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WH
Whataday Founding member
I still think a merger between TV3 and UTV Ireland is the most likely outcome. Let's not forget that TV3's owner also owns 10% of ITV Plc.
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LS
Lou Scannon
But then again, in Ireland, ITV have one channel, in the UK ITV have 6. If for rights reasons you can't show something from ITV(1) show something from one of the other 5 channels.


Surely they only have five UK channels (ITV(1), ITV2, ITV3, ITV4 and CITV), unless I'm suffering from early onset dementia or something?

That aside, good suggestion. Smile

When ITV(1) shows live sport that can only legally be broadcast in the UK, what does UTV Ireland show? Putting a film on would seem sensible, rather than having to find several 30-minute programmes (or whatever) to match the sport coverage's total duration.
GM
GMc
But then again, in Ireland, ITV have one channel, in the UK ITV have 6. If for rights reasons you can't show something from ITV(1) show something from one of the other 5 channels.


Surely they only have five UK channels (ITV(1), ITV2, ITV3, ITV4 and CITV), unless I'm suffering from early onset dementia or something?


ITV Be...
LS
Lou Scannon
Oh yeah.

And I've just remembered ITV Encore too, so it's actually seven! Embarassed

Proving that those channels simply don't register on my radar.
ST
steddenm
Don't forget there is the international channel ITV Choice (admittedly not available in the UK) and their web channel Signed Stories.

So that's...
ITV (plus the +1 and HD variants)
ITV2 (plus +1/HD)
ITV3 (plus +1/HD)
ITV4 (plus +1/HD)
ITVBe (plus +1/HD)
ITV Encore (plus +1/HD
CITV
ITV Choice
ITV Signed Stories
UTV (plus +1/HD)
UTV Ireland
LS
Lou Scannon
and their web channel Signed Stories.


Shocked

Your post is the first time I've ever even heard of that at all (irrespective of it being an ITV thing or not). Clearly, it's a well publicised service...
RD
rdd Founding member
But then again, in Ireland, ITV have one channel, in the UK ITV have 6. If for rights reasons you can't show something from ITV(1) show something from one of the other 5 channels.


Surely they only have five UK channels (ITV(1), ITV2, ITV3, ITV4 and CITV), unless I'm suffering from early onset dementia or something?

That aside, good suggestion. Smile

When ITV(1) shows live sport that can only legally be broadcast in the UK, what does UTV Ireland show? Putting a film on would seem sensible, rather than having to find several 30-minute programmes (or whatever) to match the sport coverage's total duration.


Repeats of ITV programmes, or in some cases ITV Studios stuff that is on other channels in the UK (the Graham Norton Show is probably the biggest example of this). They are very bad on the film rights stakes, in that they air very few films, almost always on holidays and they tend to be old. Their preference is to repeat ITV stuff instead.

Tonight's a good example of where they are running quite a bit of variations:

UTV
18:30 You've Been Framed
19:00 Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
20:30 Take Me Out
22:00 Jonathan Ross
23:00 ITN
23:20 Film: Never Say Never Again

UTV Ireland
18:00 Beowulf: Return to the Shadowlands (repeat - originally aired live network)
19:00 Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (Live Network)
20:30 Countrywise (ITV archive)
21:00 The Cube Olympic Gold Medalists Special (ITV archive)
22:00 Jonathan Ross (Live Network)
23:00 The Brits (Repeat - originally aired live network)
CO
Colorband
and their web channel Signed Stories.


Shocked

Your post is the first time I've ever even heard of that at all (irrespective of it being an ITV thing or not). Clearly, it's a well publicised service...

Well, that's because it's not a channel, but rather a series of programmes about ASL (American Sign Language, apparently the world standard. No one told me this, and I live there!) for kids.
FA
fanoftv
rdd posted:
But then again, in Ireland, ITV have one channel, in the UK ITV have 6. If for rights reasons you can't show something from ITV(1) show something from one of the other 5 channels.


Surely they only have five UK channels (ITV(1), ITV2, ITV3, ITV4 and CITV), unless I'm suffering from early onset dementia or something?

That aside, good suggestion. Smile

When ITV(1) shows live sport that can only legally be broadcast in the UK, what does UTV Ireland show? Putting a film on would seem sensible, rather than having to find several 30-minute programmes (or whatever) to match the sport coverage's total duration.


Repeats of ITV programmes, or in some cases ITV Studios stuff that is on other channels in the UK (the Graham Norton Show is probably the biggest example of this). They are very bad on the film rights stakes, in that they air very few films, almost always on holidays and they tend to be old. Their preference is to repeat ITV stuff instead.

Tonight's a good example of where they are running quite a bit of variations:

UTV
18:30 You've Been Framed
19:00 Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
20:30 Take Me Out
22:00 Jonathan Ross
23:00 ITN
23:20 Film: Never Say Never Again

UTV Ireland
18:00 Beowulf: Return to the Shadowlands (repeat - originally aired live network)
19:00 Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (Live Network)
20:30 Countrywise (ITV archive)
21:00 The Cube Olympic Gold Medalists Special (ITV archive)
22:00 Jonathan Ross (Live Network)
23:00 The Brits (Repeat - originally aired live network)


What an odd choice of archive in Countrywise that in my eyes would disrupt the Saturday night feel of programmes. Can they not air you've been framed due to original ownership of the clips, etc.?
RD
rdd Founding member
It's an ITV Studios programme, so that's an interesting question. It may be because it appears to be actually a licensed format and ITV may only have a licence for the UK.
GO
gottago
rdd posted:
It's an ITV Studios programme, so that's an interesting question. It may be because it appears to be actually a licensed format and ITV may only have a licence for the UK.

I don't think it's a licensed format although it is identical to many others across the world. They do buy a lot of their clips in from other countries' shows so it might be that they only have those licensed for the UK.
AL
alexhduk
Not too sure if this was linked but UTV changed their CSO GMB bulletin studio look from the first day the ITV deal went through and appear to have keyed in the monitor. Below are comparison pics with the bottom being the latest.

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