The programme launched on Monday 4 January 1993[1] as London Tonight, after Carlton Television won the London weekday franchise from previous holder Thames Television. London Tonight was originally produced by London News Network – a joint venture between Carlton and LWT designed to provide a sole ITV regional news service for the London area, broadcasting seven days a week. Its creation established a continuity between the once separate services and presentation of the weekend and weekday news, weather and sport in the region, previously provided by Thames News and LWT News.
The flagship programme, initially an hour-long and presented by Alastair Stewart and Fiona Foster, was supplemented by shorter London Today bulletins, launched on 4 January 1993 (LWT discontinued its own local news service the previous weekend). The main evening programme was reduced to 30 minutes a year later, while from 25 November 1996 to September 2002, a half-hour lunchtime edition of London Today was broadcast on weekdays.
In addition to regional news, London News Network also produced a wide range of regional programming for both Carlton and LWT as well as providing transmission services for both stations.
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In 2004, ITV London owners Carlton and Granada merged, forming ITV plc with LNN being dissolved soon after. Production for all ITV London News programming remained at The London Studios (formerly known as the LWT South Bank Centre) until 29 February 2004, when it was taken over by the national Channel 3 news provider ITN and moved to their headquarters in Central London, making the region the only operation not to produce its own news programmes in-house. Around 40 jobs were lost with the closure of LNN, although the programme retained its own editorial team.[2]London Tonight was unaffected by the ITV regional news cuts in February 2009.[3]
On 4 July 2012, ITV News editor Deborah Turness informed London Tonight employees a third of staff would be made redundant, with ITV News and London Tonight both sharing newsgathering and studios from 1 October 2012.[4]
On Monday 14 January 2013, the service was relaunched and renamed as ITV News London.[5]
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ITV News London is a British television news service broadcast on ITV London and ITVX It is produced by ITN ITV News LondonThe ITV News London title card with a close up of the London Eye GenreRegional newsCountry of originUnited KingdomOriginal languageEnglishProductionProduction locationsITN Studios Grays Inn Road London EnglandCamera setupMulti cameraRunning time30 minutes 18 00 broadcast Production companiesLondon News Network 1993 2004 ITN 2004 present Original releaseNetworkITV1 ITV London Release4 January 1993 1993 01 04 presentRelatedLWT NewsThames NewsITV NewsITV WeatherThe London Debate Contents 1 History 1 1 London News Network 1 2 ITN 2 Notable on air staff 3 References 4 External linksHistory editLondon News Network edit The programme launched on Monday 4 January 1993 1 as London Tonight after Carlton Television won the London weekday franchise from previous holder Thames Television London Tonight was originally produced by London News Network a joint venture between Carlton and LWT designed to provide a sole ITV regional news service for the London area broadcasting seven days a week Its creation established a continuity between the once separate services and presentation of the weekend and weekday news weather and sport in the region previously provided by Thames News and LWT News The flagship programme initially an hour long and presented by Alastair Stewart and Fiona Foster was supplemented by shorter London Today bulletins launched on 4 January 1993 LWT discontinued its own local news service the previous weekend The main evening programme was reduced to 30 minutes a year later while from 25 November 1996 to September 2002 a half hour lunchtime edition of London Today was broadcast on weekdays In addition to regional news London News Network also produced a wide range of regional programming for both Carlton and LWT as well as providing transmission services for both stations ITN edit In 2004 ITV London owners Carlton and Granada merged forming ITV plc with LNN being dissolved soon after Production for all ITV London News programming remained at The London Studios formerly known as the LWT South Bank Centre until 29 February 2004 when it was taken over by the national Channel 3 news provider ITN and moved to their headquarters in Central London making the region the only operation not to produce its own news programmes in house Around 40 jobs were lost with the closure of LNN although the programme retained its own editorial team 2 London Tonight was unaffected by the ITV regional news cuts in February 2009 3 On 4 July 2012 ITV News editor Deborah Turness informed London Tonight employees a third of staff would be made redundant with ITV News and London Tonight both sharing newsgathering and studios from 1 October 2012 4 On Monday 14 January 2013 the service was relaunched and renamed as ITV News London 5 Former notable lead presenters include Katie Derham 6 Fiona Foster Nina Hossain 7 Natasha Kaplinsky 8 Anna Maria Ashe Donal MacIntyre 9 Mary Nightingale Alastair Stewart 10 and Matt Teale Notable on air staff editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed March 2024 Learn how and when to remove this template message See also List of ITV News on air staffSee also List of ITV Weather on air staff Faye Barker Newsreader 2005 Sally Biddulph Newsreader 2014 Lucrezia Millarini Presenter newsreader 2013 Entertainment Correspondent 2010 2012 Geraint Vincent Occasional presenter 2017 Suzanne Virdee Relief newsreader 2016 Charlene White Presenter newsreader 2008 References edit ITV News London Retrieved 2 December 2019 Tryhorn Chris 17 October 2003 Jobs go in ITV London news shake up The Guardian London Seventeen regions into nine How the updated ITV local news services will run The Guardian 16 February 2009 ITN to axe 15 jobs on ITV London news Jake Kanter Broadcast Now 4 July 2012 ITV launches rebrand on air and online itv com 14 January 2013 Robinson James 21 April 2010 Katie Derham leaving ITN for BBC The Guardian London Retrieved 21 April 2010 ITV News selects Nina Hossain as lead presenter of Lunchtime News Amy Wilson Response Source 30 May 2019 Sweney Mark 3 August 2011 Natasha Kaplinsky takes ITV news anchor role The Guardian London Retrieved 3 August 2011 Donal Macintyre to be Katie Derham s partner on London Tonight This is London 17 March 2010 Archived from the original on 9 April 2010 Retrieved 17 March 2010 Plunkett John 19 August 2009 More Mark Austin on News at Ten The Guardian London Retrieved 19 July 2009 External links editITV News London at itv comPreceded byBBC Midlands Today RTS Television JournalismRegional Daily News Magazine1999 Succeeded byBBC Look NorthPreceded byFrontline Scotland The Ghost of Piper Alpha RTS Television JournalismRegional Current Affairs Soho Bombing 2000 Succeeded bySpotlight Life and Death of an IRA QuartermasterPreceded byBBC South East Today RTS Television JournalismNations and Regions News Grenfell Tower 2018 Succeeded byITV News Central Leicester Helicopter Crash A City In Mourning Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title ITV News London amp oldid 1215471129, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
