Friday, 28 October 2016

Trouble at ITN?

After 30 years with ITN Mark Austin has announced that he is quitting. The reason? Apparently there has been a bit of an ego clash with fellow presenter Tom Bradby. Bradby has recently taken over Austin's role as News at Ten anchor. Not taking this lying down Austin bagged an exclusive interview with Prince William. But according to some this was edited down as per Bradby's request. And now Austin has gone, though Bradby will now have to deal with the equally competitive Robert Peston. What of the programme itself? Ever since ITV moved it's evening news slot from it's regular 10 o'clock slot in 1999 just to show films with out having to interrupt films, there have been numerous changes brought about scheduling. And to make matters worse BBC1 pitched up in the 10pm slot themselves and now have a healthily lead over their rival. ITV is rumoured to be lunching an entertainment news programme in the slot, though the history of shows that are based on the likes of the US's Entertainment Tonight in the UK are not very, who remembers BBC1's Entertainment Express with Selina Scott for example? ITN may find itself having to weather even more changes.

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