The Newsroom

ITV regional news

on the internet (December 2004)

This site closed in March 2021 and is now a read-only archive
NE
North East
Does anybody know what this website is? www.itv.com/regionalnews
and does it actually do anything?
MI
mikeneville
it's aimed at Members of Parliament and was introduced in the run up to the Carlton / Granada merger
DA
daanton
The regional news selection feature(s) no longer seem to work.
FF
Father Finton Stack
I can't access this site on Craggy Island Crying or Very sad
CO
Colm
There's always UTV Live going back to June 2000 on UTV's website...
BC
BlackCat Founding member
When I try to load the oldest UTV files, all I get is an ident. Not that I am one to complain about receiving such things, but how do I actually watch the bulletins?
BB
BBC TV Centre
mikeneville posted:
it's aimed at Members of Parliament and was introduced in the run up to the Carlton / Granada merger


Why would MPs want to watch ITV regional news? Confused
DE
deejay
I think the idea is so that MPs can watch their home regional new programmes while on "duty" in London. Of course it is now possible to receive whichever ITV region you chose via Sky, but I gather office TV facilities at the Houses of Parliament are pretty limited - and in any case to provide each MP with their own ITV region via Sky would require a hell of a lot of minidishes on the side of Big Ben ... Wink
GS
Gavin Scott Founding member
BBC TV Centre posted:
mikeneville posted:
it's aimed at Members of Parliament and was introduced in the run up to the Carlton / Granada merger


Why would MPs want to watch ITV regional news? Confused


To keep in touch with news in their Constituency areas while attending Parliament in London.

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