Appears to be an adapted version of what Grylls already has up and running, as per beargryllssurvivalacademy.com - the same announcement is on the site's Facebook feed...
Not wanting to start a new thread, but it appears that CITV are trialling in vision continuity again, albeit recorded and presented by kids (I believe them to be the two who do the voiceovers for the trailers) Tillie & Noah host their summer zone.
The website shows some outtakes to give an idea of the set up - Big Breakfast style imo. http://www.itv.com/citv/tillie-and-noahs-summer-zone/tillie-and-noahs-summer-zone-outtakes
I don't think that's in-vision continuity as it used to be, because those links (Tillie and Noah) appear to have been provided by an indie called Envelope Films, according to Twitter. They also did last year's CITV advert as well. The kids did a feature to launch the new Thunderbirds which is also on the website and as you say, they appear to be doing some of the voiceovers too.
It's a very similar style to the Watched It! style used in the 1980s, so in usual ITV style it's a rehash of an old format in new clothes. Whether CITV needs in-vision continuity at all, considering it's spent most of its life without it, is debatable, because the history shows in-vision continuity on Children's ITV doesn't last for more than two years with the exception of 1998-2004.
Didn't in vision last from 1983 - 1993 despite different companies, presenters, some live & some pre recorded?
Yes but my point is it wasn't consistent like 1998-2004 was. Between 1983 and 1993 the presentation changed five times.
Live continuity for Children's ITV only started in 1987 and their hand was forced by Children's BBC Broom Cupboard.
Didn't in vision last from 1983 - 1993 despite different companies, presenters, some live & some pre recorded?
Yes but my point is it wasn't consistent like 1998-2004 was. Between 1983 and 1993 the presentation changed five times.
Live continuity for Children's ITV only started in 1987 and their hand was forced by Children's BBC Broom Cupboard.
I agree with that. It's a shame that ITV cut the budget losing in vision in the first place.
I do think that it is important to get children used to the ITV brand to inherit them as older viewers. As tweedledum rightly says it is nice to see them putting in the extra money. I'm not sure about the continuity having flicked on this morning as it's edited a lot for a simple link and is nothing like the quality of the CBBC links or scrambled, but at least they are trying something a bit different.
Investment needs to be made to the CITV website. Considering back in 2000 they were leading the way with multiple presenters, a clear brand, a large set, a brilliant website and advances in technology (using SMS to contact TV) it was allowed to collapse essentially. It may take some time but they are starting to go about it the right way.
I wonder if CBBC does increase it's on air hours if ITV may follow suit. Then again they haven't for HD so far.
Investment needs to be made to the CITV website. Considering back in 2000 they were leading the way with multiple presenters, a clear brand, a large set, a brilliant website and advances in technology (using SMS to contact TV) it was allowed to collapse essentially. It may take some time but they are starting to go about it the right way.
It only collapsed because the original citv.co.uk site was farmed out and done independently. When the budget was dramatically chopped in 2002 after the merger, they clearly couldn't afford to keep farming the site out and bought it back in house where it was re-branded into the horrible cut-down, bland and boring template that itv.com used for pretty much everything. The individual programmes had their own websites that were run by the production companies, including MPAA, which ironically had a better site than its parent.
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I wonder if CBBC does increase it's on air hours if ITV may follow suit. Then again they haven't for HD so far.
The early morning simulcasts on ITV probably count towards any HD transmissions/quota. but in all honesty I suspect if CITV HD was going to happen it would have happened by now. CBBC HD started when the channel was... *tappety tapp* a shade under 11 years ten months. On the same time scale, CITV HD should launch January 2018. After two rebrands
