The ITV Thread

lertsnim · 30-12-2014 03:21PM

channelsurfer2 wrote: »

a strange schedule change? surely if they have the rights to it they should show it at the same time as the ITV network.

The Chase is another example of a show having a different time slot so I think it's something they will be doing a bit.

icdg · 30-12-2014 03:35PM

The marketing campaign is in full swing now on billboards and buses in central Dublin (and elsewhere, I should imagine!)

30-12-2014 04:46PM

iseegirls wrote: »

It's on the channel on the Thursday 8th January at 9pm.

What series are they going to show?

iseegirls · 30-12-2014 05:58PM

zorro2566 wrote: »

What series are they going to show?

It doesn't state on Digiguide regarding episode or series. The same for Doc Martin.

Nothing regarding the schedule on their own site, entertainment.ie has UTV NI schedule for the next 7 days, and tvguide.co.uk has nothing for UTVi.

ciarandee1 · 30-12-2014 06:16PM

why don't you try locatetv that's what i use gives full utv ireland schedule for next week

iseegirls · 30-12-2014 07:45PM

ciarandee1 wrote: »

why don't you try locatetv that's what i use gives full utv ireland schedule for next week

I can only select Fri 2nd and Fri 9th through locatetv.
http://www.locatetv.com/uk/listings/utv-ireland-hd#02-Jan-2015

Gonzo · 30-12-2014 08:12PM

The first 5 days are available to view through the Sky guide. It seems very similar to UTV NI with the exception of no Good Morning Britain, UTV Live, ITN News, ITV Nightscreen, sporting events and a different selection of movies.

X Factor will still be on TV3 till 2016, so possibly they may lose that once the contract is up.

On the other hand, TV3 have replaced Emmerdale and Coronation Street with regular doses of 'Nothing to Declare', 'The Lie' and ''Renovation Nation'.

Jimmy Bottles · 30-12-2014 10:06PM

This is an absolute disaster losing UTV on UPC. That's essentially all Sports on ITV lost. UPC subscribers are gonna go crazy when they find out what's going on.

And yet, bizarrely we will still keep ITV 2, 3 and 4.

Kermit.de.frog · 30-12-2014 10:12PM

Technically are we suppose to be able to view sport on UTV in the north anyway?

It's a spill over. Can't say ITV would be all too happy with that.

Mint Sauce · 30-12-2014 10:15PM

Definetly not on Freesat/FTA then? Re scanned my box today, and after a quick search found nothing.

Jimmy Bottles · 30-12-2014 10:20PM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Technically are we suppose to be able to view sport on UTV in the north anyway?

It's a spill over. Can't say ITV would be all too happy with that.

Probably not. But just wait for the barrage of abuse UPC will get when people will try to watch Champions League, Rugby World Cup, England qualifiers and FA Cup matches.

In the first two cases we'll be forced to put up with TV3s awful coverage. In the second two, we will completely lose out on coverage. All ITV ITN programming lost too. Awful.

And what are we gaining ?. Pat bloody Kenny. Jesus.

Kermit.de.frog · 30-12-2014 10:29PM

Setanta cover some of those games though.

On the latter point do you really expect a "national" station to be carrying national news from London (ITN)?

I have UPC and we won't be missing much tbh. Champions league is covered on the Irish channels anyway.

icdg · 30-12-2014 10:30PM

Jimmy Bottles wrote: »

Probably not. But just wait for the barrage of abuse UPC will get when people will try to watch Champions League, Rugby World Cup, England qualifiers and FA Cup matches.

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The FA Cup is already gone, the Champions League will be gone in June, the RWC is adimittaly a blow but we would have lost the matches on ITV4 anyway and we'll still have access to it on TV3. That leaves England qualifiers, for which there are no Irish rights holders. Ironically thanks to the other UEFA deal Irish viewers who subscribe to Sky Sports will be able to watch the qualifiers of almost any other nation in Europe except for England.

Jimmy Bottles · 30-12-2014 10:32PM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Setanta cover some of those games though.

On the latter point do you really expect a "national" station to be carrying national news from London (ITN)?

I have UPC and we won't be missing much tbh. Champions league is covered on the Irish channels anyway.

Yes, but TV3 coverage is appalling. Truly awful.

Jimmy Bottles · 30-12-2014 10:34PM

icdg wrote: »

The FA Cup is already gone, the Champions League will be gone in June, the RWC is adimittaly a blow but we would have lost the matches on ITV4 anyway and we'll still have access to it on TV3. That leaves England qualifiers, for which there are no Irish rights holders. Ironically thanks to the other UEFA deal Irish viewers who subscribe to Sky Sports will be able to watch the qualifiers of almost any other nation in Europe except for England.

How come we would have lost the matches carried on ITV 4?

irishfeen · 30-12-2014 10:35PM

Jimmy Bottles wrote: »

Probably not. But just wait for the barrage of abuse UPC will get when people will try to watch Champions League, Rugby World Cup, England qualifiers and FA Cup matches.

In the first two cases we'll be forced to put up with TV3s awful coverage. In the second two, we will completely lose out on coverage. All ITV ITN programming lost too. Awful.

