ITV Meridian (previously Meridian Broadcasting) is the holder of the
ITV franchise for the South and
South East of England. The station was launched at 12:00 am on 1 January 1993, replacing previous broadcaster
Television South
Television South (TVS) was the ITV franchise holder in the South and South East of England between 1 January 1982 at 9.25 am and 31 December 1992 at 11.59 pm. The company operated under various names, initially as 'Television South plc' and ...
, and is owned and operated by
ITV plc
ITV plc is a British media company that holds 13 of the 15 regional television licences that make up the ITV network (Channel 3), the oldest and largest commercial terrestrial television network in the United Kingdom.
ITV plc is listed on th ...
, under the licensee of ITV Broadcasting Limited. Meridian Broadcasting Ltd was one of several (but not all) ITV plc-owned regional companies to have its legal name changed on 29 December 2006, when it became ITV Meridian Ltd. This company is, along with most other regional companies owned by ITV plc, listed with
Companies House
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as a "
Dormant company
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".
The company broadcasts to the region from transmitters at
Hannington,
Midhurst
Midhurst () is a market town, parish and civil parish in West Sussex, England. It lies on the River Rother inland from the English Channel, and north of the county town of Chichester.
The name Midhurst was first recorded in 1186 as ''Middeh ...
,
Rowridge,
Whitehawk Hill, Hastings,
Heathfield, Tunbridge Wells,