The form up was also altered to water flowing along sand, before the water divided into the Tyne Tees logo. [17] Tyne Tees produced Advertising Magazines (AdMags), which were programmes with a loose storyline designed to advertise several products within an edition. In 1990, Yorkshire bought Vaux Breweries' 19percent stake in Tyne Tees, costing 5.1million. [41] On 16 March 1996, the presentation department in Newcastle was closed, and continuity was centralised in Leeds. Television sets required a new aerial, the Yagi array, to receive the high frequency that the transmitter was using. LWT were impressed enough to give Pam her own current affairs and consumer show, called Friday Now, but she missed the North-East and, in 1989, returned to Tyne Tees TV, having been headhunted. In 1998, it won a World Service Medal in New York for "Best News Magazine Programme". Millions of high-quality images, video, and music options await you. [26], Yorkshire and Tyne Tees applied separately for renewal of the franchises in 1980, and each won. [29] When the new licences started in January 1982, Trident sold all but 30percent of Yorkshire, and 25percent of Tyne Tees.[22]. [21] Trident Television was formed in March 1969 as a joint venture to sell advertisements for Tyne Tees and Yorkshire. Pam joined Tyne Tees in 1983 as a weather presenter and, after spending time working for London Weekend Television and TV-am in London, she returned to her home region in 1989 to become a main presenter for Tyne Tees. CREATIVE. That's it. Over the years, she has won two BAFTA TV Awards. I have written for our website, edited digital content and in recent yearsI have been spotted in everything from waterproofs to a suit in all weathers and all locations filming, reporting and interviewing people in my role as a reporter.During my time I have reported from the front line in Iraq and Afghanistan covering the conflicts there and met all kinds of people from Prime Ministers to top sports stars and even the big bands of the day - everyone from Tony Blair to Joanna Lumley, to Sir Bobby Robson to One Direction. In 2016, Pam a mother-of-two and now a grandmother issued a public warning about the dangers of skin cancer after a melanoma was discovered on her leg. In 2001 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Royal Television Society to mark his becoming Britains longest serving presenter. I am looking forward to sharing it with our viewers.". He also voiced more than 20,000 advertisements.. [42], On 26 June 1997, Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television plc was acquired by the Granada Media Group plc (now ITV plc). [76] On-screen announcements said, "This is Tyne Tees Television, broadcasting on Channel 3 in the North-East. The form up was over a grey background with a line moving across the screen, forming the letters as they went. Self - Lib Dem, Westmorland and Lonsdale / . She has had many ups and downs since then and I've followed those with her for ITV Tyne Tees. He had to break off presenting North East Tonight in 2005 when he underwent an emergency operation to remove a blood clot from his leg. Shortly after its launch, North East Tonight won the Royal Television Society's award for best regional news programme. His likeness appeared on a mural on the Tyne and Wear Metro, and in model form for a Millennium parade. The new equipment required only a camera operator, who could also operate sound equipment, and a reporter. You can hear Ali on BBC Tees Sport 6pm to 8pm weeknights, and on Saturdays 2pm to 6pm. Mel has a genetic condition called EDS - it's left her unable to sit up for long periods of time because her neck and spine have been unstable. [48], The new guidelines, published by the ITC in 1998, about the Channel 3 licence renewals signalled substantial cuts in the companies' payments to the Treasury. The Lord Lieutenant of County Durham, Sue Snowdon, said: "Pam has been on our screens for over 30 years and I'm sure that many will miss her warm smile and wonderful effervescent personality on air.". Yet if one of his team fouled up, he would generously observe on air: Sorry about that. [93] Cameras bearing the Tyne Tees logo can be seen throughout the concert. These new studios formed the basis of Tyne Tees operations and featured the company offices. On 14 June 2013, it was reported ITV would restore a full 30-minute edition of Lookaround and shorter bulletins for Border viewers, effectively leading to a demerger of the Tyne Tees and Border services. Neville made the switch back to Tyne Tees, which coincided with a short-lived station rebrand from Tyne Tees to Channel 3 North East. Of his myriad interviews, perhaps the most memorable was the one Neville conducted with Catherine Cookson to mark her 90th birthday. New contracts issued by the ITA in 1968 stipulated that all ITV companies publish their listings in the TV Times, which became a national magazine with regional variations for the listings. [94] The Tube was dropped in 1987 as a result of falling audience figures and an incident involving Jools Holland, who cursed during a live trailer. [53], On 9 February 2005, Ofcom issued a proposed timetable for ending analogue terrestrial television transmissions as part of the