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Television South (TVS) was the ITV franchise holder in the South and South East of England between 1 January 1982 at 9.25 am and 31 December 1992 at 11.59 pm. The company operated under various names, initially as 'Television South plc' and then following reorganisation in 1989 as 'TVS Entertainment plc', with UK broadcasting activities undertaken by subsidiary 'TVS Television Ltd'.
1 January Associated Television (ATV) is restructured into Central Independent Television but still broadcasts in the Midlands. Television South (TVS) starts broadcasting to the South and South East of England, replacing Southern Television and Television South West (TSW) starts broadcasting to the South West, replacing Westward Television.
This is a timeline of the history of the former British broadcaster TVS.It provided the ITV service for the South and South East of England from 1982 to 1992.. 1980. 28 December – The Independent Broadcasting Authority announces that Television South (TVS) has been awarded the franchise to broadcast to South and South East England.
The 1980 Independent Television franchise round required Southern Television to re-apply to the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) to continue to broadcast to the South and South East of England from 1982. Applications from rival companies were highly competitive.
1 January – ITV launches three regional TV stations – Central, TVS (Television South) and TSW (Television South West), replacing ATV Midlands, Southern Television and Westward Television respectively. 2 January The Welsh Army of Workers claims responsibility for a bomb explosion at the Birmingham headquarters of Severn Trent Water. [1]
Coast to Coast was launched in January 1982 as TVS's nightly regional news magazine with two distinct editions for both the South and the South East. Previously, TVS's predecessors Southern Television had produced Day by Day for over 20 years alongside separate news bulletins for both sub-regions and Scene South East, a weekly magazine programme for the South East (supplemented in later years ...
Television South West (TSW) was the ITV franchise holder for the South West England region from 1 January 1982 until 31 December 1992, broadcasting from studios at Derry's Cross in Plymouth, Devon. History
Pages in category "Television channels and stations established in 1982" The following 165 pages are in this category, out of 165 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .