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| Type | News region of television network |
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| Branding | ITV1 |
| Country | |
First air date | 4 December 2006 |
| TV transmitters | Hannington, Oxford |
| Headquarters | Whiteley, Hampshire Meridian's studios Abingdon, Oxfordshire |
Broadcast area | Thames Valley |
| Owner | ITV plc |
| Dissolved | 8 February 2009 (after 2 years, 66 days) |
Picture format | 16:9 576i |
| Affiliation(s) | ITV |
| Language | English |
| Replaced | ITV Meridian (North) ITV Central (South) |
| Replaced by | ITV Meridian (Thames Valley) |
ITV Thames Valley was a non-franchise ITV news region covering the Thames Valley area of the United Kingdom from 4 December 2006 until 8 February 2009. Owned and operated by ITV plc, it served the south/south-eastern area of the legal Central franchise and the north/north-western area of the legal Meridian franchise. In its first year, its flagship news programme Thames Valley Tonight won the Royal Television Society's Southern Centre Award for News Magazine Programme of the Year for its coverage of the 2007 summer floods.
The service began broadcasting 4 December 2006 merging the news assets of the two former sub-regions, and its newsrooms were officially opened on 26 January 2007 by ITV executive chairman, Michael Grade.[1]
- ^ Tryhorn, Chris (8 January 2007). "Grade takes the helm at ITV - free subscription required". London: Media Guardian. Retrieved 9 January 2007.