Timeline of ITN
Appearance
This is a timeline of the history ofITN(Independent Television News), a British production company providing news programmes for British broadcasters.
1950s
[edit]- 1955
- January – A consortium of the initial fourIndependent Televisionbroadcasting companies launchITN,which will provideITVwith its news service.
- 22 September – The first ITN news bulletin is broadcast at 10pm on ITV’s launch night.
- 1956
- No events.
- 1957
- No events.
- 1958
- No events.
- 1959
- 8 October – ITN broadcasts its first election results programme to provide ITV with live coverage of the results of the1959 United Kingdom general election.
1960s
[edit]- 1960to1966
- No events.
- 1967
- 3 July –News at Tenis launched as a 13-week trial of a nightly 30 minute bulletin.[1]The programme is an immediate success with the audience and is soon made permanent.
- 1968
- No events.
- 1969
- August – ITN moves to ITN House at 48Wells Street,close to the BBC'sBroadcasting House.[2]
1970s
[edit]- 1970
- No events.
- 1971
- No events.
- 1972
- 16 October – Following a law change which removed all restrictions on broadcasting hours, ITV is able to launch an afternoon service. As part of the new service ITV's first lunchtime news programme,First Report,is shown.
- 1973
- No events.
- 1974
- 7 September –First Reportis moved to a 1pm start time.
- 1975
- No events.
- 1976
- 6 September –News at OnereplacesFirst Reportand theteatime news bulletinprogramme is extended by five minutes and renamedNews at 5.45.
- 1977
- No events.
- 1979
- No events.
1980s
[edit]- 1980
- No events.
- 1981
- No events.
- 1982
- 2 November – On the day of the launch ofChannel 4,Channel 4 Newsis broadcast for the first time with ITN as the programme's producer. The 60-minute programme is broadcast each weeknight at 7pm. At the weekend, the only news is a single two-minute summary broadcast at teatime.
- 1983
- No events.
- 1984
- No events.
- 1985
- No events.
- 1986
- No events.
- 1987
- ITN World Newsis launched as part of the launch of pan-EuropeanSuper Channel.
- 20 July – Thelunchtime newsprogramme moves to 12:30pm and is renamed accordingly.
- 7 September – ITV launches a full morning programme schedule, with advertising, for the first time. The new service includes regular five-minute national news bulletins.
- 1988
- 15 February – An early morning 60-minute news programme –ITN Early Morning News– is launched but is only available in areas which have 24-hour broadcasting. The first 30 minutes of the programme includes a full broadcast of ITN's international news bulletinITN World News.In addition, brief news summaries are broadcast at various points through the night.
- 7 March – Thelunchtime newsreturns to the 1pm slot.
- 1989
- 3 April –The Channel 4 Dailylaunches with ITN providing the news input into the new breakfast service.
1990s
[edit]- 1990
- No events.
- 1991
- 7 January – Thelunchtime newsreturns to the 12:30pm slot.
- 16 January–2 March – ITN provides ITV with extensive live coverage of theGulf War,both in terms of extended news bulletins and special programmes, including a daily bulletin at 9:25am and all-night coverage during the initial stages of the War.
- 3 March – Following the conclusion of theGulf War,theITN Early Morning Newsis halved in length and now goes on air at 5:30am. From this point, theITN World Newsis no longer broadcast as part of the bulletin.
- ITN moves its headquarters to 200Gray's Inn Road.
- 1992
- 2 March – The News at 5.40 is renamedITN Early Evening News.
- 25 September –The Channel 4 Dailyis broadcast for the final time.
- 28 September –Channel 4's new breakfast programmeThe Big Breakfastlaunches. ITN provides the news updates for the replacement programmeThe Big Breakfastwhich sees one-minute headline summaries every 20 minutes with extended bulletins at 7am and 8am.
- 5 October – ITN replacesLBCas the operator ofIndependent Radio News.
- 1993
- No events.
- 1994
- No events.
- 1995
- No events.
- 1996
- London News Radio, in whichITNholds a stake, is formed and buys London Radio Services which operates the two London news licenses - London News 97.3FM and London News Talk 1152AM.
- 14 November – London News 97.3 is relaunched asNews Direct 97.3following the move of the station to ITN's headquarters.
- 1997
- 31 March –5 Newslaunches following the foundation ofChannel 5with ITN winning the contract to provide the channel’s news service.
- December –ITNpurchases a 49% share ofEuronewsfor £5.1 million.[3]ITN supplied the content of the channel along with the remaining shareholders.
