DV
Not doubting you but they've definately moved out of Courtleigh House in Lemon Street, Truro.
LS
Lou Scannon
ITV didn't totally abandon the South West, there's still the offices and edit suites at Truro, Plymouth, Exeter, Taunton and Weymouth as I understand it.
Where is ITV's Plymouth newsroom nowadays? I know for certain that they're not at Langage Science Park anymore, as I visited there recently. Assuming that I found the correct building (several of the industrial units there are nigh-on identical), it is now called "Westcountry House" and has various tenant companies that I've never heard of nor have any idea what industries they are.
Some road signs as you get near to Langage Science Park still say "Carlton TV" on them (and it can be clearly seen that even those are "labels" added onto the original signs, so must have something like "Westcountry TV" hidden underneath).
Similar situation with the original Central South building on an Abingdon industrial estate. At some point circa the 2011 ITV rebrand (I think?), the Meridian newsroom relocated to somewhere in Didcot. But, when I was last in Abingdon in 2013, nearby road signs still said "Central TV" (despite both the "Thames Valley" and "Meridian" rebrands having already happened by then).
However, the Abingdon industrial estate's own corporate signage (with a map and list resident companies) identified that building as "ITV Meridian" by then - Again, that still remained on the sign long after ITV had actually moved to Didcot, and the building was vacant.
The only ITV addresses that can be readily found through search engines or in phone directories etc, seem to be the London South Bank one and the Gas Street Birmingham one. They clearly don't want to publicise where most of their regional newsrooms are.
ST
ITV didn't totally abandon the South West, there's still the offices and edit suites at Truro, Plymouth, Exeter, Taunton and Weymouth as I understand it. But as a production hub and broadcast location, yeah, they lost a big link with their history when they did that.
They have a desk at 'TwoFour' in Plymouth, an independent producer.
I doubt there is more than a spare drawer in someone's bedside cabinet in Torbay, Penzance, Truro, Exeter, Barnstaple .... in accordance with the original licence.
ITV abandoned the South West when they merged it with HTV West. I don't think the BBC would male that mistake.
ITV didn't totally abandon the South West, there's still the offices and edit suites at Truro, Plymouth, Exeter, Taunton and Weymouth as I understand it. But as a production hub and broadcast location, yeah, they lost a big link with their history when they did that.
They have a desk at 'TwoFour' in Plymouth, an independent producer.
I doubt there is more than a spare drawer in someone's bedside cabinet in Torbay, Penzance, Truro, Exeter, Barnstaple .... in accordance with the original licence.
BR
Just the weekend?
Agree it is far to big and diverse a region to be adequately served by one region.
Bit of a slippery slope to some bright spark deciding that it worked well enough and maybe they could save a few quid by merging the weekend bulletins permanently.
Just the weekend?
Agree it is far to big and diverse a region to be adequately served by one region.
AA
I didn't know ITV had any facilities in Exeter anymore; I thought that it was closed down when the merge took place?
ST
"Ere . . . they don'st even speak same language . . ."
(and don't even get started on the Cornish)
Agree it is far to big and diverse a region to be adequately served by one region.
"Ere . . . they don'st even speak same language . . ."
(and don't even get started on the Cornish)
ST
Actually. Plymouth has TWO studios. One of them is the weather CSO studio.
Plymouth only has one studio, where as Bristol has more than one.
Actually. Plymouth has TWO studios. One of them is the weather CSO studio.
DA
ITV didn't totally abandon the South West, there's still the offices and edit suites at Truro, Plymouth, Exeter, Taunton and Weymouth as I understand it. But as a production hub and broadcast location, yeah, they lost a big link with their history when they did that.
They have a desk at 'TwoFour' in Plymouth, an independent producer.
I doubt there is more than a spare drawer in someone's bedside cabinet in Torbay, Penzance, Truro, Exeter, Barnstaple .... in accordance with the original licence.
Indeed, I would imagine journalists could quite easily work out of their own homes nowadays?
D.
