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This is a timeline of the history of [[ITV Meridian|Meridian Broadcasting]].
== 1990s ==
* '''1991'''
** 16 October – The [[Independent Television Commission|ITC]] announces that TVS has lost its licence to [[ITV Meridian|Meridian Broadcasting]]. Meridian had tabled a lower bid but the ITC awarded the licence because it felt that TVS’s bid of £59 million was too high.<ref>TVS's £54m bid 'threatens profits'.Melinda Wittstock, Media Correspondent. The Times, Tuesday, 6 August 1991.</ref>
* '''1992'''
** No events.
* '''1993'''
** 1 January – After the chimes of Big Ben, Meridian Broadcasting goes on air.
** July – Meridian joins up with [[ITV Wales & West|HTV]], [[ITV Westcountry|Westcountry Television]], [[Channel Television]] and [[S4C]] to form a joint advertising company operated by Meridian Broadcasting and HTV.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
* '''1994'''
** Meridian purchases [[ITV Anglia|Anglia Television]], the ITV franchise for the east of England.<ref name="Independent Anglia buyout">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
* '''1995'''
** No events.
* '''1996'''
** MAI merges with United Newspapers (via an [[Mergers and acquisitions|agreed takeover]] by United) to form [[UBM plc|United News & Media]]. The resulting company owned the ''[[Daily Express]]'' newspaper, Meridian Broadcasting, Anglia Television, and a large shareholding (through the ''[[Yorkshire Post]]'') in [[Yorkshire Tyne Tees Television]], the owners of [[Yorkshire Television]] and [[Tyne Tees Television]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
* '''1997'''
** 28 June – United News & Media takes over HTV.<ref name="Independent HTV takeover">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
* '''1998'''
** 15 November – The public launch of digital terrestrial TV in the UK takes place.
* '''1999'''
** The television assets of Meridian's owner [[UBM plc|United News & Media]] are sold to [[Granada PLC|Granada]]. However due to regulations stating that the company could not control that large an audience share, the broadcasting arm of HTV is sold to [[Carlton Television]] in exchange for [[Central Independent Television]]'s 20% stake in Meridian Broadcasting.<ref name="BBC News UNM sale">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref name="ITV plc History"></ref>
** 8 November – A [[History of ITV television idents#October 1998 – October 2002|new, hearts-based on-air look]] is introduced.
== 2000s ==
* '''2000'''
** No events.
* '''2001'''
** No events.
* '''2002'''
** 28 October – On-air regional identities are dropped apart from when introducing regional programmes and Meridian is renamed ITV1 Meridian.
* '''2003'''
** No events.
* '''2004'''
** January – The final two remaining English ITV companies, Carlton and Granada, merge to create a single England and Wales ITV company called [[ITV plc]].
**Meridian moves from [[Television Centre, Southampton|Northam studio complex]] to a new studio base in [[Whiteley]], Hampshire.
*'''2005'''
** No events.
* '''2006'''
** The non-franchised region [[ITV Thames Valley]] is launched covering the [[Thames Valley]] area. It incorporates the former Central South news service and the Meridian North service and both operate as their own sub-regions for non-news programming and for advertising.
* '''2007'''
** No events.
* '''2008'''
** No events.
* '''2009'''
**16 February – As part of ITV’s major cutbacks of its operation in England, Meridian’s three news services are amalgamated into one. However part of the programme, and the late night bulletin, remain localised. <ref>[http://bit.ly/2Dfeaqz Seventeen regions into nine: How the updated ITV local news services will run] Caitlin Fitzsimmons, [[The Guardian]], 17 February 2009</ref> All other regional programmes, apart from a monthly political programme, end at around this time.
==2010s==
*'''2010'''
** No events.
*'''2011'''
** No events.
*'''2012'''
** 27 June – The Meridian region completes [[Digital switchover dates in the United Kingdom|digital switchover]].
*'''2013'''
** 16 September – The 2009 cut-backs are reversed and once again the Meridian region is served by three opt-out services.<ref name="Ofcom Decision 2013"></ref> However to maintain lower costs, the main half-hour programme at 6pm contains a minimum 20 minutes of regional news (10 minutes in the Thames Valley) and daily use of "shared content" from outside the region.<ref name="Ofcom Decision 2013"/>
== See also ==
* [[History of ITV]]
* [[History of ITV television idents]]
* [[Timeline of ITV]]
==References==
[[Category:History of ITV]]
[[Category:Culture-related timelines|Meridian Broadcasting]]
[[Category:United Kingdom media timelines|Meridian Broadcasting]]
[[Category:History of television in the United Kingdom|Meridian Broadcasting]]
[[Category:British history timelines|Meridian Broadcasting]]
[[Category:Years in British television|Meridian Broadcasting]]
[[Category:United Kingdom television timelines|Meridian Broadcasting]]
[[Category:Company timelines|Meridian Broadcasting Television]]
[[Category:ITV timelines|Meridian Broadcasting]]
== 1990s ==
* '''1991'''
** 16 October – The [[Independent Television Commission|ITC]] announces that TVS has lost its licence to [[ITV Meridian|Meridian Broadcasting]]. Meridian had tabled a lower bid but the ITC awarded the licence because it felt that TVS’s bid of £59 million was too high.<ref>TVS's £54m bid 'threatens profits'.Melinda Wittstock, Media Correspondent. The Times, Tuesday, 6 August 1991.</ref>
* '''1992'''
