An ITV spokesman said: “The landlord of the current base of Meridian in Whiteley has a break clause in the lease, and they’re activating it, which we’re using as an opportunity to move to a new base that better suits our needs. West (Berkshire, northern Hampshire, and parts of Wiltshire and Surrey), based in Newbury. The programme name now featured the Meridian logo above, or to the side of the programme name and appearing as a DOG in the bottom left corner of the screen throughout the programme. Phil Hornby is a British news reporter who currently works for ITV Meridian in the South East of England.. Hornby is Meridian's Political Editor. From March 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, sub-regional services were impacted. The end board of the sequence saw to two-halves move closer against a stripe of red and yellow colour against the Meridian Tonight name. Bulletins during GMTV became pan-regional across the entire combined ITV Meridian and ITV Thames Valley areas, and branded as GMTV News. It is presented by Sangeeta Bhabra, Stacey Poole, Amanda Piper, or Fred Dinenage. Weekend bulletins had become pan-regional across the South Coast and South East only, whilst the West retained its own weekend bulletins right up until 3 December 2006, when ITV Thames Valley was launched. ITV Meridian updates during GMTV in the South and West sub-regions were shared while the East received its own bulletins. We did everything we could to make it an attractive offer for them, including finding dedicated parking for them at a competitive rate. However, a deal was close to being struck with Southampton City Council over renting 55 spaces at the Grosvenor Square Car Park for £50,000 a year – a significant reduction on the standard £1,600 season ticket charge. Full late night bulletins on weeknights, following. Weekend bulletins continued to be separate Meridian News (pan-regional for South Coast and South East) and Thames Valley Today/Tonight services. Jon Reeve. My company has a lot of open positions! Get the latest TV and entertainment news direct to your inbox Thanks for your interest in the Trainee Camera Operator ITV Meridian position. The merger saw Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and the Swindon area being added to the region for news purposes. Shorter bulletins air at other times. The film was shot on 35mm stock, capturing extraordinary detail. It broadcasts for thirty minutes each Monday to Friday from 18:00, covering regional news stories, features, sport and weather. Today, ITV Meridian operates from studios in Whiteley, Hampshire, producing regional news services for three sub-regions, covering the South Coast of England, the South East of England and the Thames Valley . Cloudy with rain or showers today. Dr Frank Gray from Screen Archive South East said: "This is a grand affair and we're all … TV Guide, UK's No 1 TV guide showing your TV listings in an easy to read grid format, Visit us to check TV News, Freeview TV listings, Sky TV, Virgin TV, History, Discovery, TLC, BBC, and more. [3], In February 2010, the programme won the Royal Television Society's Award for Best Nations & Regions News Coverage. A single edition of Meridian Tonight for the entire region was launched on 9 February 2009. On 16 January 2006, this was altered following the change of ITV logo to a sequence showing footage of the region and ending with the name over a light blue and turquoise cylinder, and further altered on 15 December 2009 to match the new ITV News style. Running times of all short bulletins were reduced. Discussions with agents over an eight-year lease on the top floor of Charlotte Place, next to Jury’s Inn, reached an advanced stage. Presentation for all three services moved to new smaller studios at Whiteley, near Fareham on Saturday 4 December 2004; the studios in Southampton and near Maidstone were closed at this time. ITV News is the branding of news programmes on the British television network ITV.ITV has a long tradition of television news. The Head of News was Robin Britton. ITV Meridian updates during GMTV in the South and West sub-regions were shared while the East received its own bulletins. The news gathering operation was moved back to The Maidstone Studios in 2004, though studio production moved to Meridian's new Whiteley base at the same time. Meridian’s latest move comes just two years after a radical shake-up a saw more than 100 jobs cut in its newsroom. On 23 July 2013, proposals for a more localised Channel 3 news service were approved – ITV News Meridian extended the South and South East opt-out services by an extra five minutes during the half-hour 6pm programme, in addition to separate lunchtime and weekend bulletins for the two regions. The broadcaster has to quit its current home in the New Year after landlords at its Hampshire base cancelled the lease, but now looks likely instead to relocate to another property within Whiteley. Why Morecambe was chosen as filming location for series 2 on ITV Georgina Littlejohn 1/27/2021 'I felt immeasurably stuck': High school seniors face college acceptances, rejections alone