Meridian Broadcasting (now legally known as ITV Meridian) is the holder of the ITV franchise for the south and south east of England. The station owned and operated by ITV plc under the licensee of ITV Broadcasting Limited.
It has been broadcasting since 1 January 1993, when it replaced TVS. The main headquarters were situated at studios in Northam, Southampton (previously used by both Southern and TVS), but in December 2004 they moved to part of...
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Meridian Broadcasting (now legally known as ITV Meridian) is the holder of the ITV franchise for the south and south east of England. The station owned and operated by ITV plc under the licensee of ITV Broadcasting Limited.
It has been broadcasting since 1 January 1993, when it replaced TVS. The main headquarters were situated at studios in Northam, Southampton (previously used by both Southern and TVS), but in December 2004 they moved to part of an office building on the Solent Business Park, near Whiteley, Hampshire; as a result, Meridian's role has gradually been reduced from producing a wide variety of regional and network programming (as it did since 1993, when it inherited a large studio complex in Southampton) to producing little more than regional news bulletins which are a contractual obligation (as it does today).
The first programme shown on Meridian was Meridian - The First 10 Minutes, a ten-minute outside broadcast from Winchester Cathedral, presented by Debbie Thrower...
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