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ITN News at ten
leicslad46
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Blimey i am in shock tonight the news at ten actually started bang on time. Is this a sign of things to come at ITV. Probably not but hey it is good that at least tonight it started on time. Dont know about the other nights of this week when it will be probably be around 2205 when it starts
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It has started at 10 on the dot on the nights on the nights on which it has followed a two-hour drama, i.e. Lewis, Midsomer Murders.
ITN produce it FOR ITV.
Its like saying 'I was watching Endemol earlier (Instead of Big Brother) and this gal got evicted'
That's probably an age thing. It was always called ITN news for many, many years!
Probably depends how successfully people have been brainwashed by the ITV bosses, many of us still use the old ITV programme company names and call the news ITN and not the universal 'ITV' branding.
Imagine if you live in South some people going Southern, some tvs, some Meridian, some itv, some itv1.
There is no sponsorship of TV news programmes in the UK.The producers of News at Ten would not know what ads were appearing and they have no contact with the advertisers. I am sure if there was a story critical of Barclays it would be reported on NAT.
News should be ad and sponsorship free but how long will be before we have the Barclays News at Ten. On the subject of sponsorship of programming i believe that its wrong Imho
I think the only sponsorship News At When should have is from a bus company or train company, as they always come late.
Now talking about the thread title, it's never been called ITN News At Ten anyway, it was always just News At Ten, so it's not an age thing at all...
You are reading way too much into the timing of the Barclays ads.
If the programme was sponsored by Barclays it would say "Sponsored by Barclays".
ITN has no control over what ads ITV decides to broadcast during ITN-produced programmes. Actually, I saw one of the Barclays ads on a Saturday afternoon on Channel 4 (I happened to see it because my mother was watching Come Dine With Me).
Big Brother is an entertainment programme. News at Ten is a news programme.
ITN is still mentioned occasionally by newscasters and reporters on ITV News programmes.
Sigh, not this again. Why are you obsessed with the news at 10 starting exactly at 10? Does it really matter? Most programmes don't start on time...
Reading your posts I think you still live in 1986
Just my opinion
As someone who works in Broadcasting, I suggest you listen to me so we can put this issue to rest.
1. The reason they put ad breaks in before the end is because if they don't, people won't watch the adverts and will just turn over. If they put ads before the end, it means people will stick around to watch the final part.
2. The reason most shows are a few minutes late starting is because they want people to see the adverts. People will turn over at 2200 and end up watching 2 minutes of adverts, whereas if the programme started dead on, those viewers would avoid an extra set of adverts.
3. Most people don't really use schedules anymore - they watch whatever they want, when they want - I know I do.
I'm pretty sure you live in the 80s, because all you ever do is complain and wish that things were like "the good old days" - aka Nostalgia. I bet the summers were warmer as well, weren't they?
And you could leave your front door open
And't' postman always came before dinner!
Leicslad46 would fit in well with the Four Yorkshiremen!
hey, nowt wrong with us Yorkshiremen. Its these East Midlanders you need to worry about.
Hahaha, I have Yorkshire blood in me (Huddersfield)!
Good man. That's two things we have in common. Both work in broadcasting and both from Yorkshire ( ish in your case ). We will have to be careful. We will get banned for talking sense
Oi..... Not all us lot are bad un's ya no!