ITV Nightscreen

I switched on the telly at about 5am and saw ITV nightscreen... is it just me or does it look like it's been done on Powerpoint? It probably hasn't but... it does look that way...

Anyway, back to interesting conversation! Sorry for boring you - c'mon it is 5am!! :


A very tired Joe
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Well however its made (using a pretty basic mixer I must say) I does look awful, and is a waste of time.

I'd rather watch programmes than learn about some stupid 'Hornblower' programme which has been advertised on nightscreen for yonks.

I don't know whats worse: Nightscreen or Job Seeker!

Let me have my own show about me!!

Asa could be my guest, and we could talk about our differences, and how the blue background on tvhome.co.uk makes my eyes go funny after while

Haha! Or rotating TV Home Forum pages through the night! Well Nightscreen is only there as a filler, much in the same way as Ceefax is. It's length can be extended or shortened depending on how much ITV overruns. Although a looping ITV(1) ident with 'We're back at 5.30am' would probably be more interesting

Cheers, Asa

For TV presentation fans, ITV Nightscreen does include some logos though!

By the way, Yorkshire opt out of it, to show 'Jobfinder' and their 'pages' are even worse!

I don't know how they produce it now, but donkeys years back they made it using an Amiga and using Scala software (which incidentaly is much better than powerpoint for producing TV/Interactive presentations).

You can download Scala software for the PC.
Sorry, don't know the URL & haven't got time to look, but do a search for Scala

(Edited by techy peep at 6:59 pm on Aug. 7, 2001)

Thankfully, here in Carlton land we don't get nightscreen.

Instead we get Jobfinder, and we have for ages.

I remember back in the days when it was made on a teletext generator.

Then again, I don't know whether getting Jobfinder is a good thing. Then again its more use to unemployed people than the cast list of Crossraods.

Hahahaha!! That's true, last night there was like 3 pages/screens of the cast list of The Bill! :p

I remember once it had the Coronation Street cast list up and it said just before they showed it... 'here's a treat for all Corrie fans...' -


Memo to myself : I really must get to bed earlier!

I must agree - ITV Nightscreen is awful. It may be an idea to simulcast ITN News Channel instead like BBC One does!


(Edited by itsrobert at 9:25 am on Aug. 8, 2001)

Not sure if they'd be able to do that.
ITV Companys are obliged in their terms to take networked news and pay ITN for that service.

If they decided to simulcast, they may have to pay ITN even more money just for filling a hole overnight.

Ah right yes - its ITN News. Mind you they call it ITV News now for some reason! I'm not as familiar with ITV!

Techy Peep - http://www.scala.com

Thanks! I'm downloading it now, and I'm gonna try and find a crack for it too.. does anyone know where one is to save me searching Astalavista?


Joe
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