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(February 2004)

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LU
Luke
Mark is doing the 10.30 tonight.
LO
Londoner
With the tuition fees vote, once again the News Channel is let down by the simulcast bulletins getting in the way of rolling coverage of a big story.

They really do need to have the capacity to do their own thing whenever there's a story like this at the same time as an ITV1 bulletin, as the NC ends up looking very third-rate.
LO
Londoner
Just seen yet another variation of the promo - this time for Nicholas Owen - weekdays 12.30 till 2
LU
Luke
James Hatts posted:
Just seen yet another variation of the promo - this time for Nicholas Owen - weekdays 12.30 till 2


Slightly inaccurate as well, considering he hasn't done that slot for a while now.

However I like the way ITV are pushing the channel as a place with faces 'you know and trust'. And RE the Mark and Mary promo, I think the intention (as we've seen, of course) is to have one of them with AN Other NC presenter rather than the two of them together, but who knows.
AN
Andrew Founding member
CPFC posted:
James Hatts posted:
Just seen yet another variation of the promo - this time for Nicholas Owen - weekdays 12.30 till 2


Slightly inaccurate as well, considering he hasn't done that slot for a while now.

However I like the way ITV are pushing the channel as a place with faces 'you know and trust'. And RE the Mark and Mary promo, I think the intention (as we've seen, of course) is to have one of them with AN Other NC presenter rather than the two of them together, but who knows.


That sounds more like it. So, if everyone that features on the promos also have their own version, there should also be another 3 unseen versions:-

Andrew Harvey and Lucy Alexander - Weekdays from 7am-10am
Felicity Barr and Steve Scott - Weekdays from 4pm-5.30pm
Leyla Daybelge - Weekdays from 1pm-4pm

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The only low point of the schedule is now evenings, so my idea would be by introducing just one extra presenter per day, they could have the schedule like this

19.00 Joyce Ohajah and Owen Thomas
20.00 Felicity Barr and Steve Scott
21.00 Owen Thomas
22.30 ITV Late News
23.00 Joyce Ohajah
00.00 Owen Thomas (live until 1am)

This would also mean Felicity and Steve would work together twice, and Steve's long shift would end 90 minutes earlier than it does now
JB
JosephB
Hello I am new here but I would like to post my schedule because i am interested in timetabling etc

530am Rachael McTavish
7am Andrew Harvey and Lucy Alexander
10am Alistair Stuart (and Lucy Alexander)
1130am Andrew Harvey
1pm Chris Rogers and Leyla Deybelge
3pm Mark Austin and Mary Nightingale
4pm Felicity Barr and Steve Scott
530pm Steve Scott
630pm Mark Austin and Mary Nightingale
7pm Chris Rogers and Leyla Deybelge
9pm Sports Extra with Felicity Barr and Steve Scott
10pm ITV News Network with Steve Scott
1030pm Trevor McDonald (Or John Suchet)
11pm Joyce Ohajar

There are probably things that are impossinble here, if there are tell me so I can change it! It has the fixed pairings of Andrew and Lucy, Steve and Felicity, and Chris and Leyla and Joyce Ohajar and Rachel McTavish present live during the night.
LU
Luke
Am I missing something, this seems to be a BBC News thread...

EDIT: just noticed the Nick Harvey thread
LO
Londoner
Andrew posted:
So, if everyone that features on the promos also have their own version, there should also be another 3 unseen versions:-

Andrew Harvey and Lucy Alexander - Weekdays from 7am-10am
Felicity Barr and Steve Scott - Weekdays from 4pm-5.30pm
Leyla Daybelge - Weekdays from 1pm-4pm

I saw the Harvey and Alexander version in the early hours of this morning
SJ
sjdavis
I must say, watched Live with Alastair Stewart today, and was wholeheartedly impessed with the whole segment, he is an awesome anchor, and they broke the news of the Immigration Minister's resignation about a full 4/5 minutes before Sky, and about 8 before the BBC.

They knocked spots off the opposition today. Sky got Adam Boulton on reasonably quickly but simply looped the same VT about 20 times, ITV had numerous interviews, and Alastair explained it in a way even I understand!

Very very well done.
IN
intheknow
sjdavis posted:
I must say, watched Live with Alastair Stewart today, and was wholeheartedly impessed with the whole segment, he is an awesome anchor, and they broke the news of the Immigration Minister's resignation about a full 4/5 minutes before Sky, and about 8 before the BBC.

They knocked spots off the opposition today. Sky got Adam Boulton on reasonably quickly but simply looped the same VT about 20 times, ITV had numerous interviews, and Alastair explained it in a way even I understand!

Very very well done.


Indeed, this is one time I can praise ITV News. Nick Robinson on the ITV News Channel broke the story first, citing government sources, and the other channels followed minutes later, although one let down was that all they had for the first 20 minutes or so was Nick Robinson on the phone, whereas Sky and News 24 had correspondents in-vision at Millbank. Alastair Stewart was brilliant, you do wonder why he doesn't have a more prominent role in ITV News.

I did have to laugh at the amount of times all the channels looped library footage - News 24 constantly looped without interruption footage of the ex-Immigration Minister entering the BBC newsroom and studios at Millbank.
LO
Londoner
Of course the NC instantly undoes its credibility and consistency as a rolling news channel by dropping the PM's news conference at 12.26 for ads and the Lunchtime News
LO
Londoner
http://www.itn.co.uk/itv/images/nc_reporters_new.jpg
I do dislike the inconsistent way this graphic is used.

It's often used with a picture of the subject of the story, rather than the reporter/interviewee.

For example, they just used it with a picture of Prince William, captioned:

Penny Junor
Royal biographer

They ought to have a different graphic to use when they have no picture of the person speaking

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