Actually is their any legal obligation at all for the lunchtime bulletin. I'm sure they're only legally obliged to provide a 30 minute bulletin in peak and a certain minutage of regional news, which is averaged over the year.
Regardless of the letter of the law, you would think ITV might like to do a news bulletin at lunchtime in any case? If they can't fit in the lunchtime news when a match is kicking off at 2pm, heaven help them.
I'd say that ITV would drop Loose Women (which is on immediately before tomorrow's football coverage commences) from the schedule if there was an exceptionally serious news event.
I'd say that ITV would drop Loose Women (which is on immediately before tomorrow's football coverage commences) from the schedule if there was an exceptionally serious news event.
Well, you would assume. But if they can do a lunchtime news bulletin today, when they also have a 2pm kick-off, what's stopping them doing that on a weekday when there's far more news about?
I'd say that ITV would drop Loose Women (which is on immediately before tomorrow's football coverage commences) from the schedule if there was an exceptionally serious news event.
Well, you would assume. But if they can do a lunchtime news bulletin today, when they also have a 2pm kick-off, what's stopping them doing that on a weekday when there's far more news about?
Obviously, they believe that it wouldn't be worthwhile to axe Loose Women for a bulletin that gets very low viewing figures but, although ITV had bulletins at 8:25 and 11:50 this morning, it does have bulletins at 6, 7 and 8 on weekday mornings. Therefore, there is still an element of consistency with regard to daytime news coverage today and tomorrow.
I'd say that ITV would drop Loose Women (which is on immediately before tomorrow's football coverage commences) from the schedule if there was an exceptionally serious news event.
The Orlando Attack happened on the Sunday though, the initial event is over so no real need to drop Loose Women for ITV Lunchtime News. If the attack had happened in the UK, then it would be entirely different.
Does anyone know why This Morning has a weather break instead of a news break? Is the weather an actual requirement?
Yes - although for a long time that 15:25 (later 15:15) bulletin wasn't shown in all regions. It tended to be shown in regions who didn't provide a mid-afternoon regional news bulletin, but later became national as seen in this clip.
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A former member
Wasn't 1987 it first appeared? that 15.25 Bulletin?