I'm going to be the doom merchant here and say I absolutely hate ITV Nightscreen. I'm from an era before Nightscreen was such a thing and there would be a variety of programming during the night. Nightscreen for me was always an easy option out to fill the dead air.
I know the TV landscape is different today compared to the late 80s / 90s when night time tv programming was more viable than it is now.
Ghost post_id=42935 time= user_id=1005 Wrote:QuinnTFP post_id=42931 time= user_id=1262 Wrote:STV have it scheduled as "Unwind with STV". I assume it'll be the identical program?
Probably. On a related note, they no longer seem to opt-out of the Ideal World simulcast with extra Nightscreen, as it’s listed as airing on their website.
They even air it on a Saturday (broadcasting day) at 12:30am.. speechless about the poor scheduling of late night TV
I seem to remember something being mentioned before about nightscreen being a cheap way of ITV fulfilling regional quotas, by using different soundtracks in each of the regions. Is, or was this ever the case?
russty_russ post_id=43003 time= user_id=2104 Wrote:I'm going to be the doom merchant here and say I absolutely hate ITV Nightscreen. I'm from an era before Nightscreen was such a thing and there would be a variety of programming during the night. Nightscreen for me was always an easy option out to fill the dead air.
I know the TV landscape is different today compared to the late 80s / 90s when night time tv programming was more viable than it is now.
As long as it's on at the likes of 4-5am, I can't see it doing too much damage.. Teleshopping, on the other hand..
kernow post_id=43008 time= user_id=1430 Wrote:I seem to remember something being mentioned before about nightscreen being a cheap way of ITV fulfilling regional quotas, by using different soundtracks in each of the regions. Is, or was this ever the case?
It's definitely been the case in the past, I've switched between Yorkshire and Central and they were both playing different music. No idea if it's still the case though.
Kunst post_id=43009 time= user_id=1292 Wrote:russty_russ post_id=43003 time= user_id=2104 Wrote:I'm going to be the doom merchant here and say I absolutely hate ITV Nightscreen. I'm from an era before Nightscreen was such a thing and there would be a variety of programming during the night. Nightscreen for me was always an easy option out to fill the dead air.
I know the TV landscape is different today compared to the late 80s / 90s when night time tv programming was more viable than it is now.
As long as it's on at the likes of 4-5am, I can't see it doing too much damage.. Teleshopping, on the other hand..
I wonder why ITV don't simply put teleshopping on at the time of night? Surely it would make money with various companies buying that airtime?
I remember the days they used to run a £100 competition, entered a few times thinking I would have a good chance as surely not many people would be entering. Never won, maybe that was one of the rigged comps from around that time :|
ITV Nightscreen does feature in the 'Out of London' programme register which broadcasters have to submit to Ofcom to ensure compliance with the quotas. So in that respect it's a useful thing in the schedule for an hour every night for quota filling.
It wouldn't actually be too difficult to make this an actual regional service by having imagery from each of the specific regions within 'Unwind', but probably far too much effort.
russty_russ post_id=43003 time= user_id=2104 Wrote:I'm going to be the doom merchant here and say I absolutely hate ITV Nightscreen. I'm from an era before Nightscreen was such a thing and there would be a variety of programming during the night. Nightscreen for me was always an easy option out to fill the dead air.
I know the TV landscape is different today compared to the late 80s / 90s when night time tv programming was more viable than it is now.
Even 15-20 years ago, the night time programmes would run about by about 4am and they’d show Nightscreen until the ITV Morning News
Some regions also had Jobfinder which is basically just the same, just with jobs rather than programme info
L1 post_id=43017 time= user_id=959 Wrote:I wonder why ITV don't simply put teleshopping on at the time of night? Surely it would make money with various companies buying that airtime?
The main channels are restricted in the amount of teleshopping they can show - I think it's three hours between midnight and 6am, although both ITV and C5 seem to have a standard cut off of 3am.
Sadly long gone is the randomness you'd get overnight on ITV and C4 - in ITV's case it was often US shows such as American Gladiators and comedies like Dharma and Greg, plus originals like Gods Gift and staples like Gillette Sports Special. That sort of programming vanished though as the regions disappeared and multichannel TV needed content of their own. ITV did run something called Nightwatch with Steve Scott for a period which I think was basically content from the few remaining regional shows of the era.
Well exactly. Cheap imports which would have been overnight would now be in prime time on ITV2 and cheap sports rights would now be in prime time on ITV4. It’s basically a different era.
And no place at all for The Hit Man and Her or In Bed With Medinner
ITV Nightscreen, we hardly knew ye. My fond memories of waking up on a restless night and turning my Television on to see this bizarre slideshow on ITV at 4 in the morning take me back to a simpler time. I've always wondered why it has lasted so long on ITV, because its always seemed, to me, as anachronistic in the modern era. That said, would rather take Nightscreen than the Live Bingo nonsense.
I think more people in here have posted about the demise of Nightscreen than actually watched it.
I notice that this is billed as having both Subtitles and Audio Description. If this is heavily repeated content then it's a cheap way to meet accessibility quotas.
doppler post_id=43075 time= user_id=862 Wrote:I notice that this is billed as having both Subtitles and Audio Description. If this is heavily repeated content then it's a cheap way to meet accessibility quotas.
Well subtitles are generally 24/7 now and audio description is on more programmes than not so I think it's more a case that it is pretty much standard rather than fulfilling any quotas on the cheap.