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The Royal Baby

It's a boy! Announced at 2030 on Monday 22nd July 2013. (July 2013)

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Inspector Sands
The same on the BBC... I wonder who was asking them, I assume it was a reporter there specially to whom they knew to go to speak to?
GM
Gary McEwan
Did WIlliam actually go to Tim Ewart first?
JO
Jon
Gary McEwan posted:
Did WIlliam actually go to Tim Ewart first?

Yes, he won a straw selecting contest on behalf of himself and ITV News.
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watchingtv
Inspector Sands posted:
The same on the BBC... I wonder who was asking them, I assume it was a reporter there specially to whom they knew to go to speak to?


It was meant to be 3 main reporters.

I am not sure if C4 have taken any royal pictures, if they did, they didn't stay with it many mins.

itv didn't get a chance with covering the rest of the days news but ended in time to squeeze in the weather

Channel 5 will have to announce it just before toth.

Grabs

Special itv two way
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Channel 5 Newstalklive studio with Emma Crosby, Polly did a news update towards the end of the programme
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itv two way with no straps at one point before 7
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Final false alarm
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Then
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A quick check on BBC One shows they interrupted the recorded One Show
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Well done itv News team, good coverage, worth sticking around, a few laughs too, plenty of info as well. Nice quick closing as well considering no credits.
Last edited by watchingtv on 23 July 2013 7:43pm - 2 times in total
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Westy2
Why did they go to the One Show anyway?

They had a rough timetable anyway.

They said on the Six that it would be 30 to 35 mins away from 630 anyway, so time enough to rejig the schedule.
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JamesWorldNews
World has broken away from The News Channel. We're now back with Karin Giannone at Buckingham Palace.
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DanielK
Dan Rather, former CBS News, had joined Anna Botting from Washington on Sky News.
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knack
Steve in Pudsey posted:
knack posted:
Steve in Pudsey posted:
Surprised that they just crashed out of the One Show like that, without even an ident


If they'd introduced it with an ident they'd have missed them comin out surely.


They could have easily gone a couple of minutes earlier, it was imminent. It's a shame the One Show wasn't the usual live programme tonight in may respects


It was imminent from 7pm though. Since they knew this, the BBC should have gone back to the coverage after the regional news. True about the one show; that could have worked well.
GM
Gary McEwan
DanielK posted:
Dan Rather, former CBS News, had joined Anna Botting from Washington on Sky News.


Dan Rather from the CBSssssss Evening Newssssss......
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Andrew Founding member
Going to the One Show, especially a repeat, is bizarre to say the least.

Crashing out into the News Channel with no ident is also odd, sloppy and quite unprecedented.
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Brekkie
Ronant posted:
nwtv2003 posted:
Royal baby news specials: ITV 3.5m/16.5% (9.15pm-10pm, post Corrie), BBC1 2.9m/13.4% (8.30pm-10pm)

Source: MediaGuardian on Twitter.

I know it's not everyones cup of tea but I'm surprised the ratings were that low.


RT @mediaguardian: Royal baby boosts news channel ratings: BBC News all day Monday share 2.8% (3 month average: 1%), Sky News 1.6% (0.7%).

UK TV Ratings ‏@TVRatingsUK 24m
BBC1's 10pm news drew a below average 3.97m/20.3%. ITV's bulletin was watched by a slightly above average 2.06m/10.7%. #RoyalBaby

UK TV Ratings ‏@TVRatingsUK 29m
BBC1's #RoyalBaby coverage began with 2.62m, peaking with 3.39m, falling to 2.53m by 9.50. ITV started with 5.24m, falling to 2.57m by 9.50.

Nice to see ITV come out on top for once - they were right to stick with Corrie then as a lead in. Ratings not too surprising overall - how all the newspapers managed 16 pages of coverage when the news could be summed up in a sentence I don't know.

GMc posted:
Sorry if this has been mentioned, but the Freeview EPG has an ITV News Special on later in place of Jeremy Kyle at 09.25.

The chavs/neds/scallies will be going mental! Very Happy

The DNA test already! Very Happy

Westy2 posted:
Cando posted:
Newsroom posted:
Was Breakfast presented or co-presented from London this morning?


Susanna Reid was in London, at the palace iirc. Bill was in Salford


Oh very convienent for nearly everyones favourite MILF.

I think she's got some new competition after yesterday.
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bakamann
Good grief, BBCWN has repeated the "big #royalbaby reveal" for 4 times already... i think more to come.

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