''ITV News Anglia'' is a British television news service for the East of England, broadcast and produced by
ITV Anglia
ITV Anglia, previously known as Anglia Television, is the ITV franchise holder for the East of England. The station is based at Anglia House in Norwich, with regional news bureaux in Cambridge and Northampton. ITV Anglia is owned and operated ...
.
History
''Anglia News'' replaced the long-running news magazine programme ''
About Anglia
''About Anglia'' was a regional news magazine programme produced by Anglia Television in the east of England, broadcast for over thirty years from 2 June 1960 to 6 July 1990.
History
One of the first regional programmes of its kind in the ITV, ...
'' on Monday, 9 July 1990. Initially, there were two sub-regional editions for the East (
Norfolk
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,
Suffolk
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and
Essex
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), and West (
Cambridgeshire
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,
Northamptonshire
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two unitary authorities: North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire. It is ...
,
Bedfordshire
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, northern
Hertfordshire
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, northern
Buckinghamshire
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, southern
Lincolnshire
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, southern
Rutland
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Its greatest len ...
and a small part of southern
Leicestershire
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).
The main programme title was amended to ''Anglia News Tonight'' in September 2003 however just five months later in February 2004 it was simplified to ''Anglia Tonight''. Both editions were broadcast from
Norwich
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.
By 2008, ''Anglia News'' opts during ''
GMTV
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'' and weekend bulletins had become pan-regional.
As of 12 February 2009, all programming on weekdays became pan-regional. The final sub-regional 6pm editions of ''Anglia Tonight'' were broadcast on Wednesday 11 February 2009.
Becky Jago
Rebecca Joanne Jago (née Gunton; born 20 April 1976 in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk) is an English television news presenter, currently employed by ITV Anglia.
Career
Jago attended Stowmarket High School from 1989 to 1994. She graduated from the ...
and
Jonathan Wills
Jonathan Wills is a British journalist currently employed by ITV Channel.
Born in 1964 he has worked for ITN, where he was best known for presenting the sports segment during the now defunct '' ITV News at 10.30''. He also fronted regional pr ...
anchored the programme in 2012.
The then remaining sub-regional elements were:
*A 6-minute opt-out during the main 6pm programme.
*The full 8-minute late weeknight bulletins.
*Localised weather forecasts.
Both sub-regional editions utilise exactly the same presenter(s) and studio/set, therefore one of the two opt-outs - depending on the day's news - is pre-recorded 'as live' shortly before broadcast.
On Monday, 14 January 2013, the service was relaunched and renamed as ''ITV News Anglia''.
On 23 July 2013, proposals for a more localised Channel 3 news service were approved - ''ITV News Anglia'' reintroduced separate East and West programmes with a minimum of 20 minutes local news content during the half hour 6pm programme, in addition to separate weekday daytime and weekend bulletins for the two sub-regions.
OFCOM sets out licence terms for ITV, STV, UTV and Channel 5
, OFCOM, 23 July 2013 The expanded sub-regional service launched on Monday 16 September 2013.
References
External links
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