Carl Tyler did the weather for Thames Valley and South and Ron Lobeck was also retained for the South East. [6] The expanded sub-regional service launched on Monday 16 September 2013. Upon the launch of Meridian Tonight from 1 January 1993 until 5 May 1996, the programme titles featured a large translucent Meridian logo flipping over to reveal and yellow and blue map of the region. ITV News Meridian is the evening news programme produced by ITV Meridian and broadcasting to the South, South East and Thames Valley. The presenting line-up for each news service reflected continuity and change. This latest style featured a yellow and translucent black colour scheme and again focusing on footage of locations within the region. Surrey-based developers Oakdene bought the land for £8.5m, but its £100m plans for two 18-storey towers and a crescent of apartments and family homes with gardens were plunged into uncertainty when the company fell into administration last year. Meridian's flagship regional news programme was launched as Meridian Tonight on 4 January 1993 – three days after Meridian replaced TVS. A Gannett Company. Presenter Debbie Thrower was the highest profile casualty of the cull, which resulted in more than half of workers being made redundant as three previously distinct areas were merged to produce just one super-region. The service resumed as normal in the Autumn of 2020 with social distancing measures remaining in place. Within this, two sub-regions created – South/Thames Valley and South East. Previously, he was the main news presenter for the South East version of the programme Meridian Tonight (now ITV News Meridian) alongside colleague Charlotte Hawkins but they have both moved on to other roles in news. Upon launch of the three regional news services in 1993, Meridian made the decision that all three programmes would share the same titles, music and name. Only one floor of the eight-storey £55m development has ever been let since it was built five years ago, but the two parties were unable to agree a compromise over the advertised £19.75-per-square-foot rent. Read on for everything you need to know about the location for ITV’s new dating series. The music remained the same, but was enhanced to be more dramatic with a voiceover at the beginning declaring "This is Meridian Tonight". Accompanied by a trumpeted fanfare the region lights up with several dots, marking Meridian's news-gathering centres, and three pulses marking, Southampton, Maidstone and Newbury: the locations of each of the three programmes. [7], The title sequence and music was changed on 6 May 1996 to a blue and gold background variant featuring a partly obscured circle displaying news related imagery, before flipping to reveal the centre of the Meridian logo falling back into the centre of the line separating the programme name. City of Culture Saturday 16 January 2021, 1:50pm Report by ITV News Meridian's Ravneet Nandra which was filmed before the current lockdown restrictions. ITV studios have left their Waterloo location in The London Studios for a new premises in White City. The broadcaster is being forced to move after its landlords activated a break clause in the lease on its Solent Business Park home. In December 2006, the updates during GMTV became pan-regional. Newsquest Media Group Ltd, Loudwater Mill, Station Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Each respective region would then zoom into their region of the Meridian region before the flipping logo reveals the programme name, separated by a horizontal line, at the end of the sequence. “We wanted to bring Meridian and that level of jobs back into the city after they left some years ago.”. Presentation for all three services moved the first fully digital newsroom in the ITV-owned regions, at Whiteley, near Fareham on Saturday 4 December 2004; the studios in Southampton were sold off for a reported £5 million for domestic housing and the studios near Maidstone were closed, the Meridian team in the South East moved back to the Maidstone Studios originally built by TVS and rejected by Meridian when they took over. TV Guide, UK's No 1 TV guide showing your TV listings in an easy to read grid format, Visit us to check TV News, Freeview TV listings, Sky TV, Virgin TV, History, Discovery, TLC, BBC, and more. Thanks for your interest in the Operations Manager - ITV News Meridian position. Localised weather forecasts for South/Thames Valley and South East. A film centred on raising awareness of the societal impacts of recreational drug use, made by students in Brighton, has been shortlisted for a prominent film festival. It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. Despite being filmed in Hampshire, Meridian Tonight presenters Fred Dinenage and Sangeeta Bhabra sit in front of a screen showing images of a bridge in Maidstone, Kent. Fred and Sangeeta are loving … Unfortunately this position has been closed but you can search our 48 open jobs by clicking here. News gathering operations in all areas were retained. If you are interested, click this link. Exclusive by It is understood bosses were already