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Presentation and General Discussion thread (April 2007)

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GM
GMc
Well, the local news preview isn't there anymore. It doesn't really seem that different though.
GM
GMc
No ad-break either during the programme...
RA
Rangdo
6.50pm heads still there - they haven't been scrapped. So the ITV news Hour is unchanged. But yes, no 1330 and 2230 local heads and regional bulletin follows the national.

3.30" ad break in the regional progs tonight (and next Monday too) which is unusual these days.
AN
Andrew Founding member
It was a bit messy on Calendar at least. The regional weather was also on it's own, instead of being within the regional news

Despite this they still ran the generic 'weather' sting before it, which is not needed
BR
Brekkie
The only logic I can see in this move is ITV wanting it's regional bulletins to lose viewers - and hence hope they can lose the regional bulletins down the line.


It's time for OFCOM to stand firm - whether in an analogue age with 2-3 channels or digital with 200 channels, ITV should have no choice but keep it's regional committments.


If they can't, take away their gifted Freeview space, their slots on the EPGs etc. and let someone come in who can!
AL
Alex
Presumably without the need to break for adverts or to hand over to the regions the Lunchtime News is actually a little longer, which is good, though Katie and Alastair saying goodbye at five to two makes it feel shorter.
I would still like the national programme to be five minutes longer but otherwise thought the new arrangement OK.

(The only change to this evening's news appeared to be a short commercial break in the middle of London Tonight).
RM
Roger Mellie
Nick Harvey posted:


Cymru Today sounds a bit of a hotch-potch mix of the languages. A bit like looking in the side of the road for those slow arafs that everybody's talking about.


No way to speak about the locals Wink
RM
Roger Mellie
Andrew posted:
It was a bit messy on Calendar at least. The regional weather was also on it's own, instead of being within the regional news

Despite this they still ran the generic 'weather' sting before it, which is not needed


Adverts on CNE too. I seem to recall Central News East had ad breaks, before stopped it a few years ago... anyone remember when? A Wetwang scarecrow for the person who can tell me Wink

Sorry if this has been asked before, but why does the Yorkshire Weather UV report come at the top of the programme, rather than at the end with the rest of weather?
AN
Andrew Founding member
I don't know why they've done this. It also effects the perception of how long the national news programmes are.

Previously everyone just said that the Lunchtime News and Late News were half an hour long, now it's more obvious that they are actually 25 minutes
NW
nwtv2003
I thought the Lunchtime News felt much shorter today, as they were off by 1.50pm, but saying that the lead story was on for over five minutes or so.

Granada has kept the Weather inside the News bulletin, probably one of the only few regions to do so. Saying that it's nice to have the Opening titles back on the Lunch and the Late rather than crashing out of ITN.
NH
Nick Harvey Founding member
Rangdo posted:
6.50pm heads still there - they haven't been scrapped.

Yet.

I must have read Jonathan's e-mails in the wrong order.

I'll take the final definitive information from the scheduling team.
RM
Roger Mellie
I have it on good authority:

"All I know is that there are no plans to drop the 18:50 headline but a look at the run order suggest there is not a headline at 13:30 today"

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