ST
I am really going to miss John Kearns promos just the excitement he puts into them and the way pronounced UTV.
ST
Interesting Halloween edition of UTV Live this evening with Julian on weather duty (more please!) and Paul Clark making a reference to the 58th Birthday since Ulster Television first started broadcasting.
MM
Can't say I share your view here. I don't hear the "excitement" myself. All his voiceovers sounded exactly the same, irrespective of programme genre.
I am really going to miss John Kearns promos just the excitement he puts into them and the way pronounced UTV.
Can't say I share your view here. I don't hear the "excitement" myself. All his voiceovers sounded exactly the same, irrespective of programme genre.
MM
I would imagine this will be the final year where an active UTV will be celebrating a birthday.
And as for Julian - my request is for "less please".
Interesting Halloween edition of UTV Live this evening with Julian on weather duty (more please!) and Paul Clark making a reference to the 58th Birthday since Ulster Television first started broadcasting.
I would imagine this will be the final year where an active UTV will be celebrating a birthday.
And as for Julian - my request is for "less please".
ST
I would imagine this will be the final year where an active UTV will be celebrating a birthday.
And as for Julian - my request is for "less please".
The majority of the good folk across the province love it so give them more!
Interesting Halloween edition of UTV Live this evening with Julian on weather duty (more please!) and Paul Clark making a reference to the 58th Birthday since Ulster Television first started broadcasting.
I would imagine this will be the final year where an active UTV will be celebrating a birthday.
And as for Julian - my request is for "less please".
The majority of the good folk across the province love it so give them more!
MM
And the evidence supporting this statement is...?
The majority of the good folk across the province love it so give them more!
And the evidence supporting this statement is...?
JA
I would imagine this will be the final year where an active UTV will be celebrating a birthday.
Not so sure about that. The UTV branding will probably survive until ITV itself changes it's ident package. Which could be a few years away. And this birthday reference was on the local news.
Interesting Halloween edition of UTV Live this evening with Julian on weather duty (more please!) and Paul Clark making a reference to the 58th Birthday since Ulster Television first started broadcasting.
I would imagine this will be the final year where an active UTV will be celebrating a birthday.
MM
I would imagine this will be the final year where an active UTV will be celebrating a birthday.
Not so sure about that. The UTV branding will probably survive until ITV itself changes it's ident package. Which could be a few years away. And this birthday reference was on the local news.
Why does it need to change the ident package in order to drop the UTV brand? UTV currently looks so much like ITV, very few people will notice (or care) when the UTV logo is replaced with an ITV logo. And I would suggest that's very much all part of the plan. The phasing in of network voices on trails is undoubtedly part of the transition to ITV branding. I'd be very surprised if there's a UTV logo on their new building. I fully expect Julian and Gillian to be replaced by network announcers by the time the Northern Ireland operation moves into its new HQ.
Interesting Halloween edition of UTV Live this evening with Julian on weather duty (more please!) and Paul Clark making a reference to the 58th Birthday since Ulster Television first started broadcasting.
I would imagine this will be the final year where an active UTV will be celebrating a birthday.
Why does it need to change the ident package in order to drop the UTV brand? UTV currently looks so much like ITV, very few people will notice (or care) when the UTV logo is replaced with an ITV logo. And I would suggest that's very much all part of the plan. The phasing in of network voices on trails is undoubtedly part of the transition to ITV branding. I'd be very surprised if there's a UTV logo on their new building. I fully expect Julian and Gillian to be replaced by network announcers by the time the Northern Ireland operation moves into its new HQ.
LS
Lou Scannon
UTV currently looks so much like ITV, very few people will notice (or care) when the UTV logo is replaced with an ITV logo. And I would suggest that's very much all part of the plan. The phasing in of network voices on trails is undoubtedly part of the transition to ITV branding. I'd be very surprised if there's a UTV logo on their new building. I fully expect Julian and Gillian to be replaced by network announcers by the time the Northern Ireland operation moves into its new HQ.
Totally agree with this.
My assumption has always been that the new building will have e.g. "ITV Northern Ireland" signage from the outset, and that the station name (plus regional news name, UTV Life, etc etc) will change accordingly coinciding with the move.
I of course don't claim to *know* any of that for a fact, and am prepared to be proved wrong. But I will be massively surprised if that isn't what happens.
MR
mr_vivian
I would imagine this will be the final year where an active UTV will be celebrating a birthday.
Why does it need to change the ident package in order to drop the UTV brand? UTV currently looks so much like ITV, very few people will notice (or care) when the UTV logo is replaced with an ITV logo. And I would suggest that's very much all part of the plan. The phasing in of network voices on trails is undoubtedly part of the transition to ITV branding. I'd be very surprised if there's a UTV logo on their new building. I fully expect Julian and Gillian to be replaced by network announcers by the time the Northern Ireland operation moves into its new HQ.
Yes - it's not really UTV anymore. The change to itv will happen when the building moves (at a guess). With voiceovers coming from London now it's just a matter of time.
The only reason utv hasn't gone is due to ofcom forcing them to provide some local output (UTV Life, View From Stormount, Rare Breed and Lesser Spotted Journeys)
VM
I would imagine this will be the final year where an active UTV will be celebrating a birthday.
Not so sure about that. The UTV branding will probably survive until ITV itself changes it's ident package. Which could be a few years away. And this birthday reference was on the local news.
Why does it need to change the ident package in order to drop the UTV brand? UTV currently looks so much like ITV, very few people will notice (or care) when the UTV logo is replaced with an ITV logo.
Because that's exactly what they've done previously, with Channel Television and the dropping of ITV Wales' on-screen branding. They don't usually bother ditching it mid-branding, they wait until the next big change.
I would imagine this will be the final year where an active UTV will be celebrating a birthday.
Why does it need to change the ident package in order to drop the UTV brand? UTV currently looks so much like ITV, very few people will notice (or care) when the UTV logo is replaced with an ITV logo.
Because that's exactly what they've done previously, with Channel Television and the dropping of ITV Wales' on-screen branding. They don't usually bother ditching it mid-branding, they wait until the next big change.