Sorry to continue the off topic chat but I think the rumour that YTV has links with H&A came about because one of the earliest YouTube uploads was of a broadcast on YTV which had “a Yorkshire Television presentation” caption at the end, seen only by viewers of YTV. Someone put 2 and 2 together and got 5, but the rumour stuck around.
No, I'm sure I read this at the time - I remember the short-lived TV magazine The Box doing a piece on how they edited it, and I think it mentioned YTV in that.
Home and Away is actually filmed and produced in Scarborough. Clever camera angles and lighting help it appear to be in New South Wales but if you look closely enough there are a few tell-tale giveaways.