switchover to digital television. [33] From 1 January 1993, Yorkshire and Tyne Tees broadcast all regional programmes simultaneously, affecting programming that had been shown at different paces in different regions (such as Blockbusters and the Australian soap operas The Young Doctors and Prisoner: Cell Block H). She then went to work with BBC Radio Newcastle, ITV News Tyne Tees on ITV Tyne Tees, and London Plus on BBC South East. It was announced at the start of the year that Pam would be leaving her role as the award-winning main news presenter for ITV News Tyne Tees and Border after a television career spanning nearly 40 . [8] Experienced television executive Anthony Jelly was appointed as managing director, although historian Andrew Spicer credits the Black brothers as the driving force and public face of Tyne Tees; George was programme director, and both brothers were prominent board members. It was announced in January that Pam would be stepping down from her role in what she described as "one of the hardest decisions I have ever had to make". [25] By the late seventies, Tyne-Tees's locally made programming amounted to an average of less than nine hours a week, with the remainder of programming from the ITV network. [83][84] Super Gran, based on a series of books about a grandmother with superhuman powers, was also successful in the mid-1980s. To ensure Tyne Tees' survival, the ITA allowed it to affiliate with Yorkshire Television under a joint management company named 'Trident Television'. [30] Along with HTV and Yorkshire, Tyne Tees believed that they had to bid high to win. Tyne & Wear Colin Briggs retires after decades presenting Look North Play 01:11 Colin Briggs retires after decades presenting Look North He has been the face of BBC breakfast and lunch bulletins. Returning in 1957 from National Service in Cyprus with the Wiltshire Regiment, Neville worked briefly as an insurance agent, then joined the Newcastle Playhouses repertory company. Neville, Mike Posted 8th October 2018 Pitts, Valerie Posted 4th October 2018 Bower, Colin Posted 1st January 2018 Steel, Bill Posted 1st January 2018 Shoesmith, Peter Posted 1st January 2018 Manners, Lesley Posted 1st January 2018 Royle, Pam Posted 1st January 2018 I was lucky enough to travel with her after her op and see how much of a difference it had made. You can join Paul and the sports team from 2pm Saturdays. Clients sat in the control room during rehearsals to ensure that their products were getting the exposure for which they had paid. She'll join Ian Payne on-screen from 29th March to present the evening news programme at 6pm. [71], When Tyne Tees adopted the Channel 3 North East branding in September 1996, the traditional "TTTV" logo arrangement was dropped in favour of a large '3', with the region written to the left of the '3'. 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. Meanwhile, developments in satellite and cable television, in addition to the two BBC channels and the new Channel 4, began to put pressure on ITV's finances. Mike Neville, born October 17 1936, died September 6 2017, The Telegraph values your comments but kindly requests all posts are on topic, constructive and respectful. "[38], Yorkshire-Tyne Tees were repeatedly warned over worsening standards at the Newcastle-based station and at one point the Independent Television Commission (the then-governing body of ITV) threatened to revoke the Tyne Tees licence if the situation did not improve. You can hear Neil with Diane, 10am - 1pm weekdays and on Saturdays 9am - 11am, and 11am 12pm with Lisa. 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 $20million. Popular ITV News presenter Pam Royle will bid farewell to viewers later this week in her final broadcast of a career spanning nearly 40 years. It was produced to satisfy "'Tyne Tees' policy to be most regional of all the independent stations". In a wave of redundancies, the pair, who front the Tyne and Wear and Northumberland broadcasts of North East. Next he was an editorial dogsbody at the Daily Mails Newcastle offices. [10] By this point, he was Britain's longest serving TV presenter, having received a Unique Achievement award from the Royal Television Society in 2001. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. [11][12][13], Neville went on to make occasional guest appearances on TV and radio, including a BBC Four documentary celebrating regional television in July 2011. [78] After 1,098 editions and more than five years on air, the final show was broadcast in March 1964. Amy Lea will join Ian Payne on screen from tonight to present the evening news programme at . To install click the Add extension button. The magazine became the biggest selling magazine in the region, with a circulation of 300,000 per week. An opt-out was used from the main Northern Life bulletin was launched to provide localised news from each area. You can hear Mike from 6am to 9am Sundays. The full first night's programming was, In the 2006 documentary A History of Tyneside, veteran North East newsreader Mike Neville suggested that the launch of Tyne Tees enabled local people to be able to hear local accents and dialects on television, since early broadcasters, particularly those from the BBC, tended to speak in Received Pronunciation. "Im very sure the viewers will come to love her as much as we already do.". [11] Daytime and weekend bulletins for the Tyne Tees region were reintroduced on Monday 16 September 2013. ITV Tyne Tees & Border was formed on 25 February 2009, with Lookaround and North East Tonight titles retained for the 6pm programme and late bulletin each weekday, whilst shorter bulletins were known simply as Tyne Tees & Border News.