looking at shifting studios and newsrooms, with a plan to return to Southampton being seriously considered to help improve the station’s news coverage. SECRET talks have failed to bring ITV Meridian back to Southampton, the Daily Echo can reveal. News gathering operations in all areas were retained. [7], Following the merger of Granada plc and Carlton Communications in 2004 to form ITV plc, Meridian has used generic title sequences adopted across the ITV plc network of ITV stations. The opening 15 minutes of the main 6pm programme. The small town in ITV’s new series Innocent has been created with the help of two very different filming locations. On 2 February 2004, this featured a blue and yellow look concentrating on vertical columns of translucent squares displaying images of the Meridian region, before ending with four square ITV logo over a map of the UK made out of squares. Studio production moved to Southampton in 2001. Meridian South went on-air with Fred Dinenage (TVS & Southern) and Debbie Thrower (BBC), Meridian South East's hosts were Mike Debens (TVS) and Alison Holloway (Sky, ABC) and in the Thames Valley, Andy Craig (Central) partnered Mia Davies (TVS). [citation needed]. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. Get involved with the news in your community, This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's Editors' Code of Practice. The Controller or News was Jim Raven, who had previously been the Editor of the South-East edition of TVS's Coast to Coast. Since 1993, ITV Meridian has had many faces but tonight our brand new set goes live - complete with a new backdrop! TV Guide, UK's No 1 TV guide showing your TV listings in an easy to read grid format, Visit us to check TV News, Freeview TV listings, Sky TV, Virgin TV, History, Discovery, TLC, BBC, and more. Meridian's flagship regional news programme was launched as Meridian Tonight on 4 January 1993 – three days after Meridian replaced TVS. Are you sure you want to delete this comment? The last Meridian individual look was introduced on 4 February 2002 and featured two translucent halves of Meridian's logo merging and moving together against a purple backdrop. He previously launched Thames Valley Tonight and the West edition of Meridian Tonight. [7], The look was changed once again on 4 January 1999 with the new titles featuring a vibrant purple background being changed into yellows and reds to form the Meridian logo. ITV Meridian News filming our choir for Young Voices 2020 We were very fortunate to be nominated as a school by Clare Edwards, Director of Learning and Events for Young Voices for our children to be filmed by ITV Meridian News rehearsing for their concert in 2020. Long-running ITV drama Midsomer Murders is based in Causton (also fictional), where DCI Barnaby (Neil Dudgeon) lives with his wife Sarah (Fiona Dolman).. Mark Southgate also brought new blood in including the journalist Marc Percy - the three new look programmes were hosted from an original set design was by Eye-Catching Design. ITV studios host shows such as Good Morning Britain, Lorraine, This … The news service is produced and broadcast from ITV Meridian's studios in Whiteley, near Fareham with reporters also based at bureaux in Didcot, Brighton, Maidstone, Poole and Reading. So, where exactly is The Cabins filmed? The Henley College/London Wasps AASE rugby squad were filmed by ITV Meridian for a news feature shown on TV over Easter in March 2013. Southampton City Council leader Royston Smith said: “We’re massively disappointed. At the end of 2008, in light of a restructuring through the ITV regional news network, around 100 staff across the three sub-regional news services in South East England were made redundant. [2] The three original sub-regional services for Meridian News/Tonight were: Three sub-regional editions of the programme were broadcast simultaneously, from studios in Southampton, Maidstone, and Newbury. Independent Television News (ITN) was founded to provide news bulletins for the network in 1955, and has since continued to produce all news programmes on ITV.The channel's news coverage has won awards from the Royal Television Society, Emmy Awards and BAFTAs. [4] On Monday 14 January 2013, the news service was relaunched and rebranded as ITV News Meridian.[5]. The then remaining sub-regional elements were: Sangeeta Bhabra and Fred Dinenage were announced as lead presenters of the scaled back service. This page was last edited on 17 January 2021, at 04:48. Despite frantic behind-the scenes efforts from Southampton City Council chiefs to sweeten the deal, negotiations broke down at the last minute and the firm has decided to stay in an out-of-town location where rents are cheaper. Despite being filmed in Hampshire, Meridian Tonight presenters Fred Dinenage and Sangeeta Bhabra sit in front of a screen showing images of a bridge in Maidstone, Kent. Southampton is the second-biggest city – behind Brighton & Hove – in Meridian’s region, which stretches 200 miles from Dorset to Kent, and north to Oxfordshire. Robin Britton had scope to recruit the best talent not only from TVS, but from the outgoing Thames Television, Channel 4 Daily, TSW and TV-AM as well. The former ITV Central South sub-region headquarters at Abingdon was retained as the main news gathering base for ITV Thames Valley, but the studio presentation facility was mothballed. The news service is produced and broadcast from ITV Meridian's studios in Whiteley, near Fareham with reporters also based at bureaux in Didcot, Brighton, Maidstone, Poole and Reading. We’re in advanced negotiations on a property close to the current site.”