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It runs for 20 minutes and follows the teatime 15 minute-long ATV Midlands News bulletin. Later ATV Today is later expanded to the full 30 minutes and the news bulletin is subsumed into the main programme. 2 November – The first edition of ATV's soap opera Crossroads is broadcast. The programme continues to be produced by Central after it ...
ATV Network Limited, originally Associated TeleVision (ATV), was a British broadcaster, part of the ITV (Independent Television) network. It provided a service to London at weekends from 1955 to 1968, to the Midlands on weekdays from 1956 to 1968, and subsequently to the Midlands all week from 1968 to 1982.
ATV Midlands News is a regional television news programme, produced by ATV, that served the English Midlands.. First broadcast on Monday 7 May 1956, ATV Midlands News was one of the first daily regional news services on British television, originally consisting of a short early evening summary of local headlines read by Patricia Cox (one of the first female newsreaders on British television ...
The companies serving London, the Midlands, North West England and Yorkshire (which were the first to start broadcasting in 1955 and 1956) were responsible for making or commissioning the majority of nationally networked programmes; these companies were known as the "Big Four" before 1968 and the "Big Five" afterwards (reflecting the number of ...
17 February – ITV begins broadcasting in the Midlands - ATV Midlands launches ITV in the Midlands and the following day the Midlands’ weekend contractor ABC Weekend TV broadcasts for the first time. 3 May – Granada Television launches ITV across the north of England. 7 May – The first broadcast of ATV Midlands News takes place.
The launch of the Nottingham-based service was initially delayed for a month, [2] [3] but the dispute was not resolved until September 1983, when the news service for the East Midlands was finally introduced. Within a few months, Nottingham operations were moved from a temporary set-up at Giltbrook to Central's new complex at nearby Lenton Lane.
The driver lost control of the ATV, which flipped over and landed on him, the coroner’s office said. Charlotte man is most recent person killed in crash at Midlands ATV park, coroner says Skip ...
28 July – ABC broadcasts for the last time. [2] Its Midlands service is to be replaced by ATV and its North of England service is to be replaced by Granada Television in the North West and Yorkshire Television in Yorkshire. 30 July – Thames Television goes on the air. [2]