Its getting silly now. I think its time for GMTV Ltd to stay the same in terms of board members etc but I think ITV should take over the broadcast and essentially put GMTV out technically as an ITV programme. GMTV are messing up far too frequently and its just cheapening the brand even further.
Or just sack whoever keeps cocking up the automation.
GMTV opts aren't automated (barring the duration). They can't be as the opt times aren't fixed. The regional switching centres and news galleries listen to GMTV gallery talkback for their opt-outs.
Relaunch has been cancelled in 2008, there may be minor tweaks.
Entertainment Today and the Sunday Programme have been axed.
Shame....those 2 shows were the only decent part of GMTV...though the Sunday Prog was always on too early IMO,...should have occupied a later part of the GMTV slot
A statement as part of GMTV's plan for 2008 programming said back in March 2008 that GMTV will relaunch weekdays in 2008 in an effort to regain an audience lead over BBC News Breakfast. The broadcaster said it would extend it's news coverage and reintroduce competitions.
"We are planning a re-launch of our Monday-Friday programming in 2008 following extensive research with our viewers," said GMTV's plan for the year's programming.
The relaunch is part GMTV's programme plan and has been made public on their media website so how can they go back and not do what they said they are going to do ?
Surely this now makes GMTV look stupid and incompetant not being able to deliver the goods. Until I see a statement or press release to say that GMTV are NOT going to relaunch I don't believe a word of it !
They keep messing around with the local news times going backwards and forwards with local news times don't they know what they are doing or something or are they just trying to confuse viewers so that they don't know when the local news from ITV is on GMTV ?
Or are they doing this as well as all the constant cock - up's so viewers get fed up with the ITV local news on GMTV and stop watching because they want to get rid of the local news service from ITV ?
Certainately this is quite a blow to PSB on ITV as a whole, as they now have no politics programmes at all on Sundays, where as the BBC have two.
BBC One certainly seem to have cornered the market on Sundays with Andrew Marr's programme and the Politics Show. Both are excellent programmes and the latter even fulfills some of the BBC regional political requirement wrapped up in a popular format.
Certainately this is quite a blow to PSB on ITV as a whole, as they now have no politics programmes at all on Sundays, where as the BBC have two.
BBC One certainly seem to have cornered the market on Sundays with Andrew Marr's programme and the Politics Show. Both are excellent programmes and the latter even fulfills some of the BBC regional political requirement wrapped up in a popular format.
Quite funny to think that the AM Show's predacessor (Breakfast with Frost) was the exact same as he did at TV-am, just that he took it to the BBC when TV-am ended.
ISTR Alastair Stewart used to host The Sunday Programme, I think Mike Morris did a stint on it at some point too, but thats going way back.
Are GMTV still being beaten in the ratings by BBC News Breakfast ?
What next for GMTV ? ITV are the majority shareholder in this company so why don't they step in and put GMTV back on track ?
Do Disney still hold a very small percentage of shares ? They hardly broadecast any Disney programmes like they used to so why don't Disney just sell their shares ? To ITV ?
Has it ever been seen as anything but....?