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Background and Format: ITV News Central broadcast aims to provide coverage  including breaking news to health, business, consumer and sports related stories for the whole of the Midlands area, available on Sky Channel 973 and Freesat on Channel 977. Advertising information can be found: www.itvmedia.co.uk/advertising-on-itv Production Company: ITV Network Ltd Target Audience: Residents of the Midlands and surrounding areas Stats: We cannot issue audience figures due to contractual restraints. Please visit BARB Tips for PRs: While the main programme is broadcast at 6pm. 5 minute long bulletins featuring the main news headlines are broadcast throughout the day. ITV News Central is the on-air brand name used by ITV for the broadcast franchise in the Midlands ITV region. It was previously called Central Tonight. The areas where ITV News Central have the most viewers are in Leicester, Nottingham, Derby, Coventry, Birmingham and Wolverhampton. Stories must have a strong appeal to residents in the Midlands. Planning desk number +44 (0)844 881 4127 Nottingham Office number +44(0)844 881 4108 Weather pictures should be sent to centralweather@itv.com Tweets to the Twitter account may be broadcast. Awards: 2019 - Online Media Awards, Breaking News Story of the Year: Leicester helicopter crash (winner) 2019 - Online Media Awards, Video Team of the Year (nominated)  2019 - RTS Television Journalism Awards, Nations and Regions News: ITV News Central - Leicester Helicopter Crash - A City In Mourning (winner)  2018 - Online Media Awards, Video Team of the Year (nominated) 2017 - Online Media Awards, Best Local/Regional News Site (nominated) 2017 - Online Media Awards, Breaking News Story of the Year: Five dead in wall collapse (nominated) 2016 - Mind Media Awards, News and Current Affairs: ITV News Central (winner) 2015 - Mind Media Awards, News and Current Affairs: Emily's campaign (winner) 2015 - Midlands Media Awards, News Website of the Year (highly commended) 2015 - Online Media Awards, Breaking News Story of the Year: Stafford fireworks factory fire (nominated) 2015 - Online Media Awards, Best Local/Regional News Site (nominated) 2014 - Mind Media Awards, Ian Wilkinson News and Current Affairs Award (nominated) 2014 - Midlands Media Awards, Public Choice (nominated) 2014 - Midlands Media Awards, News Website of the Year (nominated) 2014 - Online Media Awards, Best Local / Regional News Site (nominated) 2013 - Midlands Media Awards, News Website of the Year (nominated) 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 E

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