Anglia Television

Based in	Norwich
Broadcast area	East Anglia
Launched	27 October 1959
"The Anglia Knight"
Closed	lost on-air identity on 27 October 2002 (known as ITV1 Anglia before regional programming only)
Website	itvregions.com/anglia
Owned by	ITV plc

Anglia Television is the ITV station for East Anglia, which has been broadcasting since 27 October 1959. The station is based in Norwich, with regional news bureaux in Ipswich, Chelmsford, Peterborough, Cambridge, Luton, Milton Keynes and Northampton. About Anglia, first broadcast in 1960, was the station's flagship television news magazine for over thirty years. Image File history File links Anglia_TV.gif Summary It came from ITV.com Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Norwich is a city in East Anglia, in Eastern England. ... Norfolk and Suffolk, the core area of East Anglia. ... October 27 is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 65 days remaining. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Anglia1970s. ... October 27 is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 65 days remaining. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... ITV plc (LSE: ITV) is the British media company that operates 11 of the 15 regional television broadcasters that make up the ITV Network, the oldest and largest commercial terrestrial television network in the United Kingdom. ... It has been suggested that Channel 3 (UK) be merged into this article or section. ... Norfolk and Suffolk, the core area of East Anglia. ... October 27 is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 65 days remaining. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Norwich is a city in East Anglia, in Eastern England. ... Timber framed buildings in St Nicholas Street The Ancient House is decorated with a particularly fine example of pargeting Ipswich (pronounced Ip-Switch) is the county town of Suffolk and a non-metropolitan district in East Anglia, England on the estuary of the River Orwell. ... Chelmsford is the county town of Essex, England. ... The City of Peterborough is a cathedral city and unitary authority in the East of England. ... Shown within Cambridgeshire Geography Status: City (1951) Region: East of England Admin. ... Luton is a large town and local government district situated in the south of England, located 51 kilometres (32 miles) north of London. ... Milton Keynes is a large town in northern Buckinghamshire, in South East England, about 45 miles/75 km north-west of London, and roughly halfway between London and Birmingham. ... Northampton Guildhall, built 1861-4, E.W. Godwin, architect Northampton is a large market town and a local government district in central England on the River Nene, and the county town of Northamptonshire, in the English East Midlands region. ... About Anglia, first broacast in 1960, was the flagship television news magazine for Anglia Television. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... A newsmagazine, sometimes called news magazine, is a usually weekly magazine featuring articles on current events. ...

Programmes were transmitted across the Anglia region which comprised Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Lincolnshire and south and east Yorkshire. From January 1, 1974, Lincolnshire and parts of Yorkshire and North Norfolk were transferred to Yorkshire Television. Norfolk (pronounced IPA: ) is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England. ... Suffolk (pronounced ) is a large historic and modern non-metropolitan county in the East Anglia region of eastern England. ... Essex is a county in the East of England. ... Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs) is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west. ... Northamptonshire (abbreviated Northants or Nhants) is a landlocked county in central England with a population of 629,676 (2001 census). ... Bedfordshire is a county in England and forms part of the East of England region. ... Hertfordshire (pronounced Hartfordshire and abbreviated as Herts) is an inland county in the United Kingdom and part of the East of England Government Office region. ... Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is one of the home counties in South East England. ... Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in the east of England. ... Look up Yorkshire in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Yorkshire Television is the ITV contractor for Yorkshire, England, and the surrounding areas. ...

Identity

Anglia's original ident was a short film of a rotating silver statue of a knight on horseback. At the end, the camera zoomed in on the pennon atop the knight's lance, which showed the station's name. An arrangement, by Malcolm Sargent, of Handel's Water Music was played over the film. The Anglia knight logo became so closely identified with the station that when, in 1999, the station produced a book to mark its fortieth anniversary, it was entitled A Knight On The Box (ISBN 0-906836-40-9). A television ident visually identifies the network or station presenting a television programme. ... The silver Anglia knight, commissioned as a trophy in 1850, intended to represent the Black Prince. ... A pennon is one of the principal varieties of flags carried during the Middle Ages. ... Marble block with the image of a Sarmatian cataphract wearing a scale armour and armed with a kontos lance held with a two handed upwardly grip. ... Sir (Harold) Malcolm (Watts) Sargent (April 29, 1895 – October 3, 1967) was a British conductor, organist and composer. ... HANDEL was the code-name for the UKs National Attack Warning System in the Cold War. ... The Water Music is a collection of orchestral movements, often considered as three suites, composed by George Frideric Handel. ... The Anglia knight. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

With the introduction of colour television in the 1970s, the ident was remade with constant lighting, and the knight constantly rotating as though on a turntable(actually it was on a turntable - that's how rotating idents were recorded in the 1980s). In 1988 the knight was replaced by the Lambie-Nairn designed quasi-heraldic stylised 'A' made of triangles, which faded in and out on a fluttering flag during continuity announcements. An American family watching television in the 1950s. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... Lazy Susan on a Chinese style table. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ... Heraldry is the science and art of describing of coats-of-arms, also referred to as achievements or armorial bearings. ... In fiction, continuity is consistency of the characteristics of persons, plot, objects, places and events seen by the reader or viewer. ...

