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Articles about Southern Independent Television
Technical operations
Published 27 January 2023
The technical side to getting television to your home… and to the transmitter
How the new look will change ITV
Published 22 September 2022
The franchise results are in. What will this mean for ITV in the 1980s?
Tuning in with the winners
Published 22 September 2022
Elkan Allan looks at what convinced the IBA to pick TVS, TSW and TV-am
Breakfast with Anna
Published 15 October 2021
The new ITV contracts are announced, to mixed reviews from the Daily Mirror
Pioneer
Published 11 October 2021
Richard Wyn Jones talks to ITV pioneer Roy Hayward, who worked at Aston, Teledu Cymru and Southern
Another chance to see… And it’s goodbye from us
Published 30 September 2021
A touching farewell that turned excruciating
ITV: the Programmes and the Companies
Published 27 September 2021
The ITA gives us a quick look at how ITV is organised in 1966
ITV’s Regional Strength
Published 9 October 2020
What makes ITV worth watching is regional programmes from your local station, says the IBA in 1976
Lockdown 6-pack II
Published 25 April 2020
Six more articles to read to keep your mind alert during the lockdown
Southern get switched off
Published 27 June 2019
Reading’s Evening Post rushes out a front page splash to announce that Southern TV has lost its franchise in 1980
Factsheet 1966: The Independent Television Authority
Published 9 August 2018
An introduction to Independent Television in 1966
Frost joins tycoons in shock ITV shake-up
Published 23 July 2018
The Daily Mirror reports on the decisions taken by the ITA in the ITV franchise round of 1967