are shown during the summer break. 1973
ITV Cymru Wales is the ITV franchise for Wales.The new separate licence began on 1 January 2014, replacing the long-serving dual franchise region ITV Wales & West serving Wales and the West of England, which had previously used the branding "ITV Wales" within the Wales subregion.
The Westcountry and Central regions featured the same as above, except with the Carlton logo below the ITV1 logo outside of a blue box. The former HTV West region now featured the line "West of England" below the ITV1 logo. The former Carlton Television and LWT regions had no regional idents whatsoever. Both regions now had no on-screen ...
However, the "HTV Cymru Wales" name continues as the production credit for programmes made for S4C. November – HTV launches a Welsh-language current affairs series on S4C called Y Byd ar Bedwar (The World on Four). [7] 1983. 1 February – ITV's breakfast television service TV-am launches. Consequently, HTV's broadcast day now begins at 9:25 ...