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ITV drop the Budget

(March 2007)

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BR
Brekkie
nwtv2003 posted:
Times have changed, and from what I remember the Budget used to be shown at 3.30pm when I was growing up, and then one year it moved to Lunchtime.

I don't see any reason why ITV must cover it, there are plenty of other outlets to watch it such as BBC2, Channel 4 (if the News At Noon is still on that is), BBC News 24, BBC Parliament and Sky News, why ITV?

It's like showing PMQ's on ITV on a Wednesday at 12pm, theres little or no point in doing so.


C4 don't cover it - and three of the four outlets that do are the BBC - with the fourth being the Murdoch empire (though ITV is now part of that too I guess!).


It may seem insignificant to those of you who kneel at the feet of Auntie, but in light of the changing attitude at ITV, it could very well be the first step that leads to the loss of the Lunchtime News on ITV1.


And let's face it, if the BBC had dropped coverage you wouldn't be saying "Well, it's on ITV".
NU
NewsUpdate
Doesn't suprise me, pretty soon ITV News will be like the old Liquid News, all about celebrity and ^&** all about real news.
LO
Londoner
NewsUpdate posted:
Doesn't suprise me, pretty soon ITV News will be like the old Liquid News, all about celebrity and ^&** all about real news.

There are a lot of things you can criticise ITV News for (appalling sensationalism, mainly), but it really isn't as celeb-obsessed as some people claim.

It went through a celebrity phase about five years ago under Nigel Dacre, but it didn't last long.
BR
Brekkie
Londoner posted:
NewsUpdate posted:
Doesn't suprise me, pretty soon ITV News will be like the old Liquid News, all about celebrity and ^&** all about real news.

There are a lot of things you can criticise ITV News for (appalling sensationalism, mainly), but it really isn't as celeb-obsessed as some people claim.

It went through a celebrity phase about five years ago under Nigel Dacre, but it didn't last long.



Yep, that's true. Even in the whole Celeb BB thing when Sky and even the BBC were leading with the Shilpa storyline, it was quite a way down the running order on ITV.
RM
Roger Mellie
sjdavis posted:
Don't really see the need for ITV to broadcast it.


Presumably for the same reason ITV have national and regional news just like the BBC? ITV is supposed to be a public service broadcaster, so it ought to show these things. Although ITV's being a PSB is getting less credible these days! Wink

Forgive me if I'm being pedantic here, but I think Andrew was being sarcastic with his comment (about ITV Budget being only in existence to be slagged off in Internet forums) Laughing Irony and all that Wink
JO
johnofhertford
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned that budget coverage was dropped from ITV many years ago and was only brought back relatively recently.

Also not clear why ITV1 should be feel obliged to show this when BBC1 doesn't!
BR
Brekkie
In not showing it this year ITV are probably not showing one of the most significant budgets in years - almost certainly Gordon Brown's last.


OK, he's only been there a couple of months but already from his comments earlier in the week on children's and regional programming it's clear that Michael Grade doesn't care one bit about ITV's public service responsibilities.
AN
Andrew Founding member
They will show all the highlights on the Lunchtime News though

The full budget speech does go on a bit and most of it goes over the heads of most, all people want to know is, is the price of fags going up! Laughing

By the way, notice the BBC only show it on BBC2. I don't see them removing their diet of Lorne Spicer fronted car boot shows to show the budget on BBC1
TI
Tiger2000
I always thought that there was a Public Service Broadcast clause in the franchise when they were last awarded, so how can ITV get away with not covering such an importent event?.
MO
moss Founding member
NewsUpdate posted:
Doesn't suprise me, pretty soon ITV News will be like the old Liquid News, all about celebrity and ^&** all about real news.


If only ITV News was as well-produced as Liquid News used to be, whatever it covers...
NG
noggin Founding member
Brekkie Boy posted:

Yep, that's true. Even in the whole Celeb BB thing when Sky and even the BBC were leading with the Shilpa storyline, it was quite a way down the running order on ITV.


Well no sense in promoting a commercial rival...
AN
Andrew Founding member
Tiger2000 posted:
I always thought that there was a Public Service Broadcast clause in the franchise when they were last awarded, so how can ITV get away with not covering such an importent event?.

Channel 4 don't show it, Five don't show it, even the BBC dump it on BBC2
Anyway, if they were showing it, nobody on here would watch it, well except for 2 mins to get the opinion that it is rubbish, and if everybody did that, that's why they aren't continuing to show it

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