HTV

Based in	ITV Wales: Cardiff; ITV West: Bristol
Broadcast area	Wales West of England
Launched	20 May 1968
The famous HTV logos used 70s-90s
Closed	lost on-air identity on 27 October 2002 lost Visual identity November 2006 ("HTV West" known verbally as ITV1 West before regional programming only, "HTV Wales" now known as ITV1 Wales at all times)
Replaced	Television Wales and the West (Independent Television Service for Wales and the West)
Website	Wales itvlocal.com/wales West itvlocal.com/west
Owned by	ITV plc

ITV Wales & West Ltd (formally and more commonly known as HTV) is the ITV contractor for Wales and the West of England^[1]. It is owned by ITV plc. Image File history File links ITV_Wales. ... Image File history File links ITV_West. ... Cardiff (English:  , Welsh: ) is the capital, largest and core city of Wales. ... This article is about the English city. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Wales_2. ... This article is about the country. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... The West of England is a loose term given to the area surrounding the City and County of Bristol, England and includes the counties of Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire and, possibly, Dorset. ... May 20 is the 140th day of the year (141st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1968 Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links HTV_Wales_logo. ... Image File history File links HTV_West_logo. ... is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... TWW Logo Television Wales and the West (TWW) was the British Independent Television (commercial television) contractor for the South Wales and West of England franchise area 1956-1968 (franchise awarded October 26, 1956, started transmissions on January 14, 1958). ... Independent Television Service for Wales and the West or ITSWW is a remarkably unusual entity. ... 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. ... Independent Television (generally known as ITV but also as ITV Network or Channel 3) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK. Since 1990... This article is about the country. ... The West of England is a loose term given to the area surrounding the City and County of Bristol, England and includes the counties of Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire and, possibly, Dorset. ... 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 took over from TWW in 1968, as Harlech Television, later becoming HTV. Its headquarters are based in Cardiff & Bristol. TWW Logo Television Wales and the West (TWW) was the British Independent Television (commercial television) contractor for the South Wales and West of England franchise area 1956-1968 (franchise awarded October 26, 1956, started transmissions on January 14, 1958). ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1968 Gregorian calendar. ... Cardiff (English:  , Welsh: ) is the capital, largest and core city of Wales. ... This article is about the English city. ...

It has since become, through a series of takeovers, ITV Wales & West Ltd, effectively operated as two separate regions (Elis Owen is managing director and director of programmes for Wales, however West has closer ties with Westcountry than Wales, sharing Mark Haskell and Jane McCloskey as managing director and director of programmes respectively, with the south west station). Westcountry Television is the ITV franchise holder in the South West of England, replacing its predecessor, TSW (Television South West), on 1 January 1993. ...

History

Initially the station used its full name (after the head of the company, Lord Harlech), but from the introduction of colour in 1970 it became HTV after fears that the name Harlech alienated non-Welsh viewers of the station's programmes on the ITV network. William David Ormsby-Gore, 5th Baron Harlech (1918–1985) was a British Minister and politician. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...

The company won its franchise in circumstances which angered its predecessor TWW and the Independent Television Authority offered them an opportunity to buy shares in HTV, an offer which was declined. It was felt that TWW, being corporately-based in London was too distant form the area it served and that Harlech, jointly based in Bristol and Cardiff, would serve the area better. TWW left its franchise five months early, selling the remaining air-time to Harlech. This resulted in an emergency service as Harlech were not ready to go on-air. The Independent Television Authority (ITA) was a body created by the Television Act 1954 to supervise the creation of Independent Television (ITV), the first commercial television network in the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...

HTV was in a unique position of being the only ITV company to serve two distinct countries (Wales and England, albeit just the west of England) and therefore two distinct languages and cultures (Border Television could claim to serve three - the extreme north west of England, south-west Scotland and the Isle of Man but the differences in cultures were much less and differences in popular language negligible). Border Television (now legally known as ITV Border Ltd) is the ITV franchisee for the border region between England and Scotland (including the south of Scotland, much of Cumbria and, until December 2006, the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed), and also the Crown Dependency of the Isle of Man, owned...

In 1984 HTV opened new £14m studios at Culverhouse Cross, Cardiff to replace those inherited from TWW at Pontcanna. The studios fell into the ownership of United Business Media (then United News and Media) following the takeover of HTV by the group in 1996. However, while HTV changed hands twice more, UBM continued to own the Culverhouse Cross headquarters. ITV bought the headquarters in 2006 and plan to create a media village on the site. They have also invested heavily in ITV Wales' newsroom, but have leased the management of Studio 1 to Barcud Derwen, a Welsh TV production facilities provider, under the company's Omni TV business.[1] Among other shows, the studio played host to the interior sets for the first (revived) series of "Doctor Who". Culverhouse Cross is suburban district of the city of Cardiff, Wales. ... Cardiff (English:  , Welsh: ) is the capital, largest and core city of Wales. ... Pontcanna is a district of the city of Cardiff, Wales. ... Doctor Who is a long-running award-winning British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The series depicts the adventures of a mysterious time-traveller known as the Doctor who explores time and space in his TARDIS time ship with his companions, solving problems and righting wrongs. ...

