Type | Region of television network |
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Branding | ITV1 |
Country | |
First air date | 27 October 1959 |
TV transmitters | Sandy Heath, Sudbury, Tacolneston (formerly Belmont, Mendlesham) |
Headquarters | Anglia House, Norwich |
Broadcast area | East of England |
Owner | ITV plc |
Dissolved | lost on-air identity on 27 October 2002 | (now known as ITV at all times)
Former names | Anglia Television |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV, downscaled to 16:9 576i for SDTV |
Affiliation(s) | ITV |
Official website | itv |
Language | English |
Subsidiary | Anglia Television Entertainment |
ITV Anglia, previously known as Anglia Television, is the ITV franchise holder for the East of England. The station is based at Anglia House in Norwich, with regional news bureaux in Cambridge and Northampton. ITV Anglia is owned and operated by ITV plc under the licence name of ITV Broadcasting Limited.[1]
ITV Anglia broadcasts to Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, northern Hertfordshire, northern Buckinghamshire and the southeastern fringes of Lincolnshire. Its principal programme nowadays is ITV News Anglia which is split into two regional editions, both airing at 18:00 on weekdays and various times at weekends.