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ITV News Channel closes Friday

  • 19-12-2005 1:40pm
    #1
    steviem
    Closed Accounts Posts: 190 ✭✭


    From MediaGuardin.co.uk

    ITV News Channel to close before Christmas

    Jason Deans, broadcasting editor
    Monday December 19, 2005

    The ITV News Channel is to cease broadcasting on Friday, more than a month earlier than expected.

    ITV said it had brought forward the closure date for the rolling news service to December 23, following talks with ITV News Channel staff and suppliers.

    The broadcaster originally said it planned to shut down the service by the end of January, when it announced last week it was pulling the plug on the ITV News Channel.

    "Staff and management of the channel have agreed that we could not expect the News Channel's dedicated staff to work their usual long hours and shift patterns over Christmas at a time when the channel's closure is imminent," said the ITV news and regions chief executive, Clive Jones.

    "Following ITV's announcement last week of a £2m investment in other areas of ITV's news service we will be looking at the opportunities created by the expansion of our newsgathering operation to redeploy as many staff as possible in the new year."

    Up to 70 jobs may be lost with the closure of the channel.


Comments

  • #2
    Dummy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 984 ✭✭✭Dummy


    What a pity. I switched to watching ITN from Sky as I have never liked the new Sky News format and found it lacking in informative news.

    Pity.


  • #3
    lawhec
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,757 ✭✭✭lawhec


    Never really watched ITV News myself, always found it bland up against Sky News, BBC News 24 and even Euronews. Still, it's not going to be a great Christmas for those laid off.


  • #4
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    They may only get rid of faces that don't fit...


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