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Are you referring here to the two relaunched to Granada Tonight in 1998 where the second had the old ITV Logo in the background?
The second change was because they moved all operations back to Manchester rather than just the main programme.
I wasn’t aware of a new logo for Granada being planned. Was that for 1998 or 1999?
1999. It used to be on a designer's website along with Yorkshire's 1999 look, but it disappeared years ago.
And Granada Reports, I mean this:
http://www.tvlive.website/media/itvregionalnews/granada/2003/6.JPG
Debuted 15 September 2003, last used 1 February 2004. So it lasted less than five months.
Thanks for clarifying that.
To be honest the generic itv look from February 2004 was not thought out properly. Like you say regions had just adapted a new look but they used the sane studios a d just altered them for the 2004 generic look.
What ITV should have done was spent money and made sure each region had the new 2004 window style sets so it could all be done on the sane day.
That way it would feel like a complete new look.
In 2013 Granada Reports moved to media city two months after the generic itv relaunch. Why didn’t they move on the sane day that way a complete new look?
ah, as well as the North West Tonight example that was posted, there was also three ITV News regions whose packages lasted less than a year - Calendar, Anglia News, and Granada Reports. Clearly Granada somehow didn't know about it until it was too late, and it wasn't the first time they'd been caught short like that...
There's also the 1999 YTV idents, relegated to local use, and the 2000 Tyne Tees logo, which must've already been in production at the time and also got relegated to local use (they didn't even update the generic hearts idents, even when the ITV1 change came in). Granada was also supposed to get a new logo but theirs was abandoned.
1988 Tyne Tees, flowing rivers, is another example. Lasted just under a year, replaced by the 1989 generic look.
And I think Thames's 1991 ident was probably made for launch in 1992. They launched it almost immediately when they found out they'd lost their franchise. It definitely would've lasted a few more years (at least as long as that logo was on the endcap) if they hadn't lost out to Carlton.
There's also the 1999 YTV idents, relegated to local use, and the 2000 Tyne Tees logo, which must've already been in production at the time and also got relegated to local use (they didn't even update the generic hearts idents, even when the ITV1 change came in). Granada was also supposed to get a new logo but theirs was abandoned.
1988 Tyne Tees, flowing rivers, is another example. Lasted just under a year, replaced by the 1989 generic look.
And I think Thames's 1991 ident was probably made for launch in 1992. They launched it almost immediately when they found out they'd lost their franchise. It definitely would've lasted a few more years (at least as long as that logo was on the endcap) if they hadn't lost out to Carlton.
Are you referring here to the two relaunched to Granada Tonight in 1998 where the second had the old ITV Logo in the background?
The second change was because they moved all operations back to Manchester rather than just the main programme.
I wasn’t aware of a new logo for Granada being planned. Was that for 1998 or 1999?
And Granada Reports, I mean this:
http://www.tvlive.website/media/itvregionalnews/granada/2003/6.JPG
Debuted 15 September 2003, last used 1 February 2004. So it lasted less than five months.
Thanks for clarifying that.
To be honest the generic itv look from February 2004 was not thought out properly. Like you say regions had just adapted a new look but they used the sane studios a d just altered them for the 2004 generic look.
What ITV should have done was spent money and made sure each region had the new 2004 window style sets so it could all be done on the sane day.
That way it would feel like a complete new look.
In 2013 Granada Reports moved to media city two months after the generic itv relaunch. Why didn’t they move on the sane day that way a complete new look?