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Richard
MMcG198 posted:
Richard posted:
Interesting to see that the same evening at 8pm they are opting out of the network for "EY Entrepreneur of the Year". UTV Ireland are also taking this programme. It's running for several weeks, starting the previous week. I wonder will there be and branding issues when the two UTVs have different logos.


It may be worth making a comparison between UTV's schedule of regional programme slots versus that of ITV Wales from next weekend. From a centralised playout perspective, it makes more sense to keep two national regions in sync in that respect (less complexity and therefore, presumably, less cost to ITV). Conjecture on my part but I suspect we will see the schedules of these two ITV "regions" become more closely aligned in the coming months.

ITV Wales has a regional slot at 8pm on Mondays. There's another regional offering from ITV Wales on Monday evenings at 10.45pm - which I suspect is where UTV will put it's weekly political analysis programme (or will it just be an extended edition of UTV Live)?


I throught that someone on here said it would be then. Just noticed however that it is indeed an extended UTV Live on Monday evening (50 mins) but not branded UTV Live Tonight. Tuesday it is down to the same length as other regions.

For comparison on Monday 3rd October

ITV London:
10:30 ITV News London
10:45 The Agenda
11:20 The Jonathan Ross Show
12:25 Newzoids
12:50 Jackpot 247
3:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show
3:55 ITV Nightscreen


ITV Wales:
10:30 ITV News Cymru Wales
10:45 Sharp End
11:15 The Agenda
11:50 The Jonathan Ross Show
12:50 Jackpot 247
3:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show
3:55 ITV Nightscreen

UTV:
10:30 UTV Live
11:20 Celebrity Home Secrets
11:50 The Jonathan Ross Show
12:50 Newzoids
1:10 Teleshopping
2:40 ITV Nightscreen
3:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show
3:55 ITV Nightscreen

So don't know whether UTV will get more like ITV Wales in time. Also I have a feeling that UTV can't show Jackpot247, so maybe shared overnights with iTV Channel Television? Channel has the same schedule as London apart from ITV Nightscreen replacing Jackpot247.
BR
Brekkie
Am I right in thinking the overnight gambling shows are banned in NI too?
PE
peterrocket Founding member
They're not banned, just issues and rules over gambling in NI mean people can't enter.

Same reason why you can't play the Health Lottery in NI - but hey, that's Northern Ireland being outdated Smile
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RI
Richard
Brekkie posted:
Am I right in thinking the overnight gambling shows are banned in NI too?


As far as I know. Obviously they will appear on non-regionalised channels but it'd be pretty pointless on UTV.
FO
Footballer
Is the regional news being extended by five minutes? Just asking since the programmes after the regional news on ITV London and Wales begin at 10:45.
PE
peterh
Or will they continue the TELESHOPPING they currently do
DE
denton
Richard posted:
Looking at the Radio Times website, UTV Live Tonight appears on 29th for the last time. On 3rd October it reverts to the shorter "UTV Live". No name change for the news (not that we were probably expecting one). Interesting to see that the same evening at 8pm they are opting out of the network for "EY Entrepreneur of the Year". UTV Ireland are also taking this programme. It's running for several weeks, starting the previous week. I wonder will there be and branding issues when the two UTVs have different logos.

http://www.eoy.ie/

Just spotted a name change for the weekends too. Today we have "News: UTV Live" on the EPG... next Sunday it's "UTV News".
MM
MMcG198
Richard posted:
So don't know whether UTV will get more like ITV Wales in time. Also I have a feeling that UTV can't show Jackpot247, so maybe shared overnights with iTV Channel Television? Channel has the same schedule as London apart from ITV Nightscreen replacing Jackpot247.


Over time, I suspect the schedule of regional slots for UTV and Wales will align more. More variation brings more complexity, which in turn potentially increases the resourcing needs at the playout side. I'm sure that ITV and Ericsson will be seeking to keep the playout workflow as uncomplicated as possible.

Jackpot247 is not shown in Northern Ireland due to archaic gambling laws in place there. So, for now, Teleshopping will possibly continue in that slot for UTV viewers.
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MM
MMcG198
denton posted:
Just spotted a name change for the weekends too. Today we have "News: UTV Live" on the EPG... next Sunday it's "UTV News".


In fact, next Saturday we have 'UTV News' at 6pm on the Freeview and Sky EPGs.
ST
South Today
I wonder if this is the last week of IVC then? I don't think they ever officially confirmed if they were ditching it fully.
RI
Richard
South Today posted:
I wonder if this is the last week of IVC then? I don't think they ever officially confirmed if they were ditching it fully.

There was a Belfast Telegraph article saying they were but I don't know if there was anything official.
ST
South Today
I read that article also but I presumed it was just mere spectulation.

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