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Central also played a major role in the ITV network's infrastructure – not only producing children's and schools programming, but also providing scheduling and presentation services with its dedicated Children's ITV and ITV Schools' strands – the latter moving to Channel 4 in 1987.
- 1 January 1982; 41 years ago
- ITV1
- Region of television network
- United Kingdom
In 1986, Central established Television Sales and Marketing Services Ltd. (TSMS), a joint venture between itself and Anglia Television, another ITV broadcaster. The role of TSMS was to secure airtime sales and program sponsorships, in part to recover production costs.
This is a timeline of the history of the British broadcaster Central Independent Television (now known as ITV Central). It has provided the ITV service for the Midlands since 1982.
Branding. ITV Regional TV. Central Independent Television. Emerging from the restructuring of ATV, Central Independent Television made its debut on New Year’s Day in 1982. The launch was marred by a prolonged dispute with unions over the East Midlands news programme, an issue that took over 18 months to resolve.
Central's contributions to the network include a number of programmes inherited from ancestor ATV, notably the oft-ridiculed but enduring soap, Crossroads (1964-88). Other drama successes have included the extremely popular Inspector Morse (1987-2000), made by Zenith Productions
Nov 27, 2017 · Being a significant newcomer to the ITV network, TVS came up with some new ideas of its own including detective drama C.A.T.S. Eyes, science series The Real World which featured ex-Tomorrow’s World presenter Michael Rodd and featured a 3D TV experiment with free coloured lens glasses supplied with copies of the TV Times; TVS also produced ...
Oct 7, 2003 · On January 1 Central replaces ATV as the ITV Midlands broadcaster, TVS takes over from Southern TV on the south coast and TSW becomes the new south-west of England franchisee, replacing Westward.
