22-05-2023, 10:46 PM
The Channel 4 Daily had to share a studio with other ITN news programmes. In 1992 they were coming from Grays Inn Road, so they used either Studio 1 or 2, maybe a bit of a squeeze for them, as those two studios were busy in 1992.
Channel 4 knew in 1991 that come 1993 they would have to chase ratings, as their funding mechanism changed, as they were allowed to sell their own advertising, and not receive any subscription money from the ITV regional companies - so come 1992, Channel 4 knew where their future was heading and axed it, for the more commercially viable Big Breakfast.
Of course Channel 4 had to keep to a remit of news, so ITN was contracted to provide 2 minute news updates every 20 minutes during The Big Breakfast's two hours on air.
(22-05-2023, 10:45 PM)Stuart Wrote:(22-05-2023, 10:27 PM)itsrobert Wrote: Quite a rare find here - just over an hour of The Channel Four Daily from February 1992!Great find! I always liked the Channel Four Daily. That example is from the second incarnation, with everyone in the same studio and an odd obsession with venetian blinds and empty binders on bookshelves.
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C4 cancelled it because of low viewing figures, but I thought the whole point of the channel was not to be chasing ratings.
Channel 4 knew in 1991 that come 1993 they would have to chase ratings, as their funding mechanism changed, as they were allowed to sell their own advertising, and not receive any subscription money from the ITV regional companies - so come 1992, Channel 4 knew where their future was heading and axed it, for the more commercially viable Big Breakfast.
Of course Channel 4 had to keep to a remit of news, so ITN was contracted to provide 2 minute news updates every 20 minutes during The Big Breakfast's two hours on air.