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Background and Format: ITV Meridian aims to provide news, sport and weather for the Thames Valley, South and South East, available on Freeview.  Programme Maker/Production Company: ITV Network Ltd Target Audience: Viewers of the region of Meridian which covers the Thames Valley, South coast and South East. Stats: We cannot issue audience figures due to contractual restraints. Please visit BARB Ad Rates: Information about advertising on ITV can be found at here Tips for PRs: All pictures must be sent to stills@itn.co.uk. There is no specific contact for the picture desk. Pictures sent to the email address are picked up by a member of the news team. Please include contact details with images sent into the Picture Desk. If you have any weather photographs or stories, send them via email at meridianweather@itv.co.uk Awards: 2019 - Kent Press & Broadcast Awards, Kent Media Innovation of the Year (nominated)  2019 - Kent Press & Broadcast Awards, Kent Programme of the Year: ITV News Meridian (nominated) 2019 - RTS Television Journalism Awards, Nations and Regions News: ITV News Meridian - Gosport War Memorial Hospital (nominated)  2018 - Kent Press & Broadcast Awards, Programme of the Year (winner)  2018 - RTS Television Journalism Awards, Nations and Regions News: Meridian Tonight - Camber Sands (nominated) 2015 - Kent Press & Broadcast Awards, Online News Service of the Year (nominated) 2013 - EDF Energy London and South of England Media Awards, TV News/Current Affairs Programme of the Year: Royal Princess (nominated) 2013 - EDF Energy London and South of England Media Awards, Community Campaign of the Year: From the Heart (winner) 2012 - EDF Energy London and South of England Media Awards, Television News / Current Affairs Programme of the Year: Titanic (winner) Alerts: Gorkana Consumer Alert: Wednesday 18th February 2009 ITV is rolling out its new regional news bulletins this month. The broadcaster has reduced 17 news regions to nine. The new regions will be: Anglia, Central, Tyne, Tees and Border, Granada, London, Meridian, South West, Wales, Yorkshire. Anglia East and Anglia West have merged to form ITV Anglia. Border has merged with Tyne Tees North and Tyne Tees South to create ITV Tyne, Tees and Border. The separate Central East and Central West have become ITV Central and Yorkshire North and Yorkshire South have merged to become ITV Yorkshire. Westcountry and West will merge to become ITV South West. ITV Meridian will be formed from the old Meridian East, Meridian South and Thames Valley regions. The London, Wales and the Granada regions remain unchanged. Each region will have one news bulletin but some sub-regions will continue to opt out for separate news bulletins of six to 15 minutes.