[8]. While at Tyne Tees, he revived his regional chat show, The Mike Neville Show and presented occasional specials including Christmas Past and the station's 40th anniversary celebrations in 1999. [6] One worker told Press Gazette that "morale is at rock bottom". He was subsequently a junior editorial assistant at the Daily Mail's Newcastle offices. The ITA agreed that Tyne Tees and Yorkshire could be considered as one company for the purposes of selling airtime, while expressing their individual identities in their programming output. The minutage requirement for the main evening programme was reduced from 30 to 20 minutes, although ITV retain a full half-hour with the option of using some aggregate content from other regions. On 16 December 2008, Press Gazette leaked that journalists were told that leaving collections were banned, along with leaving presentations and on-screen goodbyes. However, poor ratings and an unenthusiastic cast led to the show's cancellation after barely a year. She started her journey on Granada Reports as a lead female presenter in 1988. The pair went on to compere the annual Geordierama shows at the Newcastle Festival, later televised locally by BBC North East and broadcast nationally on BBC Radio 4. 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". 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[20] The third 'prong' of Trident was intended to be Anglia Television, but the IBA ruled out their involvement. After a financially difficult time for the first ITV companies, the Independent Television Authority (ITA) decided to offer independent television to the rest of the country and advertised for bids. Jeff Brown Biography Jeff joined Look North as the programme's main sports presenter in 2003. [14] In February 2017, he was honoured again by the Royal Television Society in the North East with a special award in February 2017 to mark his 80th birthday. She survives him with their daughter, Carolyn. On 23 November 2020, it was announced the main 6pm programme would return to two presenters from that night, with a slightly modified studio to allow for social distancing.[12]. [36] YTT's two largest shareholders became Pearson and LWT. [59], Tyne Tees's original studios were located on City Road, Newcastle upon Tyne and were converted from two furniture warehouses purchased by the company. [72][71], In 1979, the ident was modified once more to remove the word 'colour' and to give it a more dynamic form up. As part of major ITV regional news cuts, taking place from November 2008 to February 2009, around 50 staff were made redundant or accepted voluntary redundancy at ITV Tyne Tees. TYNE Tees TV presenters Jonathan Morrell and Philippa Tomson are being axed. Quite the same Wikipedia. [60], The complex initially contained four studios, with a fifth built in 1981 to accommodate productions for Channel 4. [49] Licences awarded in 1991 were due to expire in January 2001. Most of the regional programming was produced by Yorkshire and broadcast across the two stations, an area that the ITC considered too broad to be of local interest. Brought up in a house with an outside netty, he attended Stephenson Memorial secondary school at Howdon. In 1990, Neville was awarded the MBE for services to broadcasting. Presenter @GMB Journalist @itvtynetees @ITVborder @itvnews Northern Spanish speaker emily.reader@itv.com insta: emilynewsreader It instructed Trident to set up both companies as independents and to retain only a minority shareholding in each. ITV News Tyne Tees has unveiled its new presenter - Amy Lea! Running times of all short bulletins were reduced. [35] This was the first step to ITV becoming one company in England and Wales. [54], In September 2007, Executive Chairman of ITV plc Michael Grade announced that as part of ITV's five-year business strategy, Tyne Tees' newsroom would merge with Border Television. [42] As Bob Conlon, regional executive with the Independent Television Commission, said: "People never really grasped the name it didn't exactly trip off the tongue and it was still referred to as Tyne Tees Television, because it has been there for years. [58] Following this incident, ITV adopted an anti-bullying programme. The Times. [30] The merger led to the culling of staff. ITV Tyne Tees, previously known as Tyne Tees, Channel 3 North East and Tyne Tees Television, is the ITV television franchisee for North East England and parts of North Yorkshire.. Tyne Tees launched on 15 January 1959 from studios at a converted warehouse in City Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, remaining in the city until July 2005 when Tyne Tees moved to smaller studios in Gateshead. [71] This ident was accompanied by a shortened version of the station's signature tune "Three Rivers Fantasy", a specially commissioned