The ITV Thread

icdg

They are governed by the 2009 Act. Section 77 relates to must carry obligations for cable and satellite providers and there are no must carry obligations for cable and satellite providers towards UTV Ireland or any other content contractor. (But see s130 as regards Saorview).

icdg

The interims are out for UTV and while there is still no news of a sale, we know that UTV Ireland made a £7.5m operating loss, and an "action plan" both in terms of programming and branding. Interesting they do say that "performance at UTV Ireland is heavily linked to the ITV network schedule" which hopefully means they acknowledge that missing so much network output is hurting the station.

channelsurfer2

Last night again no Stephen Fry programe on utvirl because it was a non ITV studios programme. Still obviously major difficulty for them in getting(or paying) for the rights to show them at the same time as ITV. Needless to say I watched it on utvhd and didn't watch utvirl.

brick man

Pat Kenny's chat show on UTV Ireland has been axed its on page 4 of business post on sale Sunday.

Tompatrick

brick man wrote: »

Pat Kenny's chat show on UTV Ireland has been axed its on page 4 of business post on sale Sunday.

It's step 1 of close down. What chance we'll get old ITV back on UPC?

Elmo

Tompatrick wrote: »

It's step 1 of close down. What chance we'll get old ITV back on UPC?

UPC are closer now to TV3. Unlikely IMO.

Pat Kenny's chat show on UTV Ireland has been axed its on page 4 of business post on sale Sunday.

Are they finishing the series off?

brick man

Elmo wrote:

Are they finishing the series off?

Whatever programmes were shown that's it . They were to record more in the autumn but that's it. They are looking at other projects with Kenny in run up to general election according to News Now app.

Any updates on the ITV buyout of UTV ?

ftakeith

brick man wrote: »

Pat Kenny's chat show on UTV Ireland has been axed its on page 4 of business post on sale Sunday.

http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/pats-chat-show-axed-as-he-eyes-anchor-role-for-election-31505383.html

icdg

Tompatrick wrote: »

It's step 1 of close down. What chance we'll get old ITV back on UPC?

It may never be back in the form it was before. I'm not saying it won't be, if UTV Ireland does close down (not a certainty at this point) but it may be difficult to get it back on, particularly given Virgin Media's pending buyout of TV3.

iseegirls

Surprised Pat Kenny would even stay with the channel or be associated with it after the mess that's gone on. The channel has been on air for 9 months now - and only 5 episodes were broadcast, and he was used for the hour on launch night. This was supposed to be their marquee signing. Really don't understand why they haven't used him more.

Waiting for Election coverage is still a good while away to use him.

Sam Russell

iseegirls wrote: »

Surprised Pat Kenny would even stay with the channel or be associated with it after the mess that's gone on. The channel has been on air for 9 months now - and only 5 episodes were broadcast, and he was used for the hour on launch night. This was supposed to be their marquee signing. Really don't understand why they haven't used him more.

Waiting for Election coverage is still a good while away to use him.

I thought the election campaign was already under way. €4.3 billion promised for road and rail.

Crimsonforce

Utv will be fine if they last into next year.

The xfactor comes on board which is a four month run along with I'm a celebrity, emmerdale, coronation st, Jonathan Ross and graham Norton..

iseegirls

Crimsonforce wrote: »

Utv will be fine if they last into next year.

The xfactor comes on board which is a four month run along with I'm a celebrity, emmerdale, coronation st, Jonathan Ross and graham Norton..

The X Factor is on TV3, while UTVi moved Graham Norton and Jonathan Ross so much around the schedules last time - the viewers didn't know what night it was on - Sat?Sun?Mon?. Having Emmerdale and Corrie is their only saviour. I'm a Celeb lasts for 3 weeks, and they'll face a barren spell before and after that, unless ITV Studios has a huge hit on their hands coming.

Elmo

iseegirls wrote: »

The X Factor is on TV3, while UTVi moved Graham Norton and Jonathan Ross so much around the schedules last time - the viewers didn't know what night it was on - Sat?Sun?Mon?. Having Emmerdale and Corrie is their only saviour. I'm a Celeb lasts for 3 weeks, and they'll face a barren spell before and after that, unless ITV Studios has a huge hit on their hands coming.

Both TV3 and UTV face a barren spell from end of nov to new year. TV3 always have a significant drop in audience around that time.

irishfeen

New look UTV Ireland launching tommorrow. You would have to think they are missing the elephant in the room ... It's content that's killing them not the green look.

Sam Russell

irishfeen wrote: »

New look UTV Ireland launching tommorrow. You would have to think they are missing the elephant in the room ... It's content that's killing them not the green look.

Not just content, schedule does not help either. They get plenty tuning in for the soaps - they just need to keep them tuned in.

iseegirls

irishfeen wrote: »

New look UTV Ireland launching tommorrow. You would have to think they are missing the elephant in the room ... It's content that's killing them not the green look.

The phrase 'papering over the cracks' comes to mind.

Charles Slane

Oh dear....

http://www.thejournal.ie/utv-new-look-rebrand-2328469-Sep2015/

"The new on-screen branding shows people such as farmers, tattoo artists and designers with the newly evolved strapline “YOU TV”."

irishfeen

Charles Slane wrote: »

Oh dear....

http://www.thejournal.ie/utv-new-look-rebrand-2328469-Sep2015/

"The new on-screen branding shows people such as farmers, tattoo artists and designers with the newly evolved strapline “YOU TV”."

Dear god almighty that looks absolutely dreadful :eek:

Harry Palmr

YOU TV is a brand of streaming receiver box isn't it? Oh no, that NOW TV, sorry - so generic its hard to spot one from another.

The Dark Knight

Harry Palmr wrote: »

YOU TV is a brand of streaming receiver box isn't it? Oh no, that NOW TV, sorry - so generic its hard to spot one from another.

Then there's YouView... www.youview.com
;-)

icdg

At one time, UTV ran a very short lived local version of ITV2 which was originally called TV You.

Souriau

icdg wrote: »

At one time, UTV ran a very short lived local version of ITV2 which was originally called TV You.

Wasn't it not You2?

Gonzo

Charles Slane wrote: »

Oh dear....

http://www.thejournal.ie/utv-new-look-rebrand-2328469-Sep2015/

"The new on-screen branding shows people such as farmers, tattoo artists and designers with the newly evolved strapline “YOU TV”."

that is a terrible logo and name! Going from bad to worse.

icdg

Souriau wrote: »

Wasn't it not You2?

Nope. It launched as TV You and was renamed UTV2 after a few months..

channelsurfer2

Ya never know - a new logo will always gain extra viewers.( translation never mind about the awful lack of quality programming or that fact that RWC will not be on UTVIRL)....

JDxtra

Is this a joke? UTV Ireland is up for sale, right? So – why are they wasting money on a rebrand now? Fair enough, their original branding was awful… but is this really any better?

Souriau

icdg wrote: »

Nope. It launched as TV You and was renamed UTV2 after a few months..

Sorry, my mistake, it was UTV2 as I recalled

icdg

The new look seems to have taken an awful lot of, shall we say, "inspiration" from ITV.