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(February 2005)

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LONDON
ohwhatanight posted:
I really do think these graphics are a step in the right direction but I would like to see the green land a bit darker so the actual icons are more visible.

Also I would prefer not to see the region name in the corner during the weather - I thought ITV wanted to get rid of regional branding? This seems to be a step backwards!!! As much as I used to like regional branding I feel this is a token gesture and not even done properly! Also it is so small in the corner that you cant read it properly anyway!

http://www.leeseaman.com/TV/presentation/itv/weather/anglia/image_06.jpg
Image courtesy of Lee S

I'm not too sure about using the end credit rundown thingy either - stating Today, Tomorrow etc. Good idea but don't think it looks that great on screen.

Also one MAJOR point - why are all the weather bulletin now 14x9 with the black bars top and bottom - does this mean they are being made in 16 x 9 widescreen ready for when ITV News transfers to widescreen? Will this happen soon?


I believe it will probably happen sometime this year. The national and London weather on ITV has been broadcasting in 16:9 for the past three years, so it would also be a backward step to go 4:3 again. Because the weather now follows a new corporate look they are also made in widescreen, but have to be cropped in order to make a smooth transition within regional programmes.
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Adam
Well hopefully TTTV will switch over soon - they've been widescreen capable since at least 2001 (the regional news graphics are also widescreen, they can be seen in the NET promos in the 5pm hour). The reports are recorded in widescreen Now the weather is sorted, hopefully it's only a matter of time.
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I T V 1
We could only wish ITV news will be widescreen... I doubt it by 2012!
OV
Orry Verducci
Orry Verducci posted:
they did the new logo and graphics but with the old weather map this would be perfect.

Here is an example I made of what I mean.
http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/aerialfreeview/itvlondon.jpg
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I T V 1
Orry Verducci posted:
Orry Verducci posted:
they did the new logo and graphics but with the old weather map this would be perfect.

Here is an example I made of what I mean.
http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/aerialfreeview/itvlondon.jpg


Good, only thing is to change the logo. Those graphics look so much better than the new ones!
JE
Jez Founding member
Quite like the new graphics, Charlie Neil presented the forcast in the ITV Wales and West regions, I wonder whats happened to Wales's local presenter Ruth Wignall.
NE
North East
Do all regions have their own weather presenters? (apart from at the weekends) I know:
London - uses the national presenter
scottish and grampian - dont have any
utv - have their own
tyne tees - their own
What about the rest??
JE
Jez Founding member
North East posted:
Do all regions have their own weather presenters? (apart from at the weekends) I know:
London - uses the national presenter
scottish and grampian - dont have any
utv - have their own
tyne tees - their own
What about the rest??


Central and HTV West have Charlie Neil and Emma Jesson
HTV Wales have Ruth Wignall but she only works about 2 days a week so we have Charlie and Emma for the rest of the time
Meridian have Gemma Humphries and sometimes Martin Davies
London have the national forcasters
Anglia have Becky Mantin

I think the former GMG North regions have a team based in Leeds.
OH
ohwhatanight Founding member
Jez posted:
North East posted:
Do all regions have their own weather presenters? (apart from at the weekends) I know:
London - uses the national presenter
scottish and grampian - dont have any
utv - have their own
tyne tees - their own
What about the rest??


Central and HTV West have Charlie Neil and Emma Jesson
HTV Wales have Ruth Wignall but she only works about 2 days a week so we have Charlie and Emma for the rest of the time
Meridian have Gemma Humphries and sometimes Martin Davies
London have the national forcasters
Anglia have Becky Mantin

I think the former GMG North regions have a team based in Leeds.


Isn't there a bloke that presents for ITV Wales and sometimes fills in for ITV West and Central? I cant remember his name though!
IS
Isonstine Founding member
Adam posted:
Isonstine posted:

Still not very comprehensive for the capital city. I've often wondered why ITV or the BBC don't provide a Central London forecast. BBC London have done it very occasionally but it seems to vary wildly.


London is a small area, I don't see anyone giving a Derwentside forecast, even though it's easily the size of London, and has much greater variation from low-level weather, unlike London. That map is about 5 times more zoomed in than BBC NE&Cs forecast.


But it's just plain silly to assume the weather in North and South London are going to be the same. And Greater London and the Outer London Boroughs cover a very large area. It's even worse when there's no symbol on Greater London itself... You have to guess what the weather is like by taking an average of the weather between Essex, Buckinghamshire and Kent.

I think with the amount of people living in London also that they would be a lot more interested in knowing the weather forecast. I suppose it's striking that happy medium though...
IS
Isonstine Founding member
ohwhatanight posted:
Jez posted:
North East posted:
Do all regions have their own weather presenters? (apart from at the weekends) I know:
London - uses the national presenter
scottish and grampian - dont have any
utv - have their own
tyne tees - their own
What about the rest??


Central and HTV West have Charlie Neil and Emma Jesson
HTV Wales have Ruth Wignall but she only works about 2 days a week so we have Charlie and Emma for the rest of the time
Meridian have Gemma Humphries and sometimes Martin Davies
London have the national forcasters
Anglia have Becky Mantin

I think the former GMG North regions have a team based in Leeds.


Isn't there a bloke that presents for ITV Wales and sometimes fills in for ITV West and Central? I cant remember his name though!


James Wright.
JE
Jez Founding member
ohwhatanight posted:
Jez posted:
North East posted:
Do all regions have their own weather presenters? (apart from at the weekends) I know:
London - uses the national presenter
scottish and grampian - dont have any
utv - have their own
tyne tees - their own
What about the rest??


Central and HTV West have Charlie Neil and Emma Jesson
HTV Wales have Ruth Wignall but she only works about 2 days a week so we have Charlie and Emma for the rest of the time
Meridian have Gemma Humphries and sometimes Martin Davies
London have the national forcasters
Anglia have Becky Mantin

I think the former GMG North regions have a team based in Leeds.


Isn't there a bloke that presents for ITV Wales and sometimes fills in for ITV West and Central? I cant remember his name though!


I dont think they'd allow a bloke to do HTV/Central weather would they ohwhatanight? Only blonde female presenters do it (Charlie, Emma, Ruth) oh and Joanna Rice she's blonde too Very Happy

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