Media trade mag Press Gazette is reporting concerns that the new Westminster Government may scupper plans for replacement ITV Wales news service Wales Live.
That'd be disappointing - albeit not totally unexpected - news for staff at The Wave and Swansea Sound, part of the media consortium chosen to deliver the new service.
Any Government with a hint of Tory was always likely to mean difficulties in the Labour-triggered process which involves £130m of license fee funds.
Full story: http://bit.ly/aRN32m
Showing posts with label ITV Wales. Show all posts
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Thursday, March 25, 2010
Swansea Bay celebrations for successful media bidders
There's a big new name on the Swansea Bay media landscape ... and it's one the good folk at Swansea Sound and The Wave can be very excited about.
The Government has today named Wales Live as the winning bid to run an independently funded news consortium (IFNC) pilot projects in Wales. The Wales Live bid featured the two local stations under the banner of parent company UTV.
Meanwhile, Llanelli-based independent TV production company Tinopolis is part of a similar success story for Scotland.
Wales Live is a collaboration between Swansea Sound/The Wave owners UTV and North Walian publisher NWN Media.
Michael Wilson, managing director of UTV Television , said: “What a fantastic achievement for the Wales Live team!.
"We put our hearts and souls into winning this bid. With our partners NWN Media, we look forward to delivering a fresh and authoritative news service to the whole of Wales across TV, online and radio with the current ITV Wales News Team.
"The process is still on-going and we remain fully committed to moving forward on contracts."
The IFNCs will receive a total of £47m in Government funding over two years to provide local news content across the web, mobile and other new platforms, along with the TV slot currently occupied by ITV regional news. Funding comes from a £130m under-spend in the licence fee.
Wales Live will take over the ITV Wales news service - although a Tory Government could spell trouble for the whole IFNC scheme.
Government decision-makers said the winning bidders "understood the implications of convergence, demonstrating how television, local newspapers, the internet, local radio could work together in new and interesting ways."
They said UTV had a "clear vision for an innovative community-based approach in conjunction with citizen journalists and its newspaper partner, NWN Media."
Reserve bidder for Wales was Tinopolis, with a consortium featuring Swansea University, Bay Radio, the South Wales Evening Post, the South Wales Guardian, ITV journalists and others being left out in the cold.
The Government has today named Wales Live as the winning bid to run an independently funded news consortium (IFNC) pilot projects in Wales. The Wales Live bid featured the two local stations under the banner of parent company UTV.
Meanwhile, Llanelli-based independent TV production company Tinopolis is part of a similar success story for Scotland.
Wales Live is a collaboration between Swansea Sound/The Wave owners UTV and North Walian publisher NWN Media.
Michael Wilson, managing director of UTV Television , said: “What a fantastic achievement for the Wales Live team!.
"We put our hearts and souls into winning this bid. With our partners NWN Media, we look forward to delivering a fresh and authoritative news service to the whole of Wales across TV, online and radio with the current ITV Wales News Team.
"The process is still on-going and we remain fully committed to moving forward on contracts."
The IFNCs will receive a total of £47m in Government funding over two years to provide local news content across the web, mobile and other new platforms, along with the TV slot currently occupied by ITV regional news. Funding comes from a £130m under-spend in the licence fee.
Wales Live will take over the ITV Wales news service - although a Tory Government could spell trouble for the whole IFNC scheme.
Government decision-makers said the winning bidders "understood the implications of convergence, demonstrating how television, local newspapers, the internet, local radio could work together in new and interesting ways."
They said UTV had a "clear vision for an innovative community-based approach in conjunction with citizen journalists and its newspaper partner, NWN Media."
Reserve bidder for Wales was Tinopolis, with a consortium featuring Swansea University, Bay Radio, the South Wales Evening Post, the South Wales Guardian, ITV journalists and others being left out in the cold.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Swansea Bay media has new ITV correspondent
The Swansea Bay media scene has a new kid on the block - ITV Wales reporter Rob Osborne.
Rob, who replaces Catharine Evan-Williams, has been handed the second-city patch by his broadcasting bosses at Culverhouse Cross.
So it'll now be him - usually - who you see on flagship shows such as Wales Tonight when the limelight falls on Swansea.
You can see Rob on the clip Rail Revamp - http://bit.ly/d4L36V. Advisory - fast forward to 1min 28sec to eyeball him.
Rob's now starting to work his way through a handy little meet-and-greet tour of his new beat, getting to know some of the movers and shakers who'll be able to help him in his Swansea Bay endeavours.
Croeso, Rob!
Rob, who replaces Catharine Evan-Williams, has been handed the second-city patch by his broadcasting bosses at Culverhouse Cross.
So it'll now be him - usually - who you see on flagship shows such as Wales Tonight when the limelight falls on Swansea.
You can see Rob on the clip Rail Revamp - http://bit.ly/d4L36V. Advisory - fast forward to 1min 28sec to eyeball him.
Rob's now starting to work his way through a handy little meet-and-greet tour of his new beat, getting to know some of the movers and shakers who'll be able to help him in his Swansea Bay endeavours.
Croeso, Rob!
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