I like the drum and bass remixed version of the ITN News Channel theme at the end, really funky.

On the Astra 2 Satellite, the ITN / ITV News Channel used the South Beam which covered the UK and quite a good portion of mainland Europe.

I wonder how big was ITN's clean-up bill due to the confetti that started falling at

What a fascinating watch, thanks for uploading. Funny when you look back, ITN were quite ahead of their time, especially within their presence in the smart phone and DAB markets. Sadly all services mentioned weren't too last. ITN sadly didn't have deep enough pockets to keep the NC going forever, nor did NTL. I'm surprised no other broadcaster has opted for a rolling news radio service on DAB.

They should bring the ITN News Channel back, use to love this Channel. up to the minute news.

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A shame really, it looked so ambitious. Sadly they didn't get their carriage deals in place to give the channel decent coverage (it wasn't on Sky, and was only on OnDigital from

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Having a tape playout back-up system was, and still is, a very sensible fallback, because if computers crash on the air, while you're broadcasting, it stuffs up the programmes.

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The original ITN News Channel studio was not fit for purpose. It was perfect for 30 minute bulletins, not for rolling news. One presenter was all they could manage and it was not right. They moved into the ITV national news set in the basement studio in 2002, even that was not good, as that set was designed for set bulletins. It was only in 2004 when they revamped and move into the virtual "Theatre of News" set did the News Channel have a decent studio set design.

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lily starts her afire in june 00 xxxxx

Why it was defunct ?

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