Meridian Tonight is a regional television news

News program

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 and current affairs

Current affairs (news format)

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 programme, produced by ITV Meridian

Meridian Broadcasting

Meridian Broadcasting is the holder of the ITV franchise for the South and South East of England. The station is owned and operated by ITV plc, under the licensee of ITV Broadcasting Limited....

 (formerly Meridian Broadcasting), serving the South and South East of England

South East England

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 (including the Thames Valley

Thames Valley

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), and usually broadcast at 6pm and 10.30pm every weeknight. Other bulletins are branded as Meridian News. In February 2010 the programme won the Royal Television Society's Award for Best Nations & Regions News Coverage.
Meridian Tonight launched on 4 January 1993 – three days after Meridian replaced TVS

Television South

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.