''ITV News Channel TV'' (referred to as ''ITV News on Channel'' on air) is a British television news service for the

Channel Islands The Channel Islands ( nrf, Îles d'la Manche; french: îles Anglo-Normandes or ''îles de la Manche'') are an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They include two Crown Dependencies: the Bailiwick of Jersey, ...

broadcast and produced by

ITV Channel ITV Channel Television, previously Channel Television, is a British television station which has served as the ITV contractor for the Channel Islands since 1962. It is based in Jersey and broadcasts regional programme for insertion into th ...

Overview

ITV News has its main Channel Islands newsroom in

Jersey Jersey ( , ; nrf, Jèrri, label= Jèrriais ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (french: Bailliage de Jersey, links=no; Jèrriais: ), is an island country and self-governing Crown Dependency near the coast of north-west France. It is the ...

as well as a smaller bureau in

Guernsey Guernsey (; Guernésiais: ''Guernési''; french: Guernesey) is an island in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy that is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown Dependency. It is the second largest of the Channel Islands ...

, both with reporters and camera crews working seven days a week. The station also has freelance video journalists based on the smaller islands of

Alderney Alderney (; french: Aurigny ; Auregnais: ) is the northernmost of the inhabited Channel Islands. It is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown Dependencies, Crown dependency. It is long and wide. The island's area is , making i ...

and

Sark Sark (french: link=no, Sercq, ; Sercquiais: or ) is a part of the Channel Islands in the southwestern English Channel, off the coast of Normandy, France. It is a royal fief, which forms part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, with its own set of ...

. There are currently six Channel TV news bulletins produced on weekdays: three during Good Morning Britain (branded as ''Good Morning Channel'' on air), a lunchtime news update, the main 6pm evening news (previously called ''Channel Report'') and a shorter late news bulletin after the

ITV News at Ten ''ITV News at Ten'' (or more commonly ''News at Ten'') is the flagship evening news programme on British television network ITV, produced by ITN and founded by news editor Geoffrey Cox in July 1967. The bulletin was the first permanent 30-mi ...

. There are also two weekend news updates, broadcast early evening on Saturdays and Sundays.

Production

Studios

Channel's news programmes are presented from the

studios at Castle Quay in

St. Helier St Helier (; Jèrriais: ; french: Saint-Hélier) is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands in the English Channel. St Helier has a population of 35,822 – over one-third of the total population of Jersey – ...

. There is also a smaller

studio in St Sampson which is used for live interviews or pre-recorded segments. The main ''Channel Report'' studio was previously based at La Pouquelaye in the north of

Identity

Although

Channel Television ITV Channel Television, previously Channel Television, is a British television station which has served as the ITV contractor for the Channel Islands since 1962. It is based in Jersey and broadcasts regional programme for insertion into the ...

remained independently owned until 2011, during the 2000s, ''Channel Report'' adopted a localised version of the titles, graphics and music used by

ITV Plc ITV plc is a British media company that holds 13 of the 15 regional television licences that make up the ITV network (Channel 3), the oldest and largest commercial terrestrial television network in the United Kingdom. ITV plc is listed on th ...

-produced regional news programmes. When the ''Channel Report'' name was dropped in January 2013 to bring it in line with the other ITV regional programmes, the historical 'Channel TV' name was retained in order to distinguish between the Channel Islands' news service and the 24-hour ITV News Channel that was previously run by ITN between 2000 and 2005. Since the rebrand, presenters refer to the programme on air as ''ITV News on Channel'' or ''ITV News in the Channel Islands''.

Transmission

ITV News Channel TV, and all of Channel's other local programmes, have been produced in

1080i 1080i (also known as Full HD or BT.709) is a combination of frame resolution and scan type. 1080i is used in high-definition television (HDTV) and high-definition video. The number "1080" refers to the number of horizontal lines on the scree ...

HD since production moved to Castle Quay in 2015. However, as of 2022 viewers in the region can still only watch in

576i 576i is a standard-definition digital video mode, originally used for digitizing analog television in most countries of the world where the utility frequency for electric power distribution is 50 Hz. Because of its close association wit ...

standard definition Standard-definition television (SDTV, SD, often shortened to standard definition) is a television system which uses a resolution that is not considered to be either high or enhanced definition. "Standard" refers to it being the prevailing sp ...

over

Freeview Freeview may refer to: *Freeview (Australia), the marketing name for the digital terrestrial television platform in Australia *Freeview (New Zealand), a digital satellite and digital terrestrial television platform in New Zealand *Freeview (UK), a ...

& Sky. Channel publishes the HD version of its nightly news programme on ITV.com shortly after broadcast, making it available to watch for 24 hours. It also occasionally simulcasts the programme online using

Facebook Live Facebook is a social-network service website launched on February 4, 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg. The following is a list of software and technology features that can be found on the Facebook website and mobile app and are available to users of t ...

, as it does with other special regional programmes to avoid disrupting the network ITV schedule.

Notable presenters and reporters

Current

Jess Dunsdon Jess is a unisex given name, often a short form ( hypocorism) of Jessica, Jesse, Jessie, etc., and a surname. It may refer to: Given name * Jess Atkinson (born 1961), American football player * Jess Cain (1926–2008), American radio host * ...

Jonathan Wills Jonathan Wills is a British journalist currently employed by ITV Channel. Born in 1964 he has worked for ITN, where he was best known for presenting the sports segment during the now defunct '' ITV News at 10.30''. He also fronted regional pro ...

After 13 years our Willsy's off to pastures new
itv.com, 6 March 2021 * Katie Chiang ( Good Morning Britain bulletins)

Former

Emma Baker Emma Baker (born 1980) is a British television journalist and presenter employed by ITV Anglia as Head of News. Career Baker’s ITV career began in June 2005 as a trainee journalist at ''ITV News London'' (ITN). She joined regional news prog ...

(

ITV Anglia ITV Anglia, previously known as Anglia Television, is the ITV franchise holder for the East of England. The station is based at Anglia House in Norwich, with regional news bureaux in Cambridge and Northampton. ITV Anglia is owned and operated ...

) *

Paul Brown Paul Eugene Brown (September 7, 1908 – August 5, 1991) was an American football coach and executive in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and National Football League (NFL). Brown was both the co-founder and first coach of the Clevela ...

Gary Burgess Gary Burgess (13 November 1975 – 1 January 2022) was a British broadcaster and journalist, latterly in the Channel Islands where his freelance work on regional television, local radio and a newspaper led him to become known as a community cha ...

Murray Dron Murray Arnold Dron (born 23 January 1975) is a British journalist and television presenter working for ITN on London Tonight and ITV News. Background Dron was born in Perth, Scotland, but grew up in Jersey from a young age. He was educated at El ...

Kristina Moore Kristina Louise Moore is a Jersey politician and former journalist who is currently the Chief Minister of Jersey, as well as being a Deputy for St Mary, St Ouen and St Peter. She has served in the States Assembly since 2011 and is currentl ...

References

External links

* {{ITV News Nations & Regions 1976 British television series debuts 1970s British television series 1980s British television series 1990s British television series 2000s British television series 2010s British television series 2020s British television series Channel Islands English-language television shows ITV regional news shows Mass media in Jersey Television news in Jersey Television shows produced by Channel Television