[23], A political scandal caused problems during one of Tyne Tees' franchise renewals. Since the ITV network began, Independent Television News Limited (ITN) has held the contract to produce national and international news for it. [16] In 1959, Tyne Tees charged advertisers £100 for 15 seconds during prime time. Tyne Tees was obliged to contribute programming for the ITV network, although the bulk of network programming was purchased from the largest stations. [14] Initially produced from an office in Forth Lane, near Newcastle station, it moved to the City Road studios when Dickens Press took over publication in 1963. This ident introduced on 4 September 2000 featured a new logo: a TTTV variant that was simplified to strictly vertical, horizontal or diagonal lines only. However, despite the new logo, the new logo wasn't applied to the generic idents. [2], In March 2009, The Guardian newspaper reported that there was bullying at Tyne Tees that lasted for six years. [48] In 1999, the cost of the tender fee that Tyne Tees was paying fell to £46 million, from the £70.5 million that it paid in 1998. [22], A major factor in the merger was that when UHF transmission was introduced in 1969 to accommodate colour television it was found that the key Bilsdale transmitting station in North Yorkshire so dominated the territories of both companies that its allotment to either individual company would have seriously prejudiced the coverage and sales revenue of the other. [78] Some editions of The One O'Clock Show were produced by David Croft, who would go on to co-write many BBC situation comedies. These companies bid so high that the Independent Television Commission seriously considered rejecting the business plans of each in turn and disqualifying them. The main news show has been rebranded several times; the current version is ITV News Tyne Tees. [42] The Broadcasting Act 1990 had made Channel 3 the 'official' name for ITV,[43] and "3" was the preset used by most television sets and videocassette recorders (VCRs) for ITV. Catherine Jacob – editorial trainee at ITN from September 2000; news presenter for Granada Reports and ITV News Tyne Tees in 2013; Becky Jago - News presenter at ITV Anglia. This is my official Facebook page for my work as an on-screen journalist at ITV Tyne Tees. The music from the previous generic look was retained. [44] The name "Tyne Tees" only appeared before regional programmes; the rest of the time, only the "ITV1" name was shown. [31][32] Together, the now-merged companies were committed to paying about £60 million a year to the government for the right to broadcast, a substantial amount compared to the £2,000 bid by Central, ITV's largest station. Granada Television, the franchise holder for North West England, had long thought that the North of England should consolidate to "counter the potential dominance of the south east". According to Variety, YTT "oversold its airtime to advertisers and failed to meet its ratings targets, resulting in a huge revenue shortfall estimated by analysts at over $20 million. ITV Tyne Tees and ITV Border viewers have begun to become ‘concerned’ for the lack of information about the telly favourite. [64] Along with the move, news reporters had to learn a range of new skills, such as editing their own reports. Tyne Tees has contributed various programming to the ITV network and Channel 4, as well as its regional output. Ian Payne. From a small two-camera studio at Corporation House in the centre of Middlesbrough, Tyne Tees developed nightly opt-out news bulletins for Teesside, County Durham and North Yorkshire as part of the flagship magazine programme Northern Life. [36], The annual cost of the franchise began to take its toll on the company. [57], On 23 July 2013, proposals to reintroduce fully separate regional news services for the ITV Tyne Tees and ITV Border regions were approved by OFCOM. [21] By November 1981, Trident had sold all but residual stakes in the two companies (15% and 20% respectively). Tyne Tees moved to Television House at The Watermark, a new business park adjacent to the MetroCentre in Gateshead, in 2005. Its longest running news programme was Northern Life, which ran from 1976 to 1992. On 23 July 2013, proposals to reintroduce full regional services for the Tyne Tees and Border regions were approved by OFCOM, effectively leading to a demerger of the Tyne Tees and Border services. [81] Tyne Tees also managed the production of Get Fresh, a Saturday morning show hosted in various weeks by different ITV regions.
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