NJ
It's the same with Golden Balls. The occasional episode of The People Versus (if they ever show it again) still have the 'information on itv.com/peopleversus and teletext page...' slide intact.
I suspect they were blurred since they didn't want the itv.com URL showing on a Sky branded channel (assuming they showed it before they rebranded this year)?
Actually the itv.com address on Challenge re-runs probably wouldn't be that difficult to remove, because I presume it would a case of finding the right shade of blue (depending on the era, if from the mid 2000's) and painting it out? Or is that too simplistic an idea? It's only programmes after the October 2002 relaunch that are mainly affected, because the ECPs from 2001 (the curvy line one) don't have a web address on them.
But yes it was a strange decision to see that ECP on the end of everything, even the news which didn't have any credits in the first place!
The thing with ITV2 "normal" credits was because there was no actual credit rules in place for it, possibly in lieu of the fact it didn't have the same viewership back then that it does now so there was no need to behave like the main channel with regards to its credits.
I'd have assumed "normal" credits, particularly for 2001/2 ITV1 programming, appear when the programme is sold, but this doesn't appear to be the case. Does that curvy design really appear on foreign broadcasts?
Neil Jones
Founding member
On that subject, I notice that Sky blur out the itv.com URL during the credits on Club Reps when it is shown on Pick TV but leave it unblurred when they show Lilly Savage's Blankety Blank on Challenge. I hope someone finds this observation of interest.
It's the same with Golden Balls. The occasional episode of The People Versus (if they ever show it again) still have the 'information on itv.com/peopleversus and teletext page...' slide intact.
I suspect they were blurred since they didn't want the itv.com URL showing on a Sky branded channel (assuming they showed it before they rebranded this year)?
Actually the itv.com address on Challenge re-runs probably wouldn't be that difficult to remove, because I presume it would a case of finding the right shade of blue (depending on the era, if from the mid 2000's) and painting it out? Or is that too simplistic an idea? It's only programmes after the October 2002 relaunch that are mainly affected, because the ECPs from 2001 (the curvy line one) don't have a web address on them.
But yes it was a strange decision to see that ECP on the end of everything, even the news which didn't have any credits in the first place!
The thing with ITV2 "normal" credits was because there was no actual credit rules in place for it, possibly in lieu of the fact it didn't have the same viewership back then that it does now so there was no need to behave like the main channel with regards to its credits.
I'd have assumed "normal" credits, particularly for 2001/2 ITV1 programming, appear when the programme is sold, but this doesn't appear to be the case. Does that curvy design really appear on foreign broadcasts?