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Television South West Ltd
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TSW PRODUCTIONS
This is my media production company which delivers digital content to companies and creates exciting new formats for television and radio, in association with industry partners and regionally based independent production companies. Consultancy and training are also a part of the business.
Below are sections for :
* NEWS
* ONLINE TV
* DIGITAL COMMS
* BROADCAST
* HISTORY OF TSW
* MERCHANDISE
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ONLINE TV
* NEWS *
TSW Productions and Mentor Digital consultancy of Bristol have completed a contract to take newspapers in the South West into digital tv online.
We have provided full staff training and consultancy for the brand new digital set up of the Bath Chronicle's online video news portal. We're very excited about making This is Bath the best online tv service in the region.
http://www.thisisbath.co.uk/video.html
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DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS
We've also developed an internal communications platform called ' M-Comm' / 'Internal Company Radio' - a new way of improving and delivering digital internal communications for the corporate sector. This has additional practical applications for video content on websites. Printed company newsletters are costly, wasteful, don't target staff properly and not very 'green'.
We can deliver your company message to staff through internal intranets, mobile phone, ipod, phone line or CD/DVD.
This is a partnership between TSW Productions and Mentor Digital consultancy of Bristol.
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BROADCAST
There are currently several programme ideas in development
BACKGROUND & HISTORY OF TSW
Below is part of a behind-the-scenes promotional leaflet from 1987
TSW ( Television South West ) was the ITV South West regional franchise holder from 1982 - 1992, based at Derry's Cross, Plymouth. It took over from Westward Television in summer 1981 and began transmission in January 1982.
It produced local feature programmes; news, documentaries, and entertainment for the south west, until losing its franchise to broadcast in 1991. Unlike Thames TV, it did not continue to make programmes as a production house after further losing on appeal at a judicial review. TSW closed at the end of 1992, the late Ian Stirling & Ruth Langsford being at the helm as 'in-vision' continuity ended on ITV. ( Quite by coincidence I attended the staff farewell party. )
In January 1993 Westcountry TV took over, after demonstrating a commitment to localised news opt-outs for several towns and cities in the region, which proved popular. I worked briefly as a children's presenter for the station in the April and autumn of that year.
TSW was at the heart of its community, and moving back to the west country I feel it's a name worthy of using again in a production or broadcast capacity. Certainly from the feedback I'm getting on the web, many people appear to feel the same way. Heritage brands like this took years to build and they forged a two-way relationship with their audience. Mention the name or show the logo and it evokes an emotional response. News crews out filming in Devon and Cornwall are still asked today if they're from TSW - it's a brand worth re-visiting.
More information and video clips are available from Mr TSW's page on You Tube. This is run separately by a committed enthusiast called David but offers a dedicated look at some historic material from the station.
The TSW company logo, a symbol familiar in the South West for 27 years, uses representations of a river and green hills as design concepts. You can click on it to see the original ident caption from '82. I now own the rights to this original trademark / logo.
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MERCHANDISE
CLICK HERE FOR LATEST RANGE OF RETRO TV LOGO T-SHIRTS
There is a limited amount of TSW retro merchandise available from this site.
Note pads: £2.50 TSW pens: £3.50 
T - shirt, short sleeve £14.99 ( white and light grey ) NEW 2010 TSW calendar fridge magnets now avail £4.00
Baseball cap: £7.50 TSW mugs: £7.50
All plus £2.50 postage & packing.
Paypal and cheques accepted - payable Television South West Ltd.
Broader range of items on request
Contact: dave@tswproductions.co.uk
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Television South West Limited: Registered office 50 Midsummer Buildings Bath Somerset BA1 6JH, Reg no: 6371595
Director: D Mason.
c. 2008