- ITN starts producing theRoyal Christmas Messageevery other year.[4]
- 1998
- No events.
- 1999
- 5 March –ITV News at Tenis broadcast for the final time.
- 8 March – Major changes to ITV's news programmes take place, including different times for the channel's news programmes and the programmes were referred to as ITV News rather than ITN News. The main bulletin of the day is now considered to be theEvening Newsand is moved from 5:40pm to 6:30pm and the late night news is controversially pushed back to 11pm although the following year the ITC forces ITV to move the late evening news back to 10pm on three nights each week. Also ITV's lunchtime news bulletin is relaunched asITV Lunchtime News.
- ITN World Newsis broadcast for the final time.
2000s
[edit]- 2000
- 1 August
- At 6am ITN launchesITN News Radio.It broadcasts nationally on the recently launchedDigital Onemultiplex.
- At 1:30pm theITN News Channellaunches. The channel is a joint venture between ITN andNTL.It broadcasts full time on Sky Digital and cable and is available during the morning onOnDigital.
- News Direct 97.3is renamed with the ITN brand and is now called ITN News Direct 97.3FM.
- 1 August
- 2001
- ITN fights off a bid fromBritish Sky Broadcastingto continue to provide ITV with its news service.
- On Monday 22 January 2001, ITN reinstate their 10pm bulletin, with the new "ITV News at Ten", with Trevor McDonald back presenting the new 10pm bulletin. The "new" News at Ten would simply be the former Nightly News 11pm programme moved to 10pm, meaning it would only be a 20 minute format. The bulletin would only air on three nights of the week. Friday nights would see the late news kept at 11pm and named "ITV Weekend News". On one other night of the week, the News at Ten could be moved to accommodate movies or sporting events. For the first few months, the late regional news was maintained at 11.20pm, before being moved to 10.20pm to create a half hour of news.[5]
- 2002
- 30 September – TheITN News Channelis renamedITV News Channelfollowing the purchase of the channel byCarltonandGranada.
- Late 2002 – London Radio Services, in which ITN has a stake, is sold toChrysalis Radio.The new owner drops the ITN prefix and returns to its previous name.
- 2003
- ITN provides live extensive coverage of theIraq Warwith extended news coverage on ITV and rolling coverage on theITV News Channel.For the duration of the conflict,News at Tenis moved to 9pm and theITV Evening Newsis extended to 60 minutes and simulcast of theITV News Channelaired from 12am to 5:30am every night on ITV1.
- TheIraq Warsees Channel 4 launch a new 30-minute lunchtime news bulletin. The programme is retained following the end of the conflict due to the bulletin’s instant popularity.
- 4 April – ITN sells its stake inEuronewsas part of its drive to streamline operations and focus on news-gathering rather than channel management.[6][7]
- 1 July – ITN's news radio station stops broadcasting on Digital One.
- 2004
- 2 February – After several years of inconsistent scheduling oflate evening news,the bulletin moves to a 10:30pm start time five nights a week.
- 1 March – Following its acquisition of theLondon News Network,a company previously owned by the now mergedCarltonandGranada,ITN begins producing local news bulletins for theITV Londonregion.
- 2005
- 1 January –Sky Newsreplaces ITN as news provider toChannel 5.[8]
- 11 February – TheITV Lunchtime Newsis extended to last 60 minutes.
- 10 October – The first edition ofMore4 Newsis broadcast to coincide with the launch ofMore4.
- 23 December – TheITV News Channelstops broadcasting at 6pm. Poor ratings in comparison toBBC News 24and Sky News and ITV's desire to reuse the channel's allocation onFreeview,were cited as the reasons.[9]
- 2006
- 4 September – TheITV Lunchtime Newsreverts to being a 30-minute programme and its start time is moved back to 1:30pm.
- 2007
- 29 September –Setanta Sports Newslaunches with ITN as the channel’s producer.
- 2008
- 14 January –ITV News at Tenreturns to the schedules on four nights each week, the Friday edition remains at 11pm.[10]
- October – ITN founds digital production companyDiagonal Viewas a joint venture with digital entrepreneur Matt Heiman.[11]The company packages footage from the ITN archive and syndicates it to a range of commercial partners includingMySpace,YouTubeandMSN.
- 2009
- 2 March –Sky Newsreplaces ITN as the news supplier forIndependent Radio News.The final bulletin is broadcast at 1pm.
