Taking consistent top place finishes throughout Season 2, CLG.eu has been hailed as one of the strongest European teams. TVS ceased broadcasting on 31 December 1992 after losing its franchise to Meridian Broadcasting during the review of franchise holders in 1991. [citation needed]. Tuck Tucker (1961-2020) American animator and writer known for working on SpongeBob SquarePants and Hey Arnold! However, only three years later, all the high-bidding licensees – including HTV, which had nearly bankrupted itself to put forward a £25 million bid to win back the Wales and West licence – were allowed to reduce their licence payments, in some cases by more than half. 10,505 images on this site. "After the break" The Guardian; 30 December 1980; Whitbread buys £6m TVS stake. The unions started to negotiate with Meridian to absorb some of the 800 TVS staff facing redundancy. The award-winning Country Ways series, which examined the people and places of the region, began in 1984 and continued in production for ITV Meridian until 2008. Martin Waller, The Times (London, England), Wednesday, 6 January 1993. [citation needed]. In the event, the projections of advertising revenue on which TVS had based its massive bid turned out to be correct. SubparMario63 To reflect this the contract area served by Southern Television, which was previously titled the South of England area was renamed South and South-East of England. Meridian Broadcasting, the new licensee, were not offered the studios as TVS initially intended to become an independent producer. Edit. Meridian operated from elsewhere in Maidstone, but in 2004, after extensive cutbacks, it moved back into a small newsroom in the Maidstone Studios. BFDI TV launched in the UK on February 7, 2017. Monsters, Inc., Donnie Darko, Shrek, The Fairly OddParents, Invader Zim, Samurai Jack, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (film), My Wife and Kids, According to Jim, Scrubs, Wikipedia, Zoolander, Vanilla Sky, and 24, Happy 15th Anniversary to: [19] By the following January, its profits had increased again to £21.8M. Elkan Allan. 3. Asher-angel-2016 Alice in Wonderland (1951 film) and A Streetcar Named Desire, Happy 60th Anniversary to: [16] In April 1987, Greg Dyke left TVS and returned to LWT.[17]. [35] The Maidstone Studios were retained with the news facility being leased to Meridian as TVS planned to continue trading as an independent producer. The Times Thursday, 10 December 1981 pg. Television South's trademarks are now owned by an independent production company, while a majority of the company's back catalogue is now owned by The Walt Disney Company. Logo: It's basically the same as the 1985 Walt Disney Television and Buena Vista International Television logos, except the text below fades to "Distributed By Buena Vista Television". Its education shows were 'too didactic', while its religious output was branded as having "barely discernible religious content". To begin with, we bring in the new with, for the first time, our symbol which will soon become very familiar. Eyes, numerous Bobby Davro series and the successful television adaptations of Ruth Rendell's novels, with more than 15 programmes being made over a 10-year period. Three versions were produced, a normal ident, a short ident where the TVS logo rotated into the lettering, and a minute extended ident featuring video from the regions that was used upon startup and in some of the longer junctions. The buildings have since been demolished and the site is now St James Retail Park, a shopping outlet. Robertson wins TVS. description pages and Ken Spears (1938-2020) American television editor, writer, and producer known for co-creating Scooby-Doo and co-founding Ruby-Spears Productions. If it continues on, you will be permanently BANNED!!! One Winnie the Poohtape strangely had full animation, although it was supposed to use the still version. The Times, Saturday, 9 January 1993, TVS dissidents try for a better offer. 376 × 283; 9 KB, Paramount Pictures 1944 ('Lady in the Dark' Opening Variant).jpg TVS, the new independent television company that's proud to serve both the South and South East of England. Also included in the sale was land purchased by Southern for planned new studios in Maidstone. WCBS is also the flagship station of the CBS Television Network. WELCOME!!!!! Asher-angel-2016 Continuity announcer Malcolm Brown, previously an announcer at Granada, made the opening announcement: Good morning. Laurence, Ben The Guardian; 12 February 1991; Four emerge as main contenders for TVS's loss-making MTM company. 16:28, 20 January 2021 18:51, 20 January 2021 For the TVS electronic component, see, The TVS region when it lost its franchise in 1992, Contributions to series on the ITV network. TVS's Gatward ousted. The deal created a unique company with productions operations in Ireland, UK and USA, along with a UK broadcasting franchise. Evangelist may be sole runner for TVS. Background: Previously under Fox Television Stations, 20th Television (spelled as "Twentieth Television") is the television syndication arm of 21st Century Fox Inc.'s 20th Century Fox Television that was launched in 1989 originally as an in-name-only brand of TCFTV known as "Twentieth Television Corporation" (and structurally officialized in 1995). The studios were based in the Brighton Centre, Reading Civic Centre and Poole Arts Centre. Blakstad stated "TVS was awarded the franchise to bring a catalyst to ITV, but the authority may have to help them get into the laboratory first". Michael Tate. [29], Ahead of the ITV franchise round, James Gatward resigned from TVS, after being informed his services were no longer required, as the board believed Gatward was not showing sufficient resolve in preparing TVS for the franchise bid. 2014: "A 21st Century Noggin" 3. [7], In the days before the start of the new franchise, the IBA made it clear that it was happy about the service changes, and was particularly impressed with TVS in connection with new programming for the ITV network, in areas in which the IBA wished for improvements, mainly children's and the sciences. 