. In September 2017 he was replaced by Alison Nice, formerly a Content Editor with ITV Meridian. Three sub-regional editions of the programme were simultaneously, from studios in Southampton, Maidstone, and Newbury; the original set design was by Eye-Catching Design. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience – the local community. A Thames Valley service was also reintroduced, consisting of a ten-minute opt out within the 6pm programme for the South and a late bulletin after News at Ten. Notable former on air staff include: Andrea Byrne, Kate Garraway, Charlotte Hawkins, Phil Hornby, Gemma Humphries, Natasha Kaplinsky, Debbie Thrower and Charlene White. Get the latest ITV News from the South and South East of England. Created with Sketch. 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Northern Ireland filming locations for the ITV series with Anna Friel Georgina Littlejohn 2/9/2021 Texas still reeling from devastating winter storms and for some, recovery could take months 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. Three Regional Editors (later Head of News) were appointed to run each of the three news sub-regions, Andy Cooper (Meridian Tonight South), formerly the Editor of Coast to Coast South, Mark Southgate (Meridian Tonight South East), formerly the Coast to Coast South East programme producer and Robin Britton was tasked with launching the new Meridian West service forming the Thames Valley, who had been the deputy-editor of the Meridian South programme, the third sub-region was Meridian's trump card, TVS had done a short Thames Valley opt, launched in 1990). On 4 December 2006, the long expected merger between West and the ITV Central South sub-region took place, forming the non-franchise ITV Thames Valley news service, broadcasting Thames Valley Today/Tonight from the same studio at Whiteley. SUMMARY. Film news . Andy Cooper also took advantage of the franchise changes, hiring the very experienced Nick Myers, from TV-AM and moving Steve McDonnell from current affairs at TVS back into the newsroom, this time as a programme producer alongside Myers. HP10 9TY | 01676637 | Registered in England & Wales. If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can contact IPSO here. Southampton rap … The main 6pm programme was fronted by a single presenter during this period and Pan-regional weather forecasts were utilised. If you apply to a job, you will be treated as a referral from me. East (East Sussex, Kent and southern Essex), based in Maidstone before moving to an industrial estate near New Hythe in 1994. Meridian bosses had been considering heading back to Southampton, which it left five years ago when it moved out of its Northam studios, and had identified the near-empty Charlotte Place development as a potential new home. Drier and colder later. [2] The three original sub-regional services for Meridian News/Tonight were: South (eastern Dorset, the Isle of Wight, southern Hampshire and West Sussex), based in Southampton before moving to Whiteley in 2004. As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. The programme is currently EDF Programme of the Year for London and the South East (for coverage of the 70th anniversary of D-Day) and the Royal Television Society's Southern Centre Programme of the Year (for coverage of the Eastbourne Pier fire)[1]. Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. The two late night bulletins are retained for the South and the South East, in addition to the new Thames Valley bulletin. The weather in the west of the ITV Meridian region. ©Copyright 2001-2021. Unfortunately this position has been closed but you can search our 50 open jobs by clicking here. This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to inaccuracy or intrusion, then please contact the editor here. ITV Meridian looks back at when the village of East Dean in Eastbourne was cut off due to heavy snow in 1987. These included programme producer, Paul Erlam, and Transport specialist, Mike Pearse, from Thames TV, Alison Black from C4 Daily and Peter Brookes from TV-AM. Currently, the news service transmits to a vast coverage area across three sub-regions in the South and South East of England. The seven-acre site of Meridian's former Southampton home, next to Northam Bridge, is still lying empty after the studios were demolished. Jim Raven, Robin Britton, Andy Cooper and Mark Southgate were delighted to win the Royal Television Society's Nations and Regions Programme of the Year - in the February following the new licence's launch - the only time three programmes have tied for the top prize.