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UTV rebrand

New look to bring it in line with ITV (October 2016)

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RD
RDJ
Interesting that there’s a UTV News logo rather than UTV Live logo in this photograph that Mark McFadden tweeted yesterday.


Isn't it just the main 6pm programme branded as UTV Live? Therefore UTV News would the the brand as a whole.
RD
rdd Founding member
I must admit to not having watched UTV Live in a very good while, and hardly at all it’s current incarnation. But it certainly used to be the case that every bulletin was branded “UTV Live” (the six o’clock one being “UTV Live at Six” at one point).
SC
SCBNI
RDJ posted:
Interesting that there’s a UTV News logo rather than UTV Live logo in this photograph that Mark McFadden tweeted yesterday.


Isn't it just the main 6pm programme branded as UTV Live? Therefore UTV News would the the brand as a whole.


In previous years it was only the main programme that was called UTV Live, with the others being called UTV News, but all programmes have been called UTV Live for the last few years now.
PF
PFML84
I must admit, I don't think I have ever heard the words "UTV News" said on TV before, it has always in my memory, going back to the early 90's, been called and referred to on air as "UTV Live".
TL
toby lerone 2016
There was a short period around 10 years ago when only the 6pm bullitin was called UTV Live and everything else was UTV News however this didn`t last long and everything was back to UTV Live after the 2009 rebrand. As you say since 1993 everything was UTV Live. Heres an example below.
AN
Andrew Founding member
What a ‘busy’ bit of music mixed with a very basic set of opening tiles there.
PF
PFML84
UTV did love their lens flares and Century Gothic font. They were everywhere.
DB
dbl
It did scream amateur-ish, good riddances.
RI
Richard
You may be interested to know that “Wireless Group Limited”, formerly “UTV Media plc” made this filing at companies house:

Quote:
Registered office address changed from Ormeau Road Belfast Co Antrim BT7 1EB to City Quays 2 2 Clarendon Road Belfast BT1 3YD on 1 March 2018


So has U105 moved, is it just the offices, or is it not even that?

Obviously nothing to do with ITV/UTV but interesting anyway.
RI
Richard
UTV did love their lens flares and Century Gothic font. They were everywhere.


In addition to that Paul Clarke clip, here is an extremely rare clip of Julian Simmons reading the news in this era:

RA
rayhen114
Last news broadcast from U105 today from Havelock House.



JK
JKDerry
Havelock House will be missed, nostalgia will take over. Yes it was not the biggest television centre, their largest studio was only 2,500 Sq Ft, but it had warmth in times of deep dark days for people in Northern Ireland. The Kelly Show on a Friday night at 10.40pm live would brighten up a usually dark bleak Friday, especially when they got UK or US celebs to actually come to Belfast. UTV had warmth and actually felt like they cared about their region. Shame that as now they are part of the ITV mix, all that has gone, never to return, especially with the closure of Havelock House very soon.

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