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- 1950s
- 1960s
- 1970s
- 1980s
- See also
- References
This is a timeline of the history of ATV 1950s- 1955
- 24 September – Two days after the launch of ITV, ATV launches its weekend service for the London area.
- 1956
- 17 February – ATV launches its Midlands service, operating on weekdays with ABC providing the weekend programmes and ATV's London service is renamed ATV London.
- 7 May – The first broadcast of ATV Midlands News takes place. It is a short daily summary of regional news with stories often sourced directly from the Birmingham Evening Dispatch, a local newspaper.[1] Film footage is later added with footage shot by Birmingham Commercial Films.
- 1958
- ATV Midlands News is supplemented by Midland Montage, a weekly topical magazine programme.
- 1959
- ATV sets up its own news film unit for both regional news programmes.
- ATV’s logo is changed slightly and the shadowy eye zooms onto the snare.
1960s- 1964
- A slight change is made to the logo to add either the region's name below the ident.
- September – ATV launches its own listings magazine TV World. Previously, listings for the week ahead had been published in a Midlands version of TVTimes.
- 5 October – Following pressure from the Independent Television Authority to improve regional coverage, ATV introduces a nightly news magazine programme, ATV Today. It runs for 20 minutes and follows the teatime ATV Midlands News bulletin.
- 2 November – The first edition of ATV’s soap opera Crossroads is broadcast. The programme continues to be produced by Central after it takes over from ATV in 1982, eventually ending in 1988.
- 1966
- Following a restructure of the company, ATV and Incorporated Television Programme Company (ITC) both become subsidiaries of the Associated Communications Corporation (ACC).
- 1968
- 28 July – ATV stops broadcasting in London when its franchise is given to London Weekend Television. However the company is now able to broadcast seven days a week across the Midlands. The company is renamed ATV Limited.
- 2 August – A technicians strike forces ITV off the air for several weeks although management manage to launch a temporary ITV Emergency National Service with no regional variations.
- 14 September – The final edition of TV World is published ahead of TVTimes becoming a national publication on 21 September.
- 1969
- 15 November — To coincide with the launch of colour broadcasting, ATV’s logo is altered and the famous ‘zoom’ ident launches in glorious technicolor.[2]
- By 1969, ATV Midlands News is called ATV News.
1970s - 1972
- 16 October – Following a law change which removed all restrictions on broadcasting hours, ITV is able to launch an afternoon service.
- 1973 to 1978
- No events, although the late 1970s sees the introduction of shorter news bulletins as lunchtime and late at night. They are called ATV Newsdesk.
- 1979
- 10 August – The ten week ITV strike forces ATV off the air. The strike ends on 24 October.
1980s - 1980
- The Independent Broadcasting Authority announces that lack of regional programming and production (it had a major studio centre at Elstree in Hertfordshire, a legacy of its London contract), was hampering the region, so it insisted that the new applicant for the franchise be more clearly based in the region and have separate facilities for the East and West Midlands. ACC creates ATV Midlands Limited, a shell company solely for the franchise process
- 28 December – ACC is awarded the Midlands contract with conditions. ACC is forced to sell 49% of the company, relinquish executive roles, sell the Elstree studios and rename the company to demonstrate that it was effectively a new business.[3]
- 1981
- Central Independent Television is chosen as the name of the new Midlands franchise.
- 1982
- 1 January – At 12:34 am the ATV name is used for the final time at closedown of the evening’s programmes as when transmissions resume at 9.25 am, Central officially goes on the air.[4]
- 1983
- May – ACC sells its remaining stake in Central, thereby ending Associated Television's involvement with ITV.
See also - History of ITV
- History of ITV television idents
- Timeline of ITV
References1. ^ATV Today – A Midland Montage {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111028231736/http://www.transdiffusion.org/emc/geohistory/atv_today_a_mid.php |date=October 28, 2011 }}, transdiffusion.org
2. ^[https://identcentral.co.uk/idents/itv/itv-regions/atv/ Ident Central: ATV]
3. ^{{cite web|last=Rogers|first=Jeremy|title=ATV (Associated Television) History|url=http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/itw/ATV/history.html|publisher=Independent TeleWeb|accessdate=20 April 2012|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204040738/http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/itw/ATV/history.html|archivedate=4 February 2012|df=dmy-all}}
4. ^[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNl2CBK6zPg ATV final closedown, Central start-up 1/1/82]
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