HTV Ltd was re-named ITV Wales & West Ltd on 29 December 2006, alongside HTV Group Ltd, which was re-named ITV Wales & West Group Ltd ^[2] is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

Services

HTV operates two separate services: ITV1 Wales (formerly "HTV Cymru Wales") in Wales, and ITV1 West (previously "HTV West", then briefly 'ITV1 West of England') in the West of England area. This article is about the country. ... The West of England is a loose term given to the area surrounding the City and County of Bristol, England and includes the counties of Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire and, possibly, Dorset. ...

Since 28 October 2002, the full name "ITV1 West" has only been seen before local programming on that channel. At all other times, the station is simply called ITV1. However, the name ITV1 Wales is seen before all programmes. is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... ITV1 is the name, in England, Wales and the Scottish borders, for a terrestrial, free-to-air television channel, broadcast in the United Kingdom by the ITV network. ...

While ITV1 West has shared a team of announcers with the other ITV1 regions in England, since 28 October 2002, ITV1 Wales continued to have its own team of continuity announcers until 16 January 2006, when Welsh continuity was transferred to the main ITV1 announcer team in London. Although only being verbally referred to before regional programming, the channel continues to be visually identified as "ITV1 Wales". is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

The name HTV has not disappeared completely; it continues to be seen on programmes made for S4C, but little if any off-air branding remains under the HTV name. Following the change to the single ITV1 branding, 'HTV' was kept for its news programming, but this was dropped on 2 February 2004, in favour of ITV Wales News/ITV West News. S4C (Sianel Pedwar Cymru, which is Welsh for Channel Four Wales) is a television channel in Wales. ... is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Programming

HTV headquarters, Culverhouse Cross, Cardiff

HTV's main programmes include Wales Tonight (ITV1 Wales), The West Tonight (ITV1 West) and The Ferret (ITV1 Wales). Nuts and Bolts, a local drama series on ITV1 Wales, was briefly shown across the UK on ITV2. It ended in 2002, and neither ITV Wales nor ITV West now produce network programming. Up until c.2002, HTV did continue to commission Movies, Games and Videos. Previously, there have been several major HTV commissions for the network, including Robin of Sherwood, Wycliffe and children's programmes including Rubbish, King of the Jumble, Children of the Stones, The Famous Five (90s version starring Jemima Rooper), The Top Ten of Everything, The Slow Norris, Captain Starr, and Dog & Duck; HTV also produced the game shows Definition (originally hosted by Don Moss and later Jeremy Beadle), Three Little Words (co-hosted by Ray Alan and his wife Barbie) and Keynotes, co-produced with Reg Grundy Productions. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 577 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 577 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Culverhouse Cross is suburban district of the city of Cardiff, Wales. ... Cardiff (English:  , Welsh: ) is the capital, largest and core city of Wales. ... Wales Tonight is the flagship news programme in the ITV Wales region. ... The West Tonight is the flagship news programme in the ITV West region. ... The subject of this article may not satisfy the notability guideline or one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. ... Nuts & Bolts was a weekly television drama series, set in the fictional south Wales town of Ystrad. ... Movies, Games and Videos was a progamme on ITV channel on saturdays in the 90s about reviewing movies, games and videos voiced by Steve Priestly ... Robin of Sherwood, retitled Robin Hood in the US, was an acclaimed 1980s British television series, based on the legend of Robin Hood. ... Wycliffe was a British TV series based on W.J. Burleys novels about Detective Superintendent Charles Wycliffe. ... Rubbish, King of the Jumble, (the name being a play on King of the Jungle) is a cartoon about a cat called Rubbish, created by Mark Taylor. ... The Stones of Avebury (Milbury in the serial) Children of the Stones was a television drama for children produced by HTV in 1976 and broadcast on the United Kingdoms various ITV franchises in January and February 1977. ... The Famous Five can refer to: A group of Canadian women; see The Valiant Five. ... Jemima Rooper Jemima Rooper (born 24 October 1981) is a British actress. ... Definition was a Canadian television game show, which aired on CTV from 1974 to 1989. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article lacks information on the importance of the subject matter. ... Reg Grundy Productions was the American wing of the worldwide television production company Grundy Worldwide, which was founded by Australian television producer Reg Grundy. ...

Since 1982, HTV has provided Welsh language programming to S4C such as Cefn Gwlad, Hacio and Y Byd ar Bedwar, although this is now commissioned rather than produced in-house. Prior to S4C's introduction, HTV's evening news had to be split into two fifteen-minute bulletins, presented from the same studio and separated by an advertising break: Y Dydd (The Day) in Welsh, and Report Wales in English. Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... Welsh redirects here, and this article describes the Welsh language. ... S4C (Sianel Pedwar Cymru, which is Welsh for Channel Four Wales) is a television channel in Wales. ...

