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ITV Lunchtime News: now 1 hour as part of ITV Day

Nicholas Owen, Katie Derham | inc. 13 mins regional news (December 2004)

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JD
jdtech
Especially at the beginning of Friday's Evening News, the way he said BBBBBBlair... Confused

Got an audio clip here somewhere...

John

Get it here
JE
Jez Founding member
Does anyone have a clip or picture of Mark Webster reading the news? I recognise the name but cant place him.
JD
jdtech
There is this one off newschannel.org.uk
http://www.newschannel.org.uk/newscasters/images/webster.jpg

Or one from itv.com/news
http://www.itv.com/news/story596443.160x120.jpg

John
JE
Jez Founding member
Thanks for that, cant say I recognise him or have ever seen him read the ITV News.
AN
Andrew Founding member
Jez posted:
Thanks for that, cant say I recognise him or have ever seen him read the ITV News.

He reads the ITV Morning News and does the overnight News Channel shift about one week per month, so unless you watch that you won't have.

Most people only know him as a fairly good reporter not a dismal newsreader
JD
jdtech
He doesn't do the daytime ITV1 Bulletins, so unless you have access to the ITV News Channel you probably will only see him reporting on ITV1.

John
JE
Jez Founding member
Andrew posted:
Jez posted:
Thanks for that, cant say I recognise him or have ever seen him read the ITV News.

He reads the ITV Morning News and does the overnight News Channel shift about one week per month, so unless you watch that you won't have.

Most people only know him as a fairly good reporter not a dismal newsreader


Yes ive heard his name mentioned during introductions to reports, but no I dont watch the ITV Morning News, but I occasionally watch the news channel.
MA
maximus
jdtech posted:
He doesn't do the daytime ITV1 Bulletins, so unless you have access to the ITV News Channel you probably will only see him reporting on ITV1.

John

Are you sure? I haven't seen Mark present the News Channel in daytime hours for at least two years. If so, I keep missing it.
JD
jdtech
I don't know, seeing as I am deprived of access of the ITVNC, but I was under the impression he occassionally did the NC daytime shifts?

John

16 days later

LO
Londoner
Interesting to read what the various programme statements say about the forthcoming lunchtime newshour and the axing of the 3pm bulletins.

It seems that to make up some of the minutes of output lost in the shakeup, weekend bulletins are being extended.

This is from the Anglia programme statement:
The duration of the weekend bulletins, popular with viewers and with a much bigger potential available audience in daytime, will also expand significantly. The general pattern of Saturday and Sunday lunchtime and teatime bulletins will continue.

A good tactical move - ITV already offers more regional news at the weekend than the BBC, and this will consolidate that.
OH
ohwhatanight Founding member
Londoner posted:
Interesting to read what the various programme statements say about the forthcoming lunchtime newshour and the axing of the 3pm bulletins.

It seems that to make up some of the minutes of output lost in the shakeup, weekend bulletins are being extended.

This is from the Anglia programme statement:
The duration of the weekend bulletins, popular with viewers and with a much bigger potential available audience in daytime, will also expand significantly. The general pattern of Saturday and Sunday lunchtime and teatime bulletins will continue.

A good tactical move - ITV already offers more regional news at the weekend than the BBC, and this will consolidate that.


I think you will find that during the week (mon-fri) ITV regional news programmes have more bulletins than BBC1!

ITV1 = GMTV, 10:55, 12:50, 15:00, 18:00, 22:50
whereas
BBC1 = Breakfast, 13:30, 18:30, 22:30
NW
nwtv2003
BBC1 has the short bulletin at 15:20, that they inherited from BBC2.

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