1,200 × 900; 796 KB, Tapestry Films - Animated Version.png One of TVS strongest performance was in children's programming. The Maidstone Studios, though significant (and home to many networked shows) were ancillary to those in Southampton which were the company's corporate headquarters. On his wings are the name of the Kamata Films studio and the Shochiku Kinema company. Edit. This ident was altered slightly on 1 September 1989 following the TVS management restructuring, so that the ident was against a gradient blue background and cut in to the rotation of the logo into the lettering. Both agreed not to sell for a period of five years. In November, TCW Capital made a counter bid,[39] but pulled out a few weeks later after reviewing the accounts of TVS. The theatre was quickly converted for television use ready for the start of broadcasting. The Times (London, England), Wednesday, 14 January 1987; Television South nudges hard to enter the Big Five circle. Southern Television was the ITV broadcasting licence holder for the south and south-east of England from 30 August 1958 to 31 December 1981. 23. Michael's Refurbished CLG Wiki or "mrCLG" as we call it, is a Canadian-made wiki with the Scare Factors and Cheesy Factors restored and reborn! Can Gatward make the kitten purr? Martin Lambie-Nairn (1945-2020) English designer of Channel 4's "Blocks" and BBC 2's late 90's idents. [4] This was the official line given by the IBA, but it was also considered that Southern's non-local ownership (the majority shareholders were Associated Newspapers, based in London, and D.C. Thomson, based in Dundee)[5] and its very conservative nature led to it being dropped in favour of the more interesting proposals made by TVS in its franchise application. The Times, Thursday, 31 December 1981. Allcroft served as executive producer for the first two series. On September 16, 2002, Sony Corporation decided to retire the Columbia TriStar Television name and logo from its television division, renaming it "Sony Pictures Television". Following the first airing of the station's first ident, the first programme to air was a Coast to Coast special entitled Bring in the New, presented by Khalid Aziz. The company operated under various names, initially as Television South plc and then following reorganisation in 1989 as TVS Entertainment plc, with UK broadcasting activities undertaken by subsidiary TVS Television Ltd.[1]. He also expressed doubts that Yorkshire Television would give up its monopoly of networked science programmes. [38] A small number of shareholders, including Julian Tregar, rejected the offer from IFE. Welcome to the Closing Logo Group's C L G Wiki! TVS used Dover as a regional studio for a year until completion of Vinters Park when it disposed of the site. This was primarily a different edition of the flagship Coast to Coast news programme from a different base and with a different presenting team. However, some other local programming was produced solely for the South or South East and as a result programming would differ either between sub regions or pan regional programmes. A number of presenters made the transition from Southern to TVS. Other location programming included the usual round of sports coverage in the region, principally football. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, A Clockwork Orange, Harold and Maude, Lucasfilm, Walt Disney World, Masterpiece Theatre, All in the Family, and Dirty Harry, Happy 45th Anniversary to: April 1, 2014-Present: A Lite Hearded Pa… At the start of July 1988, speculation started to appear of a take-over bid for the American media company MTM Enterprises. 444 × 336; 59 KB, Trimark Interactive (1997).png Logo: We see an improved Pegasus on a cloud background (similar to the current Columbia Pictures logo, but the middle part is a bit shorter).We see “TRISTAR” and “TRISTAR TELEVISION” above and below the logo, respectively. 18:34, 20 January 2021 TVS board Backs £38M bid for US cable Group. She took Robert D. Cardona's place as producer from the third to fifth series after Clearwater Features closed down in 1990. with a helicopter links equipped vehicle. TVS tunes in with 62% leap in profits. The Times, Saturday, 27 December 1980 pg. The Independent Broadcasting Authority had decided to change the area covered from the south to include the south east and included the Bluebell Hill transmitter, associated relays and the main relay at Tunbridge Wells which previously were covered by ITV's London contractors. Beauty and the Beast (1991 film), Sonic The Hedgehog, Boyz N The Hood, Silence Of The Lambs, Thelma and Louise, Rugrats, Doug, The Ren and Stimpy Show, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Home Improvement, Maury, and The Jerry Springer Show, Happy 25th Anniversary to: There was speculation at the time that the technicians' strike at TV-am could have spread to its operations over its plans to provide an overnight service,[20] which become fully operational by June 1988. FREE Delivery Find Out More. The Times Tuesday, 11 November 1986; pg. 1,920 × 1,440; 8 KB, Dawn Wells (1938-2020) American actress best known for playing Mary Ann on Gilligan's Island. Compare. TVS finally completed the purchase of the Southampton site, equipment, news library and staff pension fund in August 1981. The Times, Thursday, 20 July 1989; pg. [13][14] Dyke was brought in to rejuvenate the station, and started to move programming away from its original philosophy of niche arts and science programming, and began producing more entertainment programmes. SubparMario63 Welcome to the original forum dedicated to the ultimate artform of the entertainment industry -- the production company logo! Houseparty was replaced by Not For Women Only which recognised changes in women's social patterns, while a new Saturday morning children's series called No. CLG Wiki Television Section. In 1985 an agreement was reached with LWT, which required help to fill its schedules with appropriate, domestically-produced programming while not having to increase its budget. 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