The Newsroom

The ITV News Channel is no longer broadcasting

(October 2005)

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BH
BillyH Founding member
Probably a silly question, but...when was the last time a news channel actually closed down? None come to mind.
LO
Londoner
Channel One London springs to mind.
NA
nationwide
Considering News Channels are meant to 'roll' and cling to the 'stay with us' lines - i can't see how the news channel can continue properly until Friday - they really should have just stopped in then.

Is Leyla Deybelge on today - it should only really be her or Andrew to close the channel as they have been there from the very beginning.
BB
BBC London
Dunedin posted:
Jonathan H posted:
Dan posted:
Jonathan H posted:
Nope. The majority of it will go back into mainstream ITV1 bulletins according to the press release.


Is it just me that thinks that sounds like ... how can I put it ... a big fat lie?


I'm assuming you mean you think ITV are lying by saying they'll re-invest, rather than meaning I'm lying by saying they'll - oh never mind.


I agree- they've made clear vague plans to put news on ITV2 and ITV3, which I think were described as "plans". To me they sound a bit like aspirational pipe-dreams....

....the whole point of this operation was to cut the utterly pointless and loss-making news operation to make space for more cheap, tacky, commercially viable pap.

Perhaps they'll put their journalist onto "celebrity newswatch" for ITV2- that counts as news output doesn't it?

I think all mention of "news reinvestment" will be forgotten within weeks.


I think they'd class a 2 minute documentary on window cleaning - news
MI
mizzb
I was wondering why there were mostly London Tonight presenters on today.
What a hasty and sad end to the channel, I sympathise with the staff and can understand why they are not bothering to hang around, their loyalty has run out after the way the closure was announced last week.

Sad
LO
Londoner
The ITN website has a new look today. And the NC section has been updated to include Scott Chisholm:
www.itn.co.uk/itv_news_channel/presenters/ (but not Evening News Extra).
NA
nationwide
Londoner posted:
The ITN website has a new look today. And the NC section has been updated to include Scott Chisholm:
www.itn.co.uk/itv_news_channel/presenters/ (but not Evening News Extra).


That is just crazy isn't it! Scott will beon the website for just 4 days!
AN
Andrew Founding member
A bit of a sudden end, it means we won't have any Christmas light hearted bulletins from the likes of Owen Thomas.

Have any presenters said that this is their last bulletin yet and thanked us for joining them?
BR
Brekkie
I think most of us said when the announcement was made - or even predicted - that it didn't make sense to keep it running past Christmas.

It's a shame - and I'll miss it for one.

On Weekdays I don't think it'll be missed too much, but at the weekends when News 24 has filler programmes every half hour, and even at Christmas when the ITV NC was the only news channel to continue with rolling coverage, it will be missed.


Someone posted the ITV News rota for over Christmas - how many "News Channel" presenters were due to host ITV1 bulletins?
NW
nwtv2003
I'll miss it, okay it was a poor man's News Channel, but it made the best of the resources available at ITN and from the ITV Regions, one of the things that made the channel unique.

It's a shame they're dropping such high quality and informative programmes such as Live With Alastair Stewart and even the new Scott Chisholm Show.

I wasn't expecting them to close it this side of Christmas, but it makes sense I suppose, I wonder how the Channel will bow out? I will be watching over the next couple of days for sure, as it's News 24 and Sky News from Friday night!
IS
Inspector Sands
Where has it been mentioned that it closes at 6? It's likely, but I've not seen it confirmed anywhere
MU
murf1000
nwtv2003 posted:
I'll miss it, okay it was a poor man's News Channel, but it made the best of the resources available at ITN and from the ITV Regions, one of the things that made the channel unique.

It's a shame they're dropping such high quality and informative programmes such as Live With Alastair Stewart and even the new Scott Chisholm Show.

I wasn't expecting them to close it this side of Christmas, but it makes sense I suppose, I wonder how the Channel will bow out? I will be watching over the next couple of days for sure, as it's News 24 and Sky News from Friday night!


I never seen one report from UTV on the channel?

Perphaps if they dropped the trashy tabloid journalism style they had, the channel may of worked.

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