UM
I know utv are looking for a wheather presenter, but I also saw on the itv jobs website utv are also looking for a content editor in Belfast.
MM
A lot of NI natives seem to think it's "Stormount".
Not again, did he just say "View from Stor
mint
"? .
A lot of NI natives seem to think it's "Stormount".
BR
Did he used to work for Channel 4 introducing The Simpsons?
Not again, did he just say "View from Stor
mint
"? .
Did he used to work for Channel 4 introducing The Simpsons?
CO
"Newstime"?!
What an excruciatingly twee sounding "word" (i.e. two actual proper words, inexplicably welded together). It sounds far too "cosy" and/or babyish for even a children's news service (like CBBC's Newsround), let alone for a grown-up news service.
I have always felt the same about ITV Border's longstanding "Lookaround" brand too.
I presume that when BBC Inside Ulster was renamed as BBC Newsline in the early 1990s, it was basically a rip-off of Newstime (just changing the final two consonants)? I also presume that Ulter Television's news service had already ditched the Newstime name some while prior to BBC NI renaming its as Newsline?
Newsline also sounds weird. It sounds like the name of a telephone number (e.g. "if you have a news story that think would interest us, call our Newsline on 0845..."), rather than the actual broadcast bulletins themselves. As a programme name, the "line" bit is random and meaningless. It might as well be "Newspineapple", "Newskettle", or "Newsunderpants" for all the sense that it makes.
How any broadcast news service ever chose an uber-twee name like "Newstime" or "Lookaround" in the first place is a total mystery. Bizarre.
That’s not to say there wasn’t “Ulster
Newstime
” or such, just that “Ulster” would never have been used without a noun attached.
"Newstime"?!
What an excruciatingly twee sounding "word" (i.e. two actual proper words, inexplicably welded together). It sounds far too "cosy" and/or babyish for even a children's news service (like CBBC's Newsround), let alone for a grown-up news service.
I have always felt the same about ITV Border's longstanding "Lookaround" brand too.
I presume that when BBC Inside Ulster was renamed as BBC Newsline in the early 1990s, it was basically a rip-off of Newstime (just changing the final two consonants)? I also presume that Ulter Television's news service had already ditched the Newstime name some while prior to BBC NI renaming its as Newsline?
Newsline also sounds weird. It sounds like the name of a telephone number (e.g. "if you have a news story that think would interest us, call our Newsline on 0845..."), rather than the actual broadcast bulletins themselves. As a programme name, the "line" bit is random and meaningless. It might as well be "Newspineapple", "Newskettle", or "Newsunderpants" for all the sense that it makes.
How any broadcast news service ever chose an uber-twee name like "Newstime" or "Lookaround" in the first place is a total mystery. Bizarre.
CO
I think that Granada is the only ITV plc region to have bothered refreshing the images in the current titles since they debuted in 2013, so don't hold your breath!
Granada added the Mersey Gateway bridge to their titles a while after it opened. Not sure if they added any other new images, nor which previous images were dropped or reshuffled.
If/when any full renaming of UTV Live may happen, a simple tweak of the final bit of the titles to reflect the name change will probably be as much effort as will be made.
The antepenultimate image in the West Country (East) titles is a toddler beside the water feature thingumies in Bristol's Millennium Square. He must be in about Year 11 at school by now! Or about 35, with kids of his own...
IF UTV Live was rebranded to something like ITV News NI. would they just change the name or add new sceneries?
I think that Granada is the only ITV plc region to have bothered refreshing the images in the current titles since they debuted in 2013, so don't hold your breath!
Granada added the Mersey Gateway bridge to their titles a while after it opened. Not sure if they added any other new images, nor which previous images were dropped or reshuffled.
If/when any full renaming of UTV Live may happen, a simple tweak of the final bit of the titles to reflect the name change will probably be as much effort as will be made.
The antepenultimate image in the West Country (East) titles is a toddler beside the water feature thingumies in Bristol's Millennium Square. He must be in about Year 11 at school by now! Or about 35, with kids of his own...
RD
"Newstime"?!
What an excruciatingly twee sounding "word" (i.e. two actual proper words, inexplicably welded together). It sounds far too "cosy" and/or babyish for even a children's news service (like CBBC's Newsround), let alone for a grown-up news service.
I have always felt the same about ITV Border's longstanding "Lookaround" brand too.
I presume that when BBC Inside Ulster was renamed as BBC Newsline in the early 1990s, it was basically a rip-off of Newstime (just changing the final two consonants)? I also presume that Ulter Television's news service had already ditched the Newstime name some while prior to BBC NI renaming its as Newsline?
Newsline also sounds weird. It sounds like the name of a telephone number (e.g. "if you have a news story that think would interest us, call our Newsline on 0845..."), rather than the actual broadcast bulletins themselves. As a programme name, the "line" bit is random and meaningless. It might as well be "Newspineapple", "Newskettle", or "Newsunderpants" for all the sense that it makes.
How any broadcast news service ever chose an uber-twee name like "Newstime" or "Lookaround" in the first place is a total mystery. Bizarre.
“Ulster Newstime” was only used for short bulletins. The main news went through a few different names but in 1992 was “Six Tonight”. In January 1993 all bulletins were renamed “UTV Live”, and in June 1993 the station itself was renamed UTV.
rdd
Founding member
That’s not to say there wasn’t “Ulster
Newstime
” or such, just that “Ulster” would never have been used without a noun attached.
"Newstime"?!
What an excruciatingly twee sounding "word" (i.e. two actual proper words, inexplicably welded together). It sounds far too "cosy" and/or babyish for even a children's news service (like CBBC's Newsround), let alone for a grown-up news service.
I have always felt the same about ITV Border's longstanding "Lookaround" brand too.
I presume that when BBC Inside Ulster was renamed as BBC Newsline in the early 1990s, it was basically a rip-off of Newstime (just changing the final two consonants)? I also presume that Ulter Television's news service had already ditched the Newstime name some while prior to BBC NI renaming its as Newsline?
Newsline also sounds weird. It sounds like the name of a telephone number (e.g. "if you have a news story that think would interest us, call our Newsline on 0845..."), rather than the actual broadcast bulletins themselves. As a programme name, the "line" bit is random and meaningless. It might as well be "Newspineapple", "Newskettle", or "Newsunderpants" for all the sense that it makes.
How any broadcast news service ever chose an uber-twee name like "Newstime" or "Lookaround" in the first place is a total mystery. Bizarre.
“Ulster Newstime” was only used for short bulletins. The main news went through a few different names but in 1992 was “Six Tonight”. In January 1993 all bulletins were renamed “UTV Live”, and in June 1993 the station itself was renamed UTV.