TVS (Television South) - Final closedown & handover to Meridian TV (December 31, 1992)
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TVS (Television South) was an ITV franchise holder for the South and Southeast area of England from 1st January 1982 until 31st December 1992, replacing Southern Television, and on 1st January 1993, TVS was closed and Meridian began broadcasting after the former's closure.
Timestamps:
00:25 Last few minutes of "Goodbye To All That"
03:33 TVS ident 1987 (with last message) & closedown from TVS
04:04 Flash-cut to Big Ben (12 midnight chimes to New Year 1993)
04:33 First startup and programming from Meridian TV
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Shaw Taylor at the end of 1981 sitting there commenting on the (unnecessary)closure of ATV and there 11 years to see the end of TVS.
Southern TV loyalists must have been thrilled watching this.
Let's face it, TVS did the opposite of what their predessesors, Southern, did.
Southern's farewell was like going to a funeral. At least TVS bowed out with style
@@woking1970I was born in 1987 but had I been around for when Southern were about to be replaced by TVS, I would’ve tuned into Southern’s farewell broadcast to make fun of them for a bit, before turning over to the BBC for whatever they did for New Year on that occasion!
Notice how those that lost their franchise had the letter 'T' at the beginning of their names. Thames, TSW, TV-AM and TVS.
Tyne Tees Television could have join the list, that begin with T, but with three T's
Good spot though as has been said Tyne Tees kept their franchise.3 T’s though.
TVS: Goodbye to All That
Meridian TV: The First Ten Minutes
Firstly, TVS paid some extremely stupid people who told them to bid nearly £60million a year but none of those franchises were fair. The money TVS invested into those Maidstone studios and then they were only on air for just under 11 years. It was the same with Central - there was never a need for a massive studio complex in Nottingham when a news centre was all it ever needed
Its just dawned on me, Fred Dinenage is a jinx!😂
HOW!? (See what I did there?) 🙂
How good natured compared to Southern's TV's closedown show.
And something else to note and that is all the stations in the North just like in 1981 kept their franchises.
TVS was a brilliant company and are much-missed. Thank goodness their old Maidstone Studios have survived and are being well-run.
See you on the otherside Fred Dinage 2:35 as you survive 3 ITV local South Franchises, Southern Television South and Meridian, I spent my life travelling down South from the East of England during trip to the Isle of Wight staying in a Holiday Caravan with family during school holiday in the 1980's, i watch Southern Television South and plus Meridian at my ex girlfriend place in Kent in early 2000's and now i can pick up Meridian tv in HD from Sandy Heath transmitter in Bedfordshire thanks to Digital Morden Freeview television techonolgy.
guessing December 31 1992 was doomsday for most ITV regions
@tylerfraser5019 it was for TV-AM Thames. TVS + TSW
0:05:41 AAAH
Why does she mention Meridian covering the Channel Islands at 5:28 ?
Signal spillage perhaps?
3:35 The End/Started Meridian
Lou diamond philps singing la bamba
Sad Part 3:40
Well TVS got a taste of their own medicine after 💩on Southern TV.
Karma is a bitch🤣🤣🤣🤣from the North West where Granada kept their franchise along with though not my region Border.