Is ch4 news right now using a studio owned by ITV news (Westcountry)? I ask beacuse the studio they are using in Plymouth to interview a politician from has a light blue background with squares floating, looking very corporate ITV-esque. Do ITV and Ch4 have an agreement on shared studios, as I presume this studio will not be owned by ITN?
Remember that ITV has a 40% stake in ITN. But seriously this doesn't surprise me as they (that being ITV News and Channel 4 News) always share footage when it comes to stories. GMTV also does the same thing when they want Live interviews in the Regions.
they (that being ITV News and Channel 4 News) always share footage when it comes to stories
itv and channel four buy their respective bulletins as a product from ITN. the way ITN works, as do most news providers, is they source footage and news centrally and re-package it for each different customer. the same footage of a tony blair walking down [insert anywhere] high street will probably appear in most itn products from itv news to channel 4 to central trains - all-be-it treated differently in each case.
as to studios, i'm sure its not a new thing - itv companies have been letting 3rd parties do down the lines for years i'm sure. bit of cash for the studio owners, and saves channel 4 sending out a truck or forking out for a train ticket.
as to studios, i'm sure its not a new thing - itv companies have been letting 3rd parties do down the lines for years i'm sure. bit of cash for the studio owners, and saves channel 4 sending out a truck or forking out for a train ticket.
Indeed - I'm sure I've seen down-the-lines on Sky News with a guest in an ITV regional studio.
And BBC Plymouth used to use Channel TV's studio's to do lives from the Channel Islands as they didn't have the facility to do that. Not sure if that still applies now they have the CI opt out.
Though historically Channel Four News often used BBC down-the-line studios, because some ITV regional operations (in the day of individual companies) wouldn't allow C4 to use their studios.
The BBC Cambridge studio was often used rather than Anglia's for example.