GMTV (1993 - 2010)

The only time the clock has been on longer than 9:25 was one occasion a few years ago, I think it was Mothers day and GMTV was on air until 11:30 and the clock stayed on with it. But as said as ITV don't have the F1 anymore it isn't an issue, and even when they did it was mainly Childrens programmes being affected.

The only time GMTV haven't budged over ITN was the morning Princess Diana died, they did 6-9.25 as usual, although they stopped early for her funeral and they also stopped early for Pope John Paul II's funeral aswell.

Well if ITN wasn't ready, GMTV Newsdesk / Presenters could cover I think. They'd of had training (i'd of thought) for when a major catastrophe happened during broadcast hours

I'm not sure the original poster was being entirely serious...

Is it tue that during the regional opt - outs on GMTV that the GMTV News logo / clock appear on screen ?

Is this a new practice in the regions to show a clock for example during the Breakfast Bulletins ?

Are all or just certain regions participating in showing the News logo / clock ?

Wonder if the ITV regions have had their orders from GMTV Management in London to show these during opt - outs the same as when at Christmas time when they are told they want a Christmas Tree on display in the Studio during the GMTV Early Morning Bulletins even if they don't have a tree on display during the ITV Regional Bulletins if you know what I mean

Yes, most regions (with the exception of non ITV plc ones) have taken to showing the clock/news logo now... has been like it for a few weeks now.

Which is ironic given that the non-ITV plc regions (with the exception of Channel) have their GMTV news slot provided by a third party (Macmillan Media) who brands the bulletins 'GMTV News (Region name here)'. They use GMTV style straps and everything!

Albeit, not the nicest of straps. Way too big.

Just found this video on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUxflMugomo

Someones made a video of the breakdown VT. Pity about the poor music editing.

The GMTV Wales News region hasn't adopted the GMTV style-astons, they still use the normal ITV ones.

How dare you!?

As interesting as the discussion on reasons why GMTV might be on air after 9:25 are, it didn't really answer my question. I don't know why people kept mentioning news events either. GMTV is mainly an entertainment channel (maybe not 6am to 7am) so if the GMTV output was to be on air outside of their normal broadcast hours it would more likely be as part of another entertainment programme such as This Morning or Loose Women IMHO and the graphics would only be left on their output for stylistic reasons and obviously any problems with the time being too long for the graphics would be corrected before hand.

I can't see this happening but that was never my point anyway. If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it still make a sound? If a breakfast TV franchise isn't currently broadcasting, does its graphics package still display the correct time?

Anyway, we have already seen GMTV broadcast outside of their own hours. This cap was posted by Tellywatcher earlier in this thread. You can clearly see GMTV coming on air before 6am.http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t176/zukeylukey/GMTV%202009/ITV12009-01-05_060003.jpg
It was actually this image and the fact that BBC Breakfast overran the other morning that inspired my question.

Are you not being slightly melodramatic there?

I'm sure the graphics would display the correct time, yes. It's a clock. And since the GMTV franchise runs from 06:00 to 09:25, the designer of that clock obviously didn't compromise his design with space for a digit that won't appear.

GMTV is not an entertainment channel, its remit is to provide a mix of news and entertainment. The idea that it would pop up during This Morning or Loose Women is even odder than ITV1 asking GMTV to replace ITN during a news event because ITN aren't ready and GMTV's staff are well trained!

The reason 05:59 appeared is because the switch happens a second before 06:00. It also provides a vital clue that the clock does make a noise if nobody's in the forest. An educated guess would be that when it hits 10:00 the box stays the same size and the time just overlays the shape. If you look at your capture there is enough room for the 1 don't you think?

I can't believe I've just written three paragraphs about that.

ITV were a second early handing over to GMTV. The titles didnt start until 0600. I'm not too sure what happens, but that was a still caption of the titles, I'm sure they must have that on a few minutes before the channel goes to air incase that they do come on air early.

And I imagine that they keep the clock graphic and system running 24/7. But as they don't need it at 1000, or VERY rarely have it that late after they're meant to go off air, the designers didn't take it into account.

And if anybody else would like to repeat this point of view, please make sure to quote the massive screenshot. Many thanks