Meridian (1993)

Meridian Television, otherwise known as simply Meridian, was a franchise of the UK based television network ITV or Independent Television. Meridian first began broadcasting in 1993 and would be the ITV franchise for Southern England. Meridian would be the successor to TVS or Television South which itself would become the ITV franchise for Southern England, succeeding Southern Television on January 1, 1982. Southern Television itself would cease broadcasting on December 31, 1981.