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UTV Live (News) rebrand

bazinga posted:
MMcG198 posted:
Yes, looks like the existing set has simply been reworked slightly to tie in with the ITV News colour scheme. Graphics and picture quality still look horrible on UTV HD. Not surprising really, when one considers they'll be moving to new premises in early 2018.

I suppose they'd rather not spend any money on a new set until the move.


I don't understand why they wouldn't. It isn't very hard to derig a set and setup in another studio- happens all the time with other productions. Looks more weird to have a re-jig of the old set than bring a new one in next year. Will be disappointed come 6pm to have a new colour scheme on the old set.

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UTV sell TV business to ITV

I have mixed feelings about it all to be honest. After reading Stephens article in the BT it is sad that we're loosing a familiar face on our screens, however, you can't exactly bash the decisions ITV are making as UTV didn't exactly invest in talent. I've grown up in NI but now live in London, working for none other than a television production company. I'm under 30, and UTV wasn't very familiar to me. I grew up with UTV Live, Gerry Kelly, Schools around the corner, all of which are no longer airing way before the ITV bodes came in. For me, UTV didn't appeal to me. The programming wasn't all that unique, innovative and produced quite poorly in my honest opinion. It all went down the same path of country style docs (rare breed, LSU) to Politics. A company that doesn't invest in new people, new ideas is one that won't be around forever. Things move on, new technologies advance, people do things differently. When was the last time a new member of staff presented IVC?