Ownership

In 1996, HTV was taken over by United News and Media plc (now United Business Media plc). In 2001, Granada Media plc bought United's television interests, but at the time competition regulations limited the extent to which one company could control the ITV network, and were consequently forced to give up one of its by then many ITV franchises. The result lead to a break-up of HTV whereby its broadcast facilities and Channel 3 broadcast licence (and hence its advertising revenues) were sold to Carlton Communications plc, owners of Carlton Television, whilst the majority of production facilities were retained by Granada. Unlike Carlton's other ITV acquisitions, which were rebranded to use the Carlton name on screen, HTV's identity was retained on-air until 27 October 2002 when the 'ITV1' brand was introduced to most of the network. Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Categories: Stub | Media companies of the United Kingdom | Companies traded on the LSE ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Carlton Communications plc was a former British media company, which was founded by Michael Green and listed on the London Stock Exchange from 1983 until 2 February 2004, when it merged with Granada plc, to form ITV plc. ... Carlton Television was the United Kingdom Channel 3 (ITV) licensee for London and the surrounding areas from 9:25am every Monday to 5. ... is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ...

Granada and Carlton were subsequently permitted to merge in 2004 to form the single company ITV plc, which now owns all of the ITV franchises in England and Wales, and consequently re-united the two separated parts of HTV. shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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. ...

Reception

HTV Wales can be received across the UK and Ireland and further afield via satellite on Sky Digital. Its terrestrial signal can also can be received in southeastern parts of Ireland, where it is retransmitted on UHF by so-called 'deflectors', although this is because the UTV region was not historically receivable in those areas by any means in order to be rebroadcast. The British Isles in relation to mainland Europe The British Isles (Irish: [1] or Oileáin Iarthair Eorpa,[2] Manx: Ellanyn Goaldagh, Scottish Gaelic: , Welsh: , French: ), are a group of islands off the northwest coast of continental Europe comprising Great Britain, Ireland and a number of smaller islands. ... Satellite television is television delivered by way of communications satellites, as compared to conventional terrestrial television and cable television. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the radio frequency. ...

Extent of ITV West area from December 2006

HTV West is now also broadcast from the Ridge Hill transmitter (on UHF channel 30) and now covers a larger area, as shown on the map. ^[3]. This service is on analogue TV only, and is broadcast in tandem with the ITV Central West service (on UHF channel 25). Digital terrestrial viewers using Ridge Hill only receive Central West. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Ridge Hill transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility located 20 miles SW of Worcester and is a 100 kW (analogue TV power) main transmitter. ... Ultra high frequency (UHF) designates a range (band) of electromagnetic waves whose frequency is between 300 MHz and 3. ...

Presenters

ITV Wales News

Its flagship programme is known as Wales Tonight. All other news bulletins are known as (ITV)Wales News Wales Tonight is the flagship news programme in the ITV Wales region. ... Wales Tonight is the flagship news programme in the ITV Wales region. ...

• Jonathon Hill
• Lucy Owen (nee Cohen)
• Ruth Wignall (weather)
• James Wright (weather)
• Charlie Neil (weekend weather)
• Emma Jesson (weekend weather)

Awkwardly, and unlike their counterparts in the West of England, ITV Wales cannot use the word "Today" in the title of their daytime news bulletins as the national BBC Wales news programme is called "Wales Today". Jonathon Hill is a Welsh news reader who co-presents Wales Tonight, the regional news programme on ITV Wales, broadcast from Cardiff. ... Lucy Owen on the ITV News Channel Lucy Owen (née Cohen) is a Welsh news reader who co-presents Wales Tonight, the regional news programme on ITV Wales, broadcast from Cardiff. ... Ruth Wignall (née Dodsworth) is a British television presenter for ITV Wales. ... James Wright is a British television presenter, working on ITV1. ... Charlie Neil (born 6 January 1971) is a British weather presenter who works for Central. ... Emma Jesson (birthday 19 October) is a British weather presenter who works for Central. ...

ITV West News

Its flagship programme is known as The West Tonight. All other news bulletins are known as The West Today/Tonight, dependent on the time of day they are broadcast. With effect from 3 December 2006, following the end of the Central South sub-region and the beginning of ITV West transmissions from Ridge Hill, ITV West took over Central's Gloucester regional news office and began covering north Gloucestershire for the first time. The West Tonight is the flagship news programme in the ITV West region. ... The West Tonight is the flagship news programme in the ITV West region. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Gloucester (pronounced ) is a city and district in the English county of Gloucestershire, close to the Welsh border. ... Gloucestershire (pronounced ; GLOSS-ter-sher) is a county in South West England. ...

• Lisa Aziz
• Steve Scott
• Bob Crampton (now doing the weather)
• Alex Beresford (weather)

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References

1. ^ HTV licence - Ofcom
2. ^ Web CHeck - ITV Wales & West Group Ltd information
3. ^ Official press release from ITV. ITV plc. Retrieved on 2006-12-04.

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External links

• ITV Wales at itvlocal.com
• ITV West at itvlocal.com
• Harlech House of Graphics (unofficial history site)
• Original HTV animated logo, 1968, from 625.uk.com (Requires Macromedia Flash version 3 or later)
• Animated HTV logo, 1970-1982, from 625.uk.com
• Animated HTV West logo, 1982-1986, from 625.uk.com