The ITV Thread

Crazy?- totally disagree. The more Utv Ireland resembles Utv (Northern Ireland) the better.

I would like all news and current affairs back including local news if they so wish.

ITV2 - Euro 2016: England V Slovakia June 20th - showing on Virgin Media at the moment. I wonder will it be blocked?

Delta2113 wrote: »

Crazy?- totally disagree. The more Utv Ireland resembles Utv (Northern Ireland) the better.

I would like all news and current affairs back including local news if they so wish.

Worth nothing that although the Sky EPG still lists it, I have seen a couple of other sources that have an episode of Jeremy Kyle (presumably a repeat) scheduled.

SPDUB

icdg wrote: »

Worth nothing that although the Sky EPG still lists it, I have seen a couple of other sources that have an episode of Jeremy Kyle (presumably a repeat) scheduled.

The Saorview EPG lists it as well

Gonzo

UTV Ireland website lists jeremy for Friday morning and no Brexit News Special.

RTE News used a short clip from Peston on Sunday on it's news this evening courtesy of Itv - pity Utv Ireland wouldn't show the entire show every week courtesy of Itv.

lertsnim

Delta2113 wrote: »

RTE News used a short clip from Peston on Sunday on it's news this evening courtesy of Itv - pity Utv Ireland wouldn't show the entire show every week courtesy of Itv.

Why would they air a weekly show about UK politics?

How did the mistake with regard to the listing for this Friday morning on UTV Ireland take place, i.e. the ITV News referendum special?

Delta2113 wrote: »

RTE News used a short clip from Peston on Sunday on it's news this evening courtesy of Itv - pity Utv Ireland wouldn't show the entire show every week courtesy of Itv.

You can watch some interviews from Peston on Sunday here.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwYOW2tHcjRBTw6PLbsNSYA/videos

lertsnim wrote: »

Why would they air a weekly show about UK politics?

Yeah its a bit strange considering its only a new political programme that never aired on UTV/ITV previously. However since UTV Ireland has little in terms of programming I doubt such a show would dent their audience, it won't increase their audience but it certainly won't decrease it either.

UTV Ireland has plenty of late night space for ITV News and ITV2 which they should use. They should start to promote other ITV channels also, their seems to be an issue advertising "pay TV" on a Free network.

Of course RTE could air Preston on RTE News Now along with other European news programmes.

How did the mistake with regard to the listing for this Friday morning on UTV Ireland take place, i.e. the ITV News referendum special?

I am surprised that someone in the UTV Ireland newsroom hasn't insisted on the ITV ref debates.

political analyst wrote: »

How did the mistake with regard to the listing for this Friday morning on UTV Ireland take place, i.e. the ITV News referendum special?

It has happened a couple of times now. I suspect that whoever prepares the schedules starts with the ITV Network schedule as a base. Just speculation on my part given that it appears to be a recurring thing.

It is still listed in the Sky EPG, incidentally, so if it is a mistake they are taking their time correcting it, but every other source I've checked says Jeremy Kyle. As I say I didn't think they had access to ITN programming so I was surprised when it appeared.

lertsnim wrote: »

Why would they air a weekly show about UK politics?

- Why not? i suppose you would like CNN to remove Wolf etc?

- I suppose CNBC should stop showing NBC Nightly News.

The more choice we have the better.

Delta2113 wrote: »

- Why not? i suppose you would like CNN to remove Wolf etc?

The difference is that CNN International covers world news from an American perspective just like BBC World News covers it from a British perspective and France 24 covers it from a French perspective.

Delta2113 wrote: »

- I suppose CNBC should stop showing NBC Nightly News.

The more choice we have the better.

CNBC Europe covers business news from a European perspective and blacks out parts of or entire editions of NBC Nightly News because of rights issues.
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1634763

An Ciarraioch

Delta2113 wrote: »

ITV2 - Euro 2016: England V Slovakia June 20th - showing on Virgin Media at the moment. I wonder will it be blocked?