And what are we gaining ?. Pat bloody Kenny. Jesus.

Probably one of the greatest current affairs broadcaster to come out of Ireland..

Jimmy Bottles · 30-12-2014 10:42PM

irishfeen wrote: »

Probably one of the greatest current affairs broadcaster to come out of Ireland..

Really ?. I can't think of another Irish broadcaster who actively swung the course of a presidential election by conveying a unsubstantiated tweet on air which later turned out to be completely false.

irishfeen · 30-12-2014 10:44PM

Jimmy Bottles wrote: »

Really ?. I can't think of another Irish broadcaster who actively swung the course of a presidential election by conveying a unsubstantiated tweet on air which later turned out to be completely false.

Yes that was a massive mistake - one for which actually made him leave RTÉ but it doesn't make him a bad broadcaster ... you have to remember he was told of that tweet by someone in the production team.

icdg · 30-12-2014 11:23PM

Jimmy Bottles wrote: »

How come we would have lost the matches carried on ITV 4?

All sport on ITV4 on UPC is blocked. Every last bit of it.

Or are you coming from a satellite perspective? In that case the entire argument is moot, since UTV NI remains available via other channels.

twinklerunner · 30-12-2014 11:50PM

icdg wrote: »

All sport on ITV4 on UPC is blocked. Every last bit of it.

Or are you coming from a satellite perspective? In that case the entire argument is moot, since UTV NI remains available via other channels.

.. and ITV4 (via other channels) is there too, free to air, with no sport blocked.

L1011 · 31-12-2014 12:41AM

Jimmy Bottles wrote: »

Really ?. I can't think of another Irish broadcaster who actively swung the course of a presidential election by conveying a unsubstantiated tweet on air which later turned out to be completely false.

The source of the tweet was not who it purported to be - the contents of the tweet (that he'd facilitated moving cash from Morgan to FF) were true.

Morgan himself went on TV, but on UTV as it was during the moratorium, to confirm this.

Gallagher dug his own hole with two things - using the dirty word ("envelope") and then going on a character assassination (albeit telling the truth) about someone who he'd just admitted associating with.

icdg · 31-12-2014 12:53AM

That is off topic for this forum. Take it to Politics please. I've also had to make an edit to the last post because of the allegations contained therein

Jimmy Bottles · 31-12-2014 01:57AM

Wonder if Sky will advertise the fact that ITV can be tuned in on their system. Could do a lot of damage to UPC.

AwaitYourReply · 31-12-2014 02:11AM

I'm just surprised and somewhat disappointed that in numerous short film profiles of different national attractions and film footage of certain counties, I have not yet seen any film footage from Cork City or County (Ireland's largest county and 2nd city), Limerick, Galway, Waterford and so on! If places like Cork, Limerick, Galway etc; will have UTV Ireland news bureaus one would think you would showcase these county profiles too or am I missing something here?

I keep seeing the same film footage as we get closer & closer to launch night (now less than 48hrs away) Dublin City Centre, Skerries Co. Dublin, Clare, Donegal, some attraction in Tipperary, Boyne Valley Bridge in Co. Meath and a scene not all that typical from Killarney over and over again. I would be curious about some of the choices used and repeated over and over again rather than adding fresh material from more counties along with more of our national attractions throughout the Republic of Ireland. Some strange choices and so far I'm not impressed as we get closer to launch as this feels like it will be just another station that does not give a damn about other cities/counties in the regions of Ireland. We are used to RTÉ not always giving adequate in-depth coverage and/or low priority or token coverage in terms of some big local events from outside Dublin and I fear that UTV Ireland will replicate this type of policy too. I hope I am wrong as we need at least one national broadcaster to focus on the regions for a change as Dublin is already very well catered in my view.

L1011 · 31-12-2014 02:38AM

I'd imagine the costs of acquiring content for it were probably key to what was selected - any pre-existing HD landscape footage going cheap is what I imagine the comissioning spec was. I wouldn't expect any changes at all to what's currently running.

irishfeen · 31-12-2014 11:10AM

I remember a while back seeing UTV's MD on Twitter saying there is more scenes on the way .. To be fair to UTV, they haven't even launched here yet - maybe give them a month to see if more arise.

channelsurfer2 · 31-12-2014 11:13AM

A couple of articles today in the Indo and Times both saying the same thing that TV3 will not really have that much to worry about and that RTE will face more competition from UTVIRL. Anyway time will tell as to whether they will be right or not.

Digifriendly · 31-12-2014 12:01PM

icdg wrote: »

All sport on ITV4 on UPC is blocked. Every last bit of it.

Or are you coming from a satellite perspective? In that case the entire argument is moot, since UTV NI remains available via other channels.

Out of interest can you add UTV Ireland under 'other channels' on a Sky HD box? If so do you know what the parameters are for it?

31-12-2014 12:16PM

LocateTV.com has it labelled as ITV UTV Ireland.

firestarter51 · 31-12-2014 12:37PM

Digifriendly wrote: »

Out of interest can you add UTV Ireland under 'other channels' on a Sky HD box? If so do you know what the parameters are for it?

utv ireland is on the sky epg
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