In 2002, as with all companies now owned by ITV plc, the station lost its separate identity, becoming branded as ITV Anglia. On 29th December 2006, most of the ITV plc owned broadcasting companies were renamed as "ITV <area> Ltd" (eg ITV Central Ltd, ITV Border Ltd etc.) however Anglia Television Ltd was officially renamed as "ITV Broadcasting Ltd" [1] (another small subsidiary of ITV plc, ITV Broadcasting Ltd, was renamed as "Anglia Television Limited" in its place [2]) For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... ITV plc (LSE: ITV) is the British media company that operates 11 of the 15 regional television broadcasters that make up the ITV Network, the oldest and largest commercial terrestrial television network in the United Kingdom. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

Anglia House, Anglia Television's headquarters on Prince of Wales Road in Norwich.

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Ownership

Anglia was an independent company for much of its existence. In 1994, it was bought by MAI, who were themselves later acquired by United News and Media, and then in 2000 by Granada. In 2004, Granada merged with Carlton to form ITV plc, which ended Anglia's existence as a separate brand. During its period of UBM ownership, a 'youth' channel was launched to cable and satellite from Anglia's facilities, Rapture TV; some productions for the ITV network were also shared with Rapture, which was retained by UBM after the sale to Granada, but later closed down and its assets sold. 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... Mai can mean several things: Mai (Traditional Chinese : 麥) is a Chinese surname that is often transliterated as Mak. Mai also means May, the fifth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, in French, German and Norwegian. ... Categories: Stub | Media companies of the United Kingdom | Companies traded on the LSE ... This article is about the year 2000. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... ITV plc (LSE: ITV) is the British media company that operates 11 of the 15 regional television broadcasters that make up the ITV Network, the oldest and largest commercial terrestrial television network in the United Kingdom. ... Rapture TV is/was a dance music satellite television station operated from the United Kingdom, founded by the United Business Media group. ...

In 1993, the station took over the cartoon studio Cosgrove Hall, when it was sold off by its original owners, Thames Television. 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Cosgrove Hall Films is an animation studio based in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester that is a major producer of childrens television programmes. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Anglia Television Ident used between 1988 and 1999 with the flag logo that was used 1988 - 2002

Although the station no longer makes a significant content contribution to ITV nationally, the semi-independent Anglia Factual brand now runs a thriving international business supplying content for Discovery Channel in the USA, Channel 4 and Channel 5 in the UK, and other broadcasters worldwide. Notable series include Animal Precinct and Animal Cops. Image File history File links Anglia_TV_1988_-_1999_ident. ... Image File history File links Anglia_TV_1988_-_1999_ident. ... Discovery Channel is a property of Discovery Communications primarily packaged as a network entertainment brand distributed in virtually every pay-television market in the world. ... It has been suggested that Channel Four Television Corporation be merged into this article or section. ... Channel 5, as a television channel, may refer to: Channel 5 of MediaCorp TV, Singapore; UK television broadcaster Five, which was formerly known as Channel 5; Canale 5 in Italy This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... Animal Precinct is a television program on Animal Planet. ...

Coverage areas

Anglia originally covered mainly Norfolk, Suffolk, the northern and more rural parts of Essex and Cambridgeshire before expanding to the less rural areas of Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire with the opening of the Sandy Heath transmitter in 1965, covering an area which had previously been an awkward gap in ITV's coverage of the UK. Later in 1965, the Belmont transmitter opened, bringing Anglia's signals to Lincolnshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire, also being available to some viewers in cities such as Nottingham, Leicester and Sheffield. The Independent Broadcasting Authority decided that Anglia's coverage area was now too large for a "minor" company, and Yorkshire Television's was too small for a "major" company, so YTV was given the Belmont transmitter from January 1, 1974, even though it also covered the northern parts of Norfolk and Cambridgeshire, which now found themselves watching television from Leeds (subsequently, Anglia-only relay stations would be built, restoring the station to parts of north Norfolk). Also, with the transition from VHF to UHF signals, Anglia gained coverage of much of south Essex, including Southend, which had previously been considered part of the London region. Norfolk (pronounced IPA: ) is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England. ... Suffolk (pronounced ) is a large historic and modern non-metropolitan county in the East Anglia region of eastern England. ... Essex is a county in the East of England. ... Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs) is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west. ... Bedfordshire is a county in England and forms part of the East of England region. ... Northamptonshire (abbreviated Northants or Nhants) is a landlocked county in central England with a population of 629,676 (2001 census). ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in the east of England. ... The East Riding of Yorkshire is a local government district with unitary authority status, and a ceremonial county of England, in the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see Nottingham (disambiguation). ... Leicester (pronounced ) is the largest city in the East Midlands of England. ... For other uses, see Sheffield (disambiguation). ... The Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) was the regulatory body in the United Kingdom for commercial television (ITV and Channel 4 - cable and satellite television were the responsibility of the Cable Authority) and radio broadcasts. ... Yorkshire Television is the ITV contractor for Yorkshire, England, and the surrounding areas. ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Leeds is a major city in West Yorkshire, England. ... Southend is the name of a number of locations: Southend-on-Sea is the name of a town in Essex, UK Southend, Kintyre is the name of a village in Kintyre, Scotland This is a disambiguation page &#8212; a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...

External links

• ITV Anglia at itv.com
• Some screen captures: later years
• Video of Anglia idents
• The story of the knight logo
• A history of Anglia
• The design of the triangle ident
• Anglia Television at TV Ark