Five News
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Five News is the news programme of British broadcaster Five. It is produced by Sky News.
From 1 January 2005, Sky News was awarded the contract to provide the news for Five, replacing ITN, which had provided the channel's news service from the channel's launch in 1997.
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[edit] History
"5 News", as it was then branded, was one of the new station's flagship programmes when it launched on 30 March 1997. It was originally produced by ITN, which at the time also provided the news for Channel 4 and ITV. It was announced on 9 March 2004 that Sky had won the new contract to provide Five with its news bulletins.[1]
The first Sky-produced bulletin was meant to be on Monday 3 January 2005 but the Boxing Day tsunami meant it premiered two days earlier in a short Saturday evening update.[2]
Over its relatively short life, it has pioneered a number of innovations in style, format and content of news and won numerous awards in its early years.[3]
[edit] Newsreaders
Main Anchors
- Natasha Kaplinsky- Main Presenter of the two evening programmes
- Kate Gerbeau- Lunchtime Presenter
Other Presenters
Former Presenters
- Kirsty Young - Main Anchor 1997-2000, 2001-2007
- Andrea Catherwood - Main Anchor 2000-2001
- Charlie Stayt - 1997-2005
- Roland Buerk - 1997-2000
- Rob Butler - 1997-2003
- Elaine Parke - 1999-2003
- Louisa Preston - 2001-2005
[edit] Correspondents
Jonathan Samuels is a senior correspondent, while Lara Lewington has been the weather presenter since January 2003. Five News's political editor is Andy Bell who, along with Catherine Jones, has been with the channel through both its ITN and Sky News periods. Jason Farrell is Five News's Crime Correspondent, though he often reports on other stories including sport.
[edit] News Programmes
Currently, Five News has three weekday news editions:
- A lunchtime edition broadcast between 12.30pm and 12.45pm
- An early-evening edition broadcast between 5.00pm and 5.30pm
- A mid-evening edition broadcast between 7.00pm and 7.30pm
[edit] Former News Programmes
Five has previously aired the following weekday news editions:
- 5 News Early - A breakfast edition broadcast at 06.00 (1997-2000)
- 5 News At Noon (later Five News At Noon) - A daytime edition broadcast at 12.00 (1998?-2004)
- 5 News - The generic name and the nightly edition broadcast at 20.30 (1997-1999)
- 5 News At Breakfast - A shorter breakfast edition broadcast at 06.00 (2000-2001?)
- 5 News At Six - An evening edition broadcast at 18.00 (1999-2001)
- 5 News At 5.30 (later Five News At 5.30) - An early evening edition broadcast at 17.30 (2001-2004)
- 5 News At 7.30 (later Five News At 7.30) - A nightly edition at 19.30 (2001-2004)
- First On Five - A nightly news segment presented within the main 20.30 (and later 18.00) edition (1997-2000)
[edit] Features
- Five News provide afternoon and evening updates on the hour, every hour during the week
- A 'ticker' was used during these updates, the first seen on a terrestrial news broadcast, outside of a simulcast with a news channel. It was however switched to a weather ticker before being dropped entirely in 2007.
- A presenter standing up or 'perching' rather than sitting behind a desk[4] (which has since been used by other broadcasters).
This feature has now been banned, with presenters at the seating area for all bulletins[5] - On air 'teases' from production staff
- Live discussions involving various experts, campaigners, celebrities and political commentators
- Guest editors - these included Ms. Dynamite, Dame Kelly Holmes, Howard Marks and Alastair Campbell
- Your News, a segment of most bulletins given over to viewers' videos and now adapted by many other news programmes under the banner 'user-generated content'[6]
- On-screen email addresses for reporters while they're on air, a feature previously seen in newspapers. This was dropped a few months after introduction.
- When the contract transferred to Sky News, Five News was the first programme to broadcast (and, for the first time, in widescreen) from the new state-of-the-art news centre at Sky's headquarters in Osterley. It has since been joined by the main Sky News channel and Sky News Radio.
[edit] External links
- News at five.tv
- Sky News at sky.com
- Natasha's Newsroom blog
[edit] References
- ^ "Five to take Sky News bulletins", BBC News, 9 March 2004. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
- ^ "New look for Five News", Transdiffusion Broadcasting System. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
- ^ "RTS Television Journalism Awards 1997", Royal Television Society, 1997. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
- ^ "New look for Five News", Transdiffusion Broadcasting System. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
- ^ "Five: Sitting down is the new standing up", MediaGuardian (free subscription required), 1 October 2007. Retrieved on 2007-10-01.
- ^ "Your News", five.tv. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
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