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ITV Anglia, previously known as Anglia Television or Anglia, 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, Ipswich and Northampton. ITV Anglia is owned and operated by ITV plc under the licence name of ITV Broadcasting Limited. ITV Anglia broadcasts to Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, northern Hertfordshire, northern Buckinghamshire, southern Lincolnshire, southern Rutland and a small part of southern Leicestershire. ==History== Anglia Television launched on 27 October 1959 as an independent company serving the East of England. At launch, Anglia broadcast from the Mendlesham Transmitter. It was soon joined by Sandy Heath and then Belmont. Under the chairmanship of Aubrey Buxton the station soon established a reputation for producing excellent drama, through a deal with then-ITV London station Associated Rediffusion. Anglia also established the long-running nature documentary series ''Survival''. During the early 1960s, Anglia looked toward the unserved portion of south-east England, which was to be served by a transmitter at Dover, as a logical extension to its eastern bailiwick – however, the ITA decided to hand this part of the country to Southern Television instead. In 1973, the IBA planned to transfer the Belmont transmitter which served Lincolnshire, Humberside, north Norfolk and parts of the East Midlands, away from Anglia to Yorkshire Television. The public protested against such a move, especially in parts of North Norfolk.〔Transfer of Anglia transmitter. The Times (London, England), Monday, 19 February 1973; pg. 13.〕〔Yorkshire in Norfolk. P. B. LUCAS. The Times (London, England), Friday, 23 February 1973; pg. 1〕 Anglia decided not to publicly fight the IBA plans, after a board member had agreed to produce a film for the IBA explaining why Anglia should be allowed to keep hold of the Belmont transmitter.〔Anglia TV put film in custody of IBA. The Times, Saturday, 21 April 1973; pg. 15〕 On 1 January 1974, the transmitter was transferred; due to this change, Anglia's profits were cut in half – from £2.2 million down to £1.29 million.〔Profit halved at Anglia TV. The Times, Thursday, 23 January 1975.〕 However, by 1976 Anglia had managed to improve its operations, posting results of £1.47 million. Anglia described the improvement as "satisfactory", and its prospects were considered encouraging.〔Only dividend curbs restrain Anglia TV. The Times, Thursday, 24 June 1976; pg. 22.〕 In 1975, the technicians' union (ACTT) criticized Anglia over the amount of regional programming being produced at the station, stating it had been dramatically decreasing since 1970 to just five hours per week. The concerns were raised to the IBA, who they believed would be able to construe the rapid decline in programming as the failure of Anglia to not fully commit to its obligations for the franchise area.〔Union criticizes cut in regional programmes. By a Staff Reporter. The Times, Tuesday, 20 May 1975〕 During December 1976, Anglia dropped the Thames children's series ''Pauline's Quirkes'' as it believed it was not achieving the best level of entertainment for its younger viewers, and denied the move was due to the high amount of criticisms over the content of the series. Thames said it was "surprised" at the decision, as the programme had rated well.〔ITV company drops 'Pauline's Quirkes'. By Our Arts Reporter. The Times, Tuesday, 7 December 1976〕 In the Autumn of 1977, a commercial Dutch Television company was recording Anglia television signals and transmitting its English programmes, including ''Coronation Street'' and ''Survival'', to its viewers in Amsterdam. The Dutch government did not believe it was a violation of Dutch copyright law – EBU legal advisers held discussions about to how resolve the matter.〔Foreign TV 'piracy' under fire. The Times, Saturday, 10 September 1977; pg. 23;〕 In 1979, a survey carried out by the IBA highlighted Anglia was one of the best known ITV companies – Anglia claimed it was a testament and a strength of its commitment to strong local and national identity. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「ITV Anglia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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