ITV abandoned the South West when they merged it with HTV West. I don't think the BBC would male that mistake.
ITV didn't totally abandon the South West, there's still the offices and edit suites at Truro, Plymouth, Exeter, Taunton and Weymouth as I understand it. But as a production hub and broadcast location, yeah, they lost a big link with their history when they did that.
They have a desk at 'TwoFour' in Plymouth, an independent producer.
I doubt there is more than a spare drawer in someone's bedside cabinet in Torbay, Penzance, Truro, Exeter, Barnstaple .... in accordance with the original licence.
Indeed, I would imagine journalists could quite easily work out of their own homes nowadays?
D.
IS
Indeed, I would imagine journalists could quite easily work out of their own homes nowadays?
Reporters don't even need to work out of a building, they can write, shoot, edit and send it back to base all on the road. It's not always ideal but it is possible.
As for journalists, virtual TV newsrooms are a long way off, though probably technically possible the team aspect of it can't be replaced that easily
Indeed, I would imagine journalists could quite easily work out of their own homes nowadays?
Reporters don't even need to work out of a building, they can write, shoot, edit and send it back to base all on the road. It's not always ideal but it is possible.
As for journalists, virtual TV newsrooms are a long way off, though probably technically possible the team aspect of it can't be replaced that easily
LS
Lou Scannon
The first Good Morning West Country bulletin today was pan-regional, with the Glastonbury Tor version of the logo on the studio screen. I don't think I've ever watched GMB on a bank holiday before, so I don't know whether this and/or any other region(s) usually go pan-regional on bank holidays or what?
There was a mixture of news and travel headlines from both sub-regions, but the weather map that we saw was the "HTV" region only, which was a fat lot of use for fathoming the weather prospects for Cornwall.
EDIT: The bulletin during the 8am hour was pan-regional again, but this time we saw the Devon & Cornwall weather map. Either that means that the earlier apparent mistake wasn't repeated, or perhaps it was always intention to show the "HTV" weather pan-regionally during one hour, and the "Westcountry" weather pan-regionally the following hour, as a compromise (given that the rest of the bulletin was clearly always intended to be pan-regional)? Obviously, I don't know what weather "HTV" viewers saw during either/both bulletins this morning.
I was in Brizzle and the weekend, and the entire bulletin I saw on telly there on Saturday evening was the "Plymouth" edition! Whether that means that Devon & Cornwall viewers got the "HTV" edition that evening, I don't know?
There was a mixture of news and travel headlines from both sub-regions, but the weather map that we saw was the "HTV" region only, which was a fat lot of use for fathoming the weather prospects for Cornwall.
EDIT: The bulletin during the 8am hour was pan-regional again, but this time we saw the Devon & Cornwall weather map. Either that means that the earlier apparent mistake wasn't repeated, or perhaps it was always intention to show the "HTV" weather pan-regionally during one hour, and the "Westcountry" weather pan-regionally the following hour, as a compromise (given that the rest of the bulletin was clearly always intended to be pan-regional)? Obviously, I don't know what weather "HTV" viewers saw during either/both bulletins this morning.
I was in Brizzle and the weekend, and the entire bulletin I saw on telly there on Saturday evening was the "Plymouth" edition! Whether that means that Devon & Cornwall viewers got the "HTV" edition that evening, I don't know?
Last edited by Lou Scannon on 28 March 2016 3:04pm
DV
Me too, but I suspect that the addition is part of a wider gambit for ITV, have a feeling some additional regulation is on the cards soon tightening some News and Current Affairs licence obligations. I wouldn't be at all surprised to see a sting in the tail for commercial broadcasters following on from BBC Charter Renewal.
Quite surprised really they carry regional bulletins on a bank holiday.
Me too, but I suspect that the addition is part of a wider gambit for ITV, have a feeling some additional regulation is on the cards soon tightening some News and Current Affairs licence obligations. I wouldn't be at all surprised to see a sting in the tail for commercial broadcasters following on from BBC Charter Renewal.