Studios
The company originally operated production studios in Cardiff at Pontcanna and Bristol at Brislington. Presentation, Transmission and back-office staff were based largely in Cardiff. In the 1980s the company acquired studio facilities in north Wales at Theatre Clwyd near the town of Mold.
In 1984 HTV opened a new £14m TV Centre at Culverhouse Cross, Cardiff to replace the original one at Pontcanna. Transmission continued to originate from Pontcanna until 1989, when this transferred to the new Centre. In addition to providing playout for HTV Wales, the new centre would, from 1 January 1993, also provide transmission of South West England franchise Westcountry Television. The property eventually passed to United Business Media (then United News and Media) following the takeover of HTV by the group in 1997. However, while HTV changed hands twice more, UBM continued to own the Culverhouse Cross buildings and associated land. ITV plc acquired the site in 2006, and have since sought to redevelop the property. The largest production studio at Culverhouse Cross has been leased to third party operators since the early 1990s. In an interview with the Western Mail, the head of news and programmes, Phil Henfrey, has confirmed ITV Wales is to decide whether to stay at the site or re-locate to new, smaller premises in another part of Cardiff.
In Bristol, HTV were based at Television Centre in Bath Road, which they took over from TWW. ITV plc continue to have operations based in both premises. Today, the Bristol headquarters are home to ITV West & Westcountry's news programme The West Country Tonight. ITV have since sold the building to Cube Real Estate, a commercial property developer, which has refurbished the interior of the building. While ITV West & Westcountry maintains office space and a single ground floor studio, the other floors are available to rent as office space. The property is marketed as 'Bath Road Studios'.
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