Bio

Background and Format: ITV Wales, previously known as HTV, is the ITV contractor for Wales and the West of England, owned and operated by ITV plc from studios in Bristol and Cardiff. Airing regional news and current affairs, business, politics, sport and entertainment. Programme Maker: ITV Network Ltd Pre-recorded?: Live Showing Schedule times: ITV Wales airs on ITV Anglia seven days a week. On weekdays, there are three short bulletins during Daybreak at 6:08, 7:08 and 8:08 with a 6 minute lunchtime bulletin ad 13:55, following the ITV news at 13:30. The main half-hour programme airs at 18:00 with a 8-minute late bulletin for both Anglia sub-regions at 22:30, following the ITV News at Ten. At weekends, two 10 minute editions of ITV News Anglia are broadcast. Target audience: Residents of Wales Stats: We cannot issue audience figures due to contractual restraints. Please visit BARB  Advertising 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. All previous email address's ending with @itvwales.com are no longer active, they now end with @itv.com Publicity updates, programme news and information about ITV Cymru Wales go to @ITVWales_OnAir Awards: 2019 - Wales Media Awards, TV News & Current Affairs Programme of the Year: Ein Byd (winner)  2018 - Wales Media Awards, TV News & Current Affairs Programme of the Year: Wales at Six (winner) 2017 - Wales Media Awards, TV News & Current Affairs of the Year: Y Cymry a'r Qu'ran (nominated) 2016 - Wales Media Awards, TV News & Current Affairs Programme of the Year: Love Hurts (nominated) 2015 - Wales Media Awards, TV Programme of the Year: Wales at Six (winner) 2015 - Wales Media Awards, TV Programme of the Year: Wales This Week (nominated) 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.