work by composer and arranger Arthur Wilkinson. [27] However, the two companies were required to demerge from January 1982 as a condition of the renewal of their ITV franchises. Amy replaces former longstanding presenter Pam Royle, whose final day on air was on Friday. He became Dean for Arts, Design and Media at the University of Sunderland in June 2009. When I first met her she was too nervous to talk on camera - we just sat on her sofa together chatting and eating biscuits and playing with her spaniel! A few summers ago Donald Campbell's Bluebird was ready to take to the water once more. Tyne Tees offered him his own hour long news programme, North East Tonight with Mike Neville. A news reader for ITV's flagship local news programme Tyne Tees News (which began as Northern Life), between 1979 and 1994, there will be many who . [24][28] The Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA), the successor to the ITA, recognised the criticism, reported The Economist, "that Trident was London-dominated, overly diversified, and out of touch with the grass roots. Here's a introduction to Amy - how she got to where she is now, and some of her career highlights. The dark blue was popular amongst ITV contractors because it closely approximated to black on a black and white television set. These companies bid so high that the Independent Television Commission seriously considered rejecting the business plans of each in turn and disqualifying them. In 1993 the MP Ann Clwyd described Tyne Tees as having been "stripped of any meaningful identity since its take over by Yorkshire TV" and Ian Ritchie, Managing Director at Tyne Tees, left the company over a widely publicised disagreement with the Yorkshire-Tyne Tees board over what he saw as an unacceptable drive to centralise the company, including the complete closure of all non-news operations at Newcastle and a proposal to close the City Road studios. An arc of circles also adorned the top right corner. Such documentaries concentrate upon local history, landscape and architecture, such as the various shows by John Grundy. [11] She and their daughter survive him. Places: Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. As a result of the merger, ITV plc had (according to the company) an over-capacity of studio facilities and production units around the country, which had previously been rivals, but were now all part of the same group. You can hear Bob and his special guests from 8pm to 10pm weeknights. Its longest running news programme was Northern Life, which ran from 1976 to 1992. These include axing mid-morning bulletins on weekdays and lunchtime bulletins at weekends, merging a number of regions and axing most non-news regional programmes. Nicholas Owen, a former Look North reporter who moved onto ITN, described Neville as his mentor in a 2004 newspaper article, remarking that, He is a Geordie legend and has a towering reputation, in a way that no-one in national television does. Find out more, Barbara Young, actress with credits ranging from I, Claudius to Coronation Street obituary, John Cockcroft, Telegraph leader writer, Tory MP and passionate European obituary, Wee Willie Harris, eccentric Soho coffee-bar rocker who carved a place in pop history obituary, Ray Shulman, musician and songwriter who co-founded prog-rock favourites Gentle Giant obituary, Mike Coulman, dual-code rugby international for England, Great Britain and the Lions obituary, Guy Wallace, buccaneer of the hunting world, gundog trainer and old Africa hand who lived off-grid in a caravan obituary. Collect, curate and comment on your files. On 28 March 2021, ITV Tyne Tees announced that Amy Lea would be the new co-presenter of the main weekday news programme alongside Ian Payne as of 29 March 2021, taking over from Pam Royle who left ITV on 26 March 2021. Notable current on air staff [ edit] See also: List of ITV News on air staff See also: List of ITV Weather on air staff [40], Bruce Gyngell, the former chairman of breakfast station TV-am, became YTT's managing director on 15 May 1995. In 1989, Neville was caught by Noel Edmonds with a Gotcha on his BBC1 programme Noel's Saturday Roadshow. It was incredible. Tyne Tees took over the relay transmitter at Berwick-upon-Tweed in December 2006 from Border Television in order to extend the deadline of the town's upgrade to digital TV by four years, since Border was the first to switch off its analogue signal in 2008. The look consisted of the top left corner of the logo being inserted into the 'V' segment of the ITV logo, with the station name placed underneath the Tyne Tees ITV logo. Despite a reduction of the levy, Tyne Tees was one of the contractors facing collapse. The new merged ITV Tyne Tees & Border service launched on 25 February 2009. Pam will present ITV News Tyne Tees and Border for . Access the best of Getty Images with our simple subscription plan. [7] He later appeared in a similar role in Under New Management, a locally produced pub sitcom produced by future Dad's Army co-creator David Croft and written by Johnny Speight. Tyne Tees launched on 15 January 1959 from studios at a converted warehouse in City Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, remaining in the city until July 2005 when