** No events.
* '''1993'''
** 1 January – After the chimes of Big Ben, Meridian Broadcasting goes on air.
** July – Meridian joins up with [[ITV Wales & West|HTV]], [[ITV Westcountry|Westcountry Television]], [[Channel Television]] and [[S4C]] to form a joint advertising company operated by Meridian Broadcasting and HTV.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
* '''1994'''
** Meridian purchases [[ITV Anglia|Anglia Television]], the ITV franchise for the east of England.<ref name="Independent Anglia buyout">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
* '''1995'''
** No events.
* '''1996'''
** MAI merges with United Newspapers (via an [[Mergers and acquisitions|agreed takeover]] by United) to form [[UBM plc|United News & Media]]. The resulting company owned the ''[[Daily Express]]'' newspaper, Meridian Broadcasting, Anglia Television, and a large shareholding (through the ''[[Yorkshire Post]]'') in [[Yorkshire Tyne Tees Television]], the owners of [[Yorkshire Television]] and [[Tyne Tees Television]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
* '''1997'''
** 28 June – United News & Media takes over HTV.<ref name="Independent HTV takeover">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
* '''1998'''
** 15 November – The public launch of digital terrestrial TV in the UK takes place.
* '''1999'''
** The television assets of Meridian's owner [[UBM plc|United News & Media]] are sold to [[Granada PLC|Granada]]. However due to regulations stating that the company could not control that large an audience share, the broadcasting arm of HTV is sold to [[Carlton Television]] in exchange for [[Central Independent Television]]'s 20% stake in Meridian Broadcasting.<ref name="BBC News UNM sale">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref name="ITV plc History"></ref>
** 8 November – A [[History of ITV television idents#October 1998 – October 2002|new, hearts-based on-air look]] is introduced.
== 2000s ==
* '''2000'''
** No events.
* '''2001'''
** No events.
* '''2002'''
** 28 October – On-air regional identities are dropped apart from when introducing regional programmes and Meridian is renamed ITV1 Meridian.
* '''2003'''
** No events.
* '''2004'''
** January – The final two remaining English ITV companies, Carlton and Granada, merge to create a single England and Wales ITV company called [[ITV plc]].
**Meridian moves from [[Television Centre, Southampton|Northam studio complex]] to a new studio base in [[Whiteley]], Hampshire.
*'''2005'''
** No events.
* '''2006'''
** The non-franchised region [[ITV Thames Valley]] is launched covering the [[Thames Valley]] area. It incorporates the former Central South news service and the Meridian North service and both operate as their own sub-regions for non-news programming and for advertising.
* '''2007'''
** No events.
* '''2008'''
** No events.
* '''2009'''
**16 February – As part of ITV’s major cutbacks of its operation in England, Meridian’s three news services are amalgamated into one. However part of the programme, and the late night bulletin, remain localised. <ref>[http://bit.ly/2Dfeaqz Seventeen regions into nine: How the updated ITV local news services will run] Caitlin Fitzsimmons, [[The Guardian]], 17 February 2009</ref> All other regional programmes, apart from a monthly political programme, end at around this time.
==2010s==
*'''2010'''
** No events.
*'''2011'''
** No events.
*'''2012'''
** 27 June – The Meridian region completes [[Digital switchover dates in the United Kingdom|digital switchover]].
*'''2013'''
** 16 September – The 2009 cut-backs are reversed and once again the Meridian region is served by three opt-out services.<ref name="Ofcom Decision 2013"></ref> However to maintain lower costs, the main half-hour programme at 6pm contains a minimum 20 minutes of regional news (10 minutes in the Thames Valley) and daily use of "shared content" from outside the region.<ref name="Ofcom Decision 2013"/>
== See also ==
* [[History of ITV]]
* [[History of ITV television idents]]
* [[Timeline of ITV]]
==References==
[[Category:History of ITV]]
[[Category:Culture-related timelines|Meridian Broadcasting]]
[[Category:United Kingdom media timelines|Meridian Broadcasting]]
[[Category:History of television in the United Kingdom|Meridian Broadcasting]]
[[Category:British history timelines|Meridian Broadcasting]]
[[Category:Years in British television|Meridian Broadcasting]]
[[Category:United Kingdom television timelines|Meridian Broadcasting]]
[[Category:Company timelines|Meridian Broadcasting Television]]
[[Category:ITV timelines|Meridian Broadcasting]]
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