DO
Don’t know if it’s been mentioned but on central news today they said it was being renamed to central tonight from tomorrow.
IS
Yes, it's to make it consistant with programmes such as Meridian Tonight and London Tonight. I suppose it also makes it easier when it isn't on at 6
The Doctor posted:
Don’t know if it’s been mentioned but on central news today they said it was being renamed to central tonight from tomorrow.
Yes, it's to make it consistant with programmes such as Meridian Tonight and London Tonight. I suppose it also makes it easier when it isn't on at 6
SP
Yes, it's to make it consistant with programmes such as Meridian Tonight and London Tonight. I suppose it also makes it easier when it isn't on at 6
So does that mean we're to expect the likes of Calendar Tonight, and maybe the return of Granada Tonight?
Just a personal thing, but I've always found the use of the word Tonight a bit too early at 6pm, especially at this time when the sun's still blazing at that time.
Inspector Sands posted:
The Doctor posted:
Don’t know if it’s been mentioned but on central news today they said it was being renamed to central tonight from tomorrow.
Yes, it's to make it consistant with programmes such as Meridian Tonight and London Tonight. I suppose it also makes it easier when it isn't on at 6
So does that mean we're to expect the likes of Calendar Tonight, and maybe the return of Granada Tonight?
Just a personal thing, but I've always found the use of the word Tonight a bit too early at 6pm, especially at this time when the sun's still blazing at that time.
BS
Seeing as the 18:00 editions of ITVplc regional news programmes have become increasingly "magaziney" (phone-in competitions, etc etc) in recent years, it does seem a bit inappropriate for them to bear a title that explicitly mentions the word "news" in it, when they often barely resemble a news bulletin.
Most ITVplc regions' 18:00 programmes already have "News"-free names - in fact, Central has been the only exception, ever since Wales and the West of England's 18:00 programmes got renamed.
The "News/Tonight" formula used in several regions (e.g. Meridian; Anglia) seems a bit disjointed to me. Surely "Today/Tonight" (e.g. West; London) is better?
Clearly, BBC Wales have long-since had first refusual over the "Wales Today" name, so ITV Wales is a bit stuck for a better daytime title than "Wales News". But I think it would be nice to see the "Today/Tonight" formula rolled out across as much of the ITVplc network as possible, IMHO.
The only problem really is Westcountry. As "Westcountry" is quite a long word (even longer if expressed as "West Country", what with the extra space), it makes sense to have the other word have as few letters in it as possible (and only one syllable) - hence it's always been "...Live", not "...Tonight" at 18:00.
Seeing as the ITVplc generic style dictiates that the whole title is on a single line of text, and also shares that single line with the [itv] logo, the font size that would be required for "Westcountry Tonight" to fit within the 4:3 safe area width would have to be pathetically small.
Most ITVplc regions' 18:00 programmes already have "News"-free names - in fact, Central has been the only exception, ever since Wales and the West of England's 18:00 programmes got renamed.
The "News/Tonight" formula used in several regions (e.g. Meridian; Anglia) seems a bit disjointed to me. Surely "Today/Tonight" (e.g. West; London) is better?
Clearly, BBC Wales have long-since had first refusual over the "Wales Today" name, so ITV Wales is a bit stuck for a better daytime title than "Wales News". But I think it would be nice to see the "Today/Tonight" formula rolled out across as much of the ITVplc network as possible, IMHO.
The only problem really is Westcountry. As "Westcountry" is quite a long word (even longer if expressed as "West Country", what with the extra space), it makes sense to have the other word have as few letters in it as possible (and only one syllable) - hence it's always been "...Live", not "...Tonight" at 18:00.
Seeing as the ITVplc generic style dictiates that the whole title is on a single line of text, and also shares that single line with the [itv] logo, the font size that would be required for "Westcountry Tonight" to fit within the 4:3 safe area width would have to be pathetically small.
BS
I also dislike the half-ars*d approach to whether the "ITV" bit counts as a proper part of the programme name or not.
The title sequences suggest that it does, but the side plasmas in the studio, and the DOG in the bottom-left suggest not.
Also, different ITVplc regions seem to have different policies as to whether the "ITV" bit should be mentioned in the sign-off at the end of reports/packages. I know that CNwest's report sign-offs say " ITV Central News", but I seem to remember it being mentioned on TVF that CNeast just say "Central News" - and those programmes are produced in the same building!
On CNwest, when you get one of those cheesy "reminders" by a studio presenter (e.g. "If you've just joined us, you're watching..." ) it seems to vary from presnter to presenter (and also depending on his/her mood) as to whether to say the "ITV" bit as part of the title or not.
Can we please have some consistency, ITV?
The title sequences suggest that it does, but the side plasmas in the studio, and the DOG in the bottom-left suggest not.
Also, different ITVplc regions seem to have different policies as to whether the "ITV" bit should be mentioned in the sign-off at the end of reports/packages. I know that CNwest's report sign-offs say " ITV Central News", but I seem to remember it being mentioned on TVF that CNeast just say "Central News" - and those programmes are produced in the same building!
On CNwest, when you get one of those cheesy "reminders" by a studio presenter (e.g. "If you've just joined us, you're watching..." ) it seems to vary from presnter to presenter (and also depending on his/her mood) as to whether to say the "ITV" bit as part of the title or not.
Can we please have some consistency, ITV?
JE
Jez
Founding member
On ITV Wales the reporters always sign off their reports as "ITV Wales News" on the shorter bulletins, and "Wales Tonight" on the 1800 and 2250 bulletins, no mention of ITV there at all
As for whether ITV is part of the title, I guess it depends on the way you look at it but I think it is on the shorter bulletins as it was known as ITV Wales News before Wales Tonight made its comeback last November.
As for whether ITV is part of the title, I guess it depends on the way you look at it but I think it is on the shorter bulletins as it was known as ITV Wales News before Wales Tonight made its comeback last November.