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Several changes were announced that would have far-reaching effects for British television. [3] The UK press decided that the most dramatic news was the loss of the Wales and West contract, [4] held by TWW since 1958, [5] to a consortium headed by and named after Lord Harlech. [6] TWW fought the ITA's decision, both formally and through the ...
Television Wales and the West [1] [2] (TWW) was the British Independent Television (commercial television) contractor for a franchise area that initially served South Wales and West of England (franchise awarded 26 October 1956, started transmissions on 14 January 1958, [3] the eighth franchise to launch) until 1968.
For the first time, TWW is able to provide separate programming for he whole of Wales and the West of England, due to the addition of a second VHF transmitter to the St Hilary mast to extend the Teledu Cymru network into South East Wales. [2] Viewers in South Wales are able to receive both services. 12 September – BBC Two Wales begins ...
TWW offers a generous package to WWN's shareholders, in order to gain control of the territory, and kept the Teledu Cymru name on the air as a service separate from its existing service to South Wales and the West. [1] 1965. For the first time, TWW is able to provide separate programming for the whole of Wales and the West of England.
The only change to the network was the formation of a single Wales and West franchise, operated by TWW, following the collapse of WWN and its subsequent takeover by TWW. WWN ran into trouble when it had problems with the construction of its transmitter network, as well as strict provisions in its contract to produce a large amount of Welsh ...
During September 1963 the ITA invited new applications for franchises to operate from July 1964 for three years or until the arrival of a second commercial channel, whichever came first, but in fact no changes were made to any franchise holders at that time, except for confirming the merger of the South Wales and the West franchise held by TWW ...
TWW refused to purchase shares in the new consortium and opted to cease broadcasting early on Monday 4 March 1968, selling its remaining airtime to Harlech for £500,000. As the new service was not ready to launch, an unbranded emergency service was provided by former TWW staff until Harlech's launch on Monday 20 May 1968. The opening night was ...
This is a timeline of the history of the British television service HTV West (now part of ITV West Country). "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.