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Sorry, but I’ve lived in Northern Ireland all my life, and that simply isn’t true.
I think that was true in the past (the Unionist government in NI tried to get the official name of NI changed to Ulster in the 50s) but not really now.
When ITV arrived in NI, it was a UK Government matter rather than a devolved one. The ITA awarded the licence to a group of companies that represented the whole community.
The name wasn’t welcome in all areas, and, for example the nationalist Derry Journal initially listed it as “Ulster” TV with the quotes as shown.
That's mostly correct - Ulster was proposed however it was rejected in 1949 mainly due to no agreement from the Republic of Ireland and that's 10 years before Ulster TV was launched in 1959. BBC Radio Ulster was then launched 26 years after the decision in 1975.
So, from our point of view Northern Ireland is inside Ulster and both terms are correct and so there's really no issue here.
It's just interesting that ITV chose describing their well known news service as "ITV Ulster" over "UTV Live".
I feel it'll be the new name if/when UTV becomes itv and you may only see Ulster mentioned for the news. It would streamline it for them.
I think ITV Northern Ireland or ITV NI Is more likely. They use “Good Morning Northern Ireland” using GMB. “Good Morning Ulster” is used by Radio Ulster. “Good Morning Scotland” is, however, used by both Radio Scotland and STV.
Sorry, but I’ve lived in Northern Ireland all my life, and that simply isn’t true.
I think that was true in the past (the Unionist government in NI tried to get the official name of NI changed to Ulster in the 50s) but not really now.
When ITV arrived in NI, it was a UK Government matter rather than a devolved one. The ITA awarded the licence to a group of companies that represented the whole community.
The name wasn’t welcome in all areas, and, for example the nationalist Derry Journal initially listed it as “Ulster” TV with the quotes as shown.
That's mostly correct - Ulster was proposed however it was rejected in 1949 mainly due to no agreement from the Republic of Ireland and that's 10 years before Ulster TV was launched in 1959. BBC Radio Ulster was then launched 26 years after the decision in 1975.
So, from our point of view Northern Ireland is inside Ulster and both terms are correct and so there's really no issue here.
It's just interesting that ITV chose describing their well known news service as "ITV Ulster" over "UTV Live".
I feel it'll be the new name if/when UTV becomes itv and you may only see Ulster mentioned for the news. It would streamline it for them.
I think ITV Northern Ireland or ITV NI Is more likely. They use “Good Morning Northern Ireland” using GMB. “Good Morning Ulster” is used by Radio Ulster. “Good Morning Scotland” is, however, used by both Radio Scotland and STV.
Now I assume it was recorded as it was about 20 seconds out. However, when he used to do them live, he was out by that much (and More) about half the time.