- 23 June – FollowingSetanta Sportsbeing placed into administration, Setanta Sports News closes, at 6pm with 60 staff made redundant.[12]
- 18 December –More4 NewsandChannel 4 News at Noonare broadcast for the final time.[13]
2010s
[edit]- 2010
- February – ITN Productions is formed and incorporates the non-news operations of ITN, including the former ITN On, ITN Factual and ITN Corporate divisions.[14]
- 2011
- No events.
- 2012
- 1 January – ITN regains the contract to provide news forChannel 5.[15]
- 21 December – The final edition of ITV's early morning news programmeITV News at 5:30is broadcast. Consequently, there is no longer any overnight news coverage on ITV.
- 2013
- August – ITN Productions begins producingPremier Leagueonline and mobile highlights service forNews UK.Content appears onThe SunandThe Timessubscription websites and mobile apps.[16]
- 2014
- No events.
- 2015
- October – A new format forITV News at Tenis launched as part of a move to enhance the reputation of ITV's news and current affairs output.[17]
- 2016
- At the end of 2016, ITN Source, which licensed ITN’s video footage, closes following the decision to outsource its archive sales toGetty Images.[18]
- 2017
- March –Diagonal Viewis sold to Sky, who paid £2.6m for ITN's stake.[19][20]
- 2018
- No events.
- 2019
- No events.
2020s
[edit]- 2020
- No events
- 2021
- No events
- 2022
- 7 March – TheITV Evening Newsis extended to an hour, following the biggest expansion of ITV News production in 20 years. The move includes hiring 27 new staff which will include journalists, producers and camera operators. ITV said the move would also ensure more live coverage would be provided from more locations across the UK, with an emphasis to cover more stories around Britain.[21]ITV Border Scotland,ITV Cymru Wales,STVandUTVhave the option of opting-out of the Friday edition of the programme at 7pm to broadcast regional shows.[22]The bulletin's time-slot is occasionally abbreviated to 30 minutes during the week, in the event ofITV Sportcoverage airing on ITV, during the semi-finals week ofBritain's Got Talent,and some one-off programmes.
- 2023
- No events
See also
[edit]References
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- ^Potter, Jeremy (2016).Independent Television in Britain: Volume 4: Companies and Programmes, 1968–80.Springer. p. 108.ISBN978-1-349-09907-8.Retrieved22 April2020.
- ^"ITN Acquires 49% Euronews Stake".Telecom Paper.1 December 1997.Retrieved5 June2012.
- ^Plunkett, John (2011-01-19)."Queen's Christmas message to be produced by Sky for first time".The Guardian.ISSN0261-3077.Retrieved2020-04-20.
- ^"Clash at Ten".The Guardian.2001-01-22.ISSN0261-3077.Retrieved2024-04-22.
- ^"ITN Drops Out of Euronews Channel".Broadcast.
- ^"EuroNews: Contribution by the Commission".European Commission.2003.Retrieved15 July2020.
- ^"Five to take Sky News bulletins".BBC News.9 March 2004.Retrieved29 September2007.
- ^Conlan, Tara (2005-12-14)."ITV News Channel axed".The Guardian.ISSN0261-3077.Retrieved2020-04-20.
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- ^Setanta goes into administrationThe Guardian, 23 June 2009
- ^ Deans, Jason (5 August 2009)."The Guardian – Channel 4 to axe News at Noon and More4 News".London.Retrieved5 August2009.
- ^Jennifer Whitehead (25 February 2010)."Wheeler steps down as ITN On MD following divisions merger".New Media Age.Archived fromthe originalon 29 September 2011.Retrieved21 March2010.
- ^"ITN to regain Channel 5 news deal".The Guardian.2011-11-03.Archivedfrom the original on 2023-04-07.
- ^Premier League: ITN to produce Sun and Times highlights packages
- ^"ITV outlines vision for news".Broadcast.London. 15 October 2015.Retrieved6 November2015.
- ^Sweney, Mark (2016-11-10)."ITN to cut 50 jobs as it seeks to increase revenue by half".The Guardian.ISSN0261-3077.Retrieved2020-04-21.
- ^"Sky acquires leading digital content producer Diagonal View – news from Sky Media".Sky Media.31 March 2017.Retrieved2020-04-21.
- ^Tobitt, Charlotte (2019-04-18)."ITN reports increased broadcast news revenues of £88.9m for 2018".Press Gazette.Retrieved2020-04-21.
- ^"ITV National and International Evening News to become an hour-long programme from March 2022".ITV Press Centre.Retrieved24 January2021.
- ^"UTV schedule changes as ITV News moves to hour-long slot".ITV News – UTV.Retrieved4 March2022.