High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! ITV Wales & West, previously known as HTV, is the ITV contractor for Wales and the West of England, which operated from studios in Cardiff and Bristol. The company provided commercial television for the dual-region `Wales and West` franchise, which it won from TWW in 1968. Originally styled Harlech Television the name was changed to HTV within the first two years. The franchise is now owned and operated by ITV plc under the name ITV Broadcasting Limited.