22-08-2022, 06:23 PM
I wouldn't like to speculate on whether it was a contractual thing, but it was certainly more convenient.
This way, you need three feeds into Granada (TTTP, TM and the next programme) and one feed to the rest of the country. The alternative is three feeds into every ITV station. If BT are charging each time they make that switch there's an obvious saving to be had, and not every station had three incoming circuits.
Heres an old Thames routine sheet showing that most of the evening schedule was being fed to the network via Thames, including Coronation Strees from Granada (not sure why they did it that way on this occasion, it wasn't standard practice).
routinesheetsdatabase.co.uk
This way, you need three feeds into Granada (TTTP, TM and the next programme) and one feed to the rest of the country. The alternative is three feeds into every ITV station. If BT are charging each time they make that switch there's an obvious saving to be had, and not every station had three incoming circuits.
Heres an old Thames routine sheet showing that most of the evening schedule was being fed to the network via Thames, including Coronation Strees from Granada (not sure why they did it that way on this occasion, it wasn't standard practice).
routinesheetsdatabase.co.uk