It's on TV3HD anyway.

Harry Palmr

An Ciarraioch wrote: »

It's on TV3HD anyway.

TV3 HD? Tell saorview!

Harry Palmr wrote: »

TV3 HD? Tell saorview!

Saorview? Tell TV3HD!

To be fair to the OP, if he's wondering about whether or not the game will be blocked on Virgin Media, he's not likely to have to worry about whether or not TV3 is HD or not on Saorview.

icdg wrote: »

To be fair to the OP, if he's wondering about whether or not the game will be blocked on Virgin Media, he's not likely to have to worry about whether or not TV3 is HD or not on Saorview.

True but does Virgin Media provide a HD version of ITV2? I don't see why it should be blocked, did they block any of the BBC coverage?

It doesn't.

No, but they block all sports on ITV4. All of it.

Firstly all sport is not blocked on ITV4 e.g. New Zealand Darts on Virgin Media.

Tonight they have blocked ITV4 showing Wales game but they have not blocked ITV2.

I reckon they should be blocking ITV2 -maybe TV3 will ring them now.

lertsnim

Delta2113 wrote: »

- Why not? i suppose you would like CNN to remove Wolf etc?

- I suppose CNBC should stop showing NBC Nightly News.

The more choice we have the better.

I'd rather if they did their own programme on Irish politics.

What has CNN or CNBC got to do with anything? They are international news channels. UTV Ireland is there for an Irish audience.

I don't understand this fixation with Utv Ireland must only cover Irish stuff and how dare they show ITN News for example.

We have enough Irish politics with RTE and TV3 -what we want -well what I want is Utv -the NI Utv as far as possible.

I want CNN America -not a european version - I want MSNBC - Fox News not that I'd watch it -alternative viewing -sorry here for going off topic but trying to make a point.

Delta2113 wrote: »

I don't understand this fixation with Utv Ireland must only cover Irish stuff and how dare they show ITN News for example.

We have enough Irish politics with RTE and TV3 -what we want -well what I want is Utv -the NI Utv as far as possible.

I want CNN America -not a european version - I want MSNBC - Fox News not that I'd watch it -alternative viewing -sorry here for going off topic but trying to make a point.

The lose of ITV is only really felt by a minority. UTV had just 3% share of the audience in 2014, it has increased this to 6%. As I have said the introduction of English political shows probably wouldn't hurt or help UTV Ireland.

IMO UTV Ireland should use ITV international News reports on Ireland Live.

Preston I am not so sure about as it is only a new political show that those who did watch UTV never had so really couldn't miss. but again UTV could place these show on late night or even on the UTV Player as an extra.

Elmo wrote: »

The lose of ITV is only really felt by a minority. UTV had just 3% share of the audience in 2014, it has increased this to 6%. As I have said the introduction of English political shows probably wouldn't hurt or help UTV Ireland.

What were the reasons for the drop in UTV's share of the audience before UTV Ireland started?

iseegirls

political analyst wrote: »

What were the reasons for the drop in UTV's share of the audience before UTV Ireland started?

Probably more to do with TV3 also showing almost all of its most popular programmes at the same time.

iseegirls wrote: »

Probably more to do with TV3 also showing almost all of its most popular programmes at the same time.

RTÉ, when it had the rights, showed Coronation Street at the same time as UTV but UTV still did well in the ratings in the Republic before TV3 came along. So why did TV3 make a difference?

political analyst wrote: »

What were the reasons for the drop in UTV's share of the audience before UTV Ireland started?

Lack of availability (not on sky), drop in popularity of soaps, more choice and more and more Irish people viewed it as an extra channel rather than a mainstream channel.

political analyst wrote: »

RTÉ, when it had the rights, showed Coronation Street at the same time as UTV but UTV still did well in the ratings in the Republic before TV3 came along. So why did TV3 make a difference?

TV3 made little difference to UTV early on even up to 2004, both had 10% share