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The North East and Cumbria (and Southern Scotland) Thread

BBC Look North, ITV News Tyne Tees/Lookaround (September 2011)

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yogibarney
According to ITV Borders twitter feed they are expanding Lookaround and recruiting for a political editor, managing editor and programme editor
EX
excel99
The latter two posts will be based in Carlisle, so it would seem that at least some production will be done from Carlisle not Gateshead
BE
Benjamin1
ITV Border also hiring journalists and an early presenter. Could this mean fully separate Daybreak opts?
GM
Gary McEwan
Looks like the old Border Scot are not getting the chance to see this Scotland Tonight Referendum Special...
MI
Mike516
Looks like the old Border Scot are not getting the chance to see this Scotland Tonight Referendum Special...


There isn't a separate opt for Border Scotland at the moment. There's just the one "Border" on satellite.
GM
Gary McEwan
a516 posted:
Looks like the old Border Scot are not getting the chance to see this Scotland Tonight Referendum Special...


There isn't a separate opt for Border Scotland at the moment. There's just the one "Border" on satellite.


Yep I knew that lol, but the whole of Border either took Scotland Tonight or the Scottish Election results in the past. I even think it was both...
SO
Steven O
a516 posted:
Looks like the old Border Scot are not getting the chance to see this Scotland Tonight Referendum Special...


There isn't a separate opt for Border Scotland at the moment. There's just the one "Border" on satellite.


Yep I knew that lol, but the whole of Border either took Scotland Tonight or the Scottish Election results in the past. I even think it was both...


There is an irony too, the Scottish Secretary Michael Moore's constituency is in the Border TV area which meant that his constituents couldn't see the debate!
EX
excel99
Yep I knew that lol, but the whole of Border either took Scotland Tonight or the Scottish Election results in the past. I even think it was both...

Border took STV's overnight results programme for the 2011 Scottish elections, and the Scottish debate in the 2010 general election IIRC
CO
Colm
Delighted to hear that the great Kenny Toal has won gold and silver awards at the One ITV News Awards today.
TW
tweedledum
Has Pam Royale left ITV TT/Border?
RB
RB
a516 posted:
Looks like the old Border Scot are not getting the chance to see this Scotland Tonight Referendum Special...


There isn't a separate opt for Border Scotland at the moment. There's just the one "Border" on satellite.


Yep I knew that lol, but the whole of Border either took Scotland Tonight or the Scottish Election results in the past. I even think it was both...


In the olden days the whole of the Border region was treated to a half-hour special after the Manx general election. Totally irrelevant to 90 per cent of the station's audience, but super-relevant to 10 per cent.

We'll never see that sort of coverage again.

Border was odd because it had to cover three different jurisdictions. Almost guaranteed to alienate parts of the audience at different times.
RI
Richard
RB posted:
a516 posted:
Looks like the old Border Scot are not getting the chance to see this Scotland Tonight Referendum Special...


There isn't a separate opt for Border Scotland at the moment. There's just the one "Border" on satellite.


Yep I knew that lol, but the whole of Border either took Scotland Tonight or the Scottish Election results in the past. I even think it was both...


In the olden days the whole of the Border region was treated to a half-hour special after the Manx general election. Totally irrelevant to 90 per cent of the station's audience, but super-relevant to 10 per cent.

We'll never see that sort of coverage again.

Border was odd because it had to cover three different jurisdictions. Almost guaranteed to alienate parts of the audience at different times.


The Isle of Man is even more lost now it's in Granadaland. Surely they could manage a local Mux for the island which could cover such things?

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