Category:HTV Productions

(Added some more history: the acquistion by UNM, who of course also owned Meridian and Anglia)
(HTV was sold on to Granada in 2000, but the regulations of the time meant that Granada were forced to sell most of HTV's assets (including its licence) to Carlton Communications later that year)
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Harlech began broadcasting on 20 May 1968 as the second ITV station for Wales and the West of England, replacing TWW. It adopted its common initialism, HTV, when it began broadcasting in colour in April 1970. Welsh-language programmes were broadcast by HTV Wales until November 1982, when they were transferred to the new [[:Category:S4C Programmes|S4C]].
Harlech began broadcasting on 20 May 1968 as the second ITV station for Wales and the West of England, replacing TWW. It adopted its common initialism, HTV, when it began broadcasting in colour in April 1970. Welsh-language programmes were broadcast by HTV Wales until November 1982, when they were transferred to the new [[:Category:S4C Programmes|S4C]].
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HTV was acquired by United News and Media in 1996.
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HTV was acquired by United News and Media in 1996; most of its assets were subsequently taken over by Carlton Communications in October 2000.
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Revision as of 18:18, 20 December 2019

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Definition:
Programmes made by Harlech Television, incorporating the two subsidary companies in Wales and the West of England.

Harlech began broadcasting on 20 May 1968 as the second ITV station for Wales and the West of England, replacing TWW. It adopted its common initialism, HTV, when it began broadcasting in colour in April 1970. Welsh-language programmes were broadcast by HTV Wales until November 1982, when they were transferred to the new S4C.

HTV was acquired by United News and Media in 1996; most of its assets were subsequently taken over by Carlton Communications in October 2000.

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