Tyne Tees moved to smaller studios in Gateshead. [71], The ident was again redesigned in 1988, in which the colour scheme was reversed and lighter shades of blue and yellow used. In a 43-year career with the BBC and ITV franchisee Tyne Tees Television. You can join Ged for his memories of the nightclubs of Teesside, County Durham and North Yorkshire every Sunday from 9pm to midnight. Michael Neville, MBE (born James Armstrong Briggs, 17 October 1936 6 September 2017) was a British broadcaster, best known as a presenter on regional TV news in North East England. Self - Weather Forecaster 24 episodes, 2017-2019 Tim Farron . During her career, Amy has reported on stories both home and abroad, including the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, the manhunt for Raoul Moat and the Manchester Arena bombing, which killed six people from the North East and North Yorkshire. [32][33] Together, the now-merged companies were committed to paying about 60million 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. ITV News Tyne Tees unveils Amy Lea as its new presenter. 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. Despite intending to return, Neville announced his retirement from regional television news on 5 June 2006. Yorkshire and Tyne Tees then came under Trident's ownership on 1 January 1974. Teddi Shaw, who suffers from deadly metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD), has been given the chance of a normal life thanks to one of the world's most expensive drugs. [58], 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. On 16 September 2013 both ITV News Tyne Tees and Lookaround were restored as two single 30-minute regional programmes on weekdays with separate shorter daytime and weekend bulletins reintroduced. However, dual branding with the "ITV" name was introduced a year later, as part of the 1999 generic look. It's stories of strength like this that you really take home with you and that inspire you in your day to day life.The Bluebird. Organise, control, distribute, and measure all of your digital content. [42] Following Granada's takeover in June 1997, the Channel 3 branding was scrapped in March 1998. The Tyne Tees logo continued to appear after its own programmes. [45] The name "Tyne Tees" only appeared before regional programmes; the rest of the time, only the "ITV1" name was shown. From the late 1970s, it produced series such as The Paper Lads, Quest of Eagles, Barriers and Andy Robson. [64] Television House also acts as a base for ITV SignPost, Britain's biggest supplier of British Sign Language (BSL) services for television, video, CD-ROM, DVD, film and the Internet.[66]. TV-am Presenters 1985 The TV-am team in the atrium, 1985. Felicity Barr first female sports correspondent for ITV News in 2001. [17][18], "Remember When: Happy Birthday to Look North legend Mike Neville", "Broadcaster Mike Neville is back on air for special day", "Mike Neville's retirement: end of an era for regional TV? The licence is currently held by ITV Broadcasting Ltd and the original Tyne Tees Television Ltd was dissolved on 28 March 2017. [15] 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. Under the direction of Gavin Taylor, The Tube filmed rock band Queen's 1986 Wembley concert for later broadcast and video and DVD release. Soon after, Frank Bough, compre of the BBCs rival Look North, moved south to present Sportsview and Neville was offered his job. [95][96] A couple of months later, Tyne Tees launched another music show, this time for the ITV network. [45]) Tyne Tees Television was rebranded as ITV1 Tyne Tees on 28 October 2002. Late in life, he said his one regret was not having remained on the stage. The bulk of Tyne Tees' output has been its regional programming, consisting of news, current affairs and local interest. Grow your brand authentically by sharing brand content with the internets creators. Joe McElderry, winner of The X Factor in 2009, said: "I knew Pam from being a child, seeing her on the news, and its no secret I was slightly obsessed with her! "[45] (Scottish, which doesn't trail any of the network shows under any ITV1 branding, Grampian, Ulster and Channel, each kept their own names but used their own versions of the new look. From Newcastle, Neville featured in A Song For Europe and Children In Need, and in 1989 was trapped into a Gotcha by Noel Edmonds. You can join John for The Rock Show from 9pm to midnight every Saturday. However, companies, including Tyne Tees, which had bid high in 1991 were allowed to apply early to try to win financial relief. [69][70], The station identification, or idents for short, of Tyne Tees varied over time; however, most were based the letters TTTV arranged in a box format. North East England was the last of the English regions without a television transmitter. [57] Between December 2008 and February 2009, around 50 staff at the station were made redundant or accepted voluntary redundancy, including presenters, journalists and production staff. [71][74], The generic ident were replaced with ones produced by Tyne Tees, featuring a large reflective block which the viewpoint rotated around, before panning up to reveal it is the Tyne Tees logo.
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