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Good question (and one that really warrants it's own thread, not p43 of the ITV News thread, so hence the new topic)...
As said, in the early days ITV and C4 were related more, cross promoting each channel and ITV responsible for selling C4 airtime. In those days there was also just 4 channels, so identity wasn't as important as it is now.
I guess another reason is that newsreaders such as Kirsty Young are employed by the channel, not ITN, so won't be on other channels. Hence, it is almost certain (but not confirmed!) that Kirsty Young will stay with Five News when Sky take over production from ITN.
Hopefully some members can add more details to this thread. I'm not sure if the likes of Trevor McDonald and Jon Snow are employed by ITV / C4 or ITN.
maximus posted:
This is just a thought, but ITN have had control over Channel 5/five news over the last 7 years, but I wonder why they haven't used ITV news faces on. They used to in the early days of Channel 4 News when they used to have people like John Suchet on C4 News in the 1980's, but again, I wonder why this hasn't be the case for the TV station five. Does anyone know why?
Good question (and one that really warrants it's own thread, not p43 of the ITV News thread, so hence the new topic)...
As said, in the early days ITV and C4 were related more, cross promoting each channel and ITV responsible for selling C4 airtime. In those days there was also just 4 channels, so identity wasn't as important as it is now.
I guess another reason is that newsreaders such as Kirsty Young are employed by the channel, not ITN, so won't be on other channels. Hence, it is almost certain (but not confirmed!) that Kirsty Young will stay with Five News when Sky take over production from ITN.
Hopefully some members can add more details to this thread. I'm not sure if the likes of Trevor McDonald and Jon Snow are employed by ITV / C4 or ITN.