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New ITV Player launches with pay mechanism (January 2006)

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frostat01
ITV regional sites get centre alignment, although some problems with the lining of the objects.

That must have just happened.

About as inspiring as the ITV News centre align "relaunch".

Why do the regional news sites still have the blue look? It's been yellow & black onscreen for ages now.


I really do hope that we do see a new look on both the national and local websites, I guess the sites have still retained the blue look as when they were being made the teal look was still current and like everything on ITV.com design change takes forever!

Other websites have been revamped although I am very disappointed at the Emmerdale website-you would think they were give it some sort of unique identity. With the other TV Show sites that have retained their old look but have been centre aligned hope that ITV.com do not seen this as job done. From my point a view we are no where near that stage yet.


Emmerdale is always a last minute thing with ITV, always has been ever since YTV changed hands to ITV plc. Emmerdale doesn't get the right promotion and praise of what it deserves. Coronation Street gets all the praise and promotion. Emmerdale has always been sidelined by ITV. If only YTV was around these days it would have better trailers and loads of promotion it deserves.

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tomo359
A new look Emmerdale website http://www.itv.com/emmerdale/

Still pretty crap, but much better than the previous one. It still doesn't have its own unique style though like Corrie does! No one off look buttons or links, no specially made background etc

Pretty disappointed really. They could have used this opportunity to design a really impressive website like Corrie's, one that would last years like I think the Corrie site will, but this Emmerdale site will soon date I think.
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Macalolo
A new look Emmerdale website http://www.itv.com/emmerdale/

Still pretty crap, but much better than the previous one. It still doesn't have its own unique style though like Corrie does! No one off look buttons or links, no specially made background etc

Pretty disappointed really. They could have used this opportunity to design a really impressive website like Corrie's, one that would last years like I think the Corrie site will, but this Emmerdale site will soon date I think.


It is an improvement though, it is more sleek, offers a fe more features like the interactive map and I think design wise isn't two bad. Arguably (at the moment) no other ITV site follows the same design (button wise) like the Emmerdale one.
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paul_hadley
Interesting it's been several weeks since the redesign of the front page and some of the other pages but nothing much has been happening elsewhere on the site, other than this new Emmerdale section...

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Macalolo
Having problems accessing ITV.com websites with error message showing. Just had an apology from the CA about problems entering online competitions.

ITV National News and Local news websites will get a revamp soon.
Last edited by Macalolo on 7 June 2011 2:07pm - 2 times in total
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chris
Having problems accessing ITV.com websites with error message showing. Just had an apology from the CA about problems entering online competitions.


I'm also struggling to get ITV Player to work. It takes ages to load and then won't load the actual programmes.
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newsatten
Having problems accessing ITV.com websites with error message showing. Just had an apology from the CA about problems entering online competitions.

ITV National News and Local news websites will get a revamp soon.


Yeah is being extreamly patchy today - was late last night too. Currently getting a "Sorry, we're currently carrying out maintenance on ITV.com. The website will be back soon but in the meantime follow our shows on Facebook" message when you try to go throught to most sub sites, Corrie etc. (Homepage strangely working though!)

Also last night when I typed in ITV Player into Google, the first result was something along the lines of " ITV Player - New look ITV Player," although when you clicked through it was still the old/current version. Seems to have disappeared though now. Seems like a new look ITV Player may perhaps be launching within the next day or two - wuold make sense what with the website playing up today.

Good to hear the News site's will be getting a revamp again. Where did you hear this if you don't mind me asking? Very Happy Don't know why they bothered with the stop gap website we have now, considering there's still loads of sites with the old header, should have just waited until a proper news site had been made.
Last edited by newsatten on 7 June 2011 3:34pm - 2 times in total
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Macalolo
Having problems accessing ITV.com websites with error message showing. Just had an apology from the CA about problems entering online competitions.

ITV National News and Local news websites will get a revamp soon.


Yeah is being extreamly patchy today - was late last night too. Currently getting a "Sorry, we're currently carrying out maintenance on ITV.com. The website will be back soon but in the meantime follow our shows on Facebook" message when you try to go throught to most sub sites, Corrie etc. (Homepage strangely working though!)

Also last night when I typed in ITV Player into Google, the first result was something along the lines of " ITV Player - New look ITV Player," although when you clicked through it was still the old/current version. Seems to have disappeared though now. Seems like a new look ITV Player may perhaps be launching within the next day or two - wuold make sense what with the website playing up today.

Good to hear the News site's will be getting a revamp again. Where did you hear this if you don't mind me asking? Very Happy Don't know why they bothered with the stop gap website we have now, considering there's still loads of sites with the old header, should have just waited until a proper news site had been made.



I hope it is a new ITV Player on the cards, hopefully it's something massive being added rather than a something going horribly wrong on the site.

The news about the new news websites comes from ITV Meridian's facebook page and it now seems things are returning back to normal.
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Macalolo
Regarding ITV News website from ITV Westcountry facebook page. " It is in the process of being looked at and revamped, although it probably won't be relaunched for about 6 months or so."
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paul_hadley
This Morning has moved to the new style header & footer.

http://www.itv.com/this-morning/

Also the URL is more standardized so no longer the ridiculous http://thismorning.itv.com/thismorning URL.

Quite a nice website for Love Your Garden too - http://www.itv.com/loveyourgarden/

The main websites that haven't changed yet are Daybreak and Lorraine - presumably those are next, then News?
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AxG
Don't see the point in the hyphen though.
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Joe
AxG posted:
Don't see the point in the hyphen though.


I was going to say, a little more awkward to keep giving out on air than without the dash.

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