GMTV (1993 - 2010)

I don't think GMTV will take the ITV branding, not yet anyway. GMTV is just being treated like a programme now, at the most I think ITV News will provide the news updates from ITN rather than GMTV News.

I think you're right there, Geek.

If they're treating it as a programme, rather than a service (like news), then there is no need to slap ITV all over it. After all, we don't see 'ITV This Morning' or 'ITV Ant & Dec', do we?

Priya has left the company

IF that happens, the production will be based where it currently is. ITN involvement is not confirmed by any means. ITN is a third party company, not owned by ITV, and can't at present appear to deliver what ITV require at the price

well ITN is 40% owned by ITV IIRC. So I should imagine that ITV have quite a bit of a say to if and how much ITN will produce coverage for GMTV.

Even then what is to stop ITV branding the GMTV News bulletins as ITV News? It's no different than all the ITV Regions news coming under the ITV News brand on the titles. Although GMTV News is done by themselves, I'm rememeber reading they have an arrangement with ITN for something, like OB's, but don't count me on that.

Anyone else notice GMTV's "handover" to ITV/STV/UTV has got a bit scrappy of late?

NO ads at the end of Lorraine, the DOG staying right to 09:24:59, and quite often the end jingle doesn't even finish before the switch to ITV1.

And then the ITV1 announcer says "Good morning and WELCOME to ITV1...."

It's almost like they've tried to separate the two companies? They never used to do this... Nice smooth ending at 09:21, end jingle, ads, ITV1 promo - SWITCH to ITV1 - announcer on ITV stating that "This morning is on at 10:30, but now on ITV1......"

Seems odd..... or maybe I'm just odd

It doesn't really work like that...

ITV plc will have a budget for the news provision of GMTV. ITN will have a price for what ITV plc want for GMTV. If ITN can't meet ITV plc's requirements at a given price, then ITN won't get the work. Just because ITV plc own a chunk of ITN, doesn't mean that they can force ITN to take a contract at a loss.

I suspect that they will be looking at what facilities, production and personnel ITN can make available to GMTV and at what cost, and ITN may increase what they already do for GMTV (ISTR that ITN replaced Reuters as a news provider for GMTV a while back?) However this doesn't mean that ITN will definitely take-over full news provision within GMTV, though I can see a situation where more ITN reporters appear on GMTV, along with ITV News regional reporters? That kind of joined up thinking makes sense for ITV plc as a whole?

(You have to be a bit careful to differentiate between ITV plc - who own the England and Wales licences of the ITV/Channel 3 network, and now also the GMTV nationwide licence - and the ITV Network, which also includes STV, UTV and Channel, who are not part of ITV plc, but are also shareholders in ITN ISTR?)

I was just pointing out what anoilyrag said " ITN is a third party company, not owned by ITV" was slighlty wrong.
I wasn't saying that ITN would take the contrcat at a loss - just that as there partly owned by ITV they would have reason to take the contract, as ITN would make money and therefore ITV would be partly paying themeselves!

Tbh I can see Helen staying as the presenter, having a few GMTV exclusive reporters I.e. political correspondent and then have ITN general reporters for the rest.

Don't forget the Jeremy Kyle "today at 9.25" promo being played at about 09:24:40

Even that isn't played any more! Just goes straight to the ident.

Who owns the rights to the ITV News brand and the branding that comes with it, ITN or ITV? If its ITV then there is nothing stopping GMTV using their current news output and using a GMTV presenter along with the ITV branding, so in effect it becomes ITV News updates, just not produced by ITN.

Sad to hear about Priya- I thought she would have made a good main presenter if Kate/Emma are ever to leave.