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Five News is the news programme of British broadcaster Five. It is produced by Sky News. Sky News is a rolling TV news channel providing 24 hour news coverage including the latest breaking 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. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sky News is a rolling TV news channel providing 24 hour news coverage including the latest breaking news ITN ( Independent Television News) is a major news and content provider with headquarters in the United Kingdom. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar
History
"5 News", as it was then branded, was one of the new station's flagship programmes when it launched on 30 March 1997. Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar It was originally produced by ITN, which at the time also provided the news for Channel 4 and ITV. Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began Independent Television (generally known as ITV) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters set up under the Independent It was announced on 9 March 2004 that Sky had won the new contract to provide Five with its news bulletins. Events 590 - Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " [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. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea Earthquake that occurred at 005853 UTC on December 26 2004 with an Epicentre off the west coast of [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]
Newsreaders
Main Anchors
Other Presenters
Former Presenters
Correspondents
Jonathan Samuels is a senior correspondent, while Lara Lewington has been the weather presenter since January 2003. Natasha Margaret Kaplinsky (born 9 September 1972 is an English newsreader. Kate Gerbeau (née Sanderson) (born 9 August 1968 in Sutton Coldfield) is an English Television presenter and news reader, currently Matt Barbet (born 1976 is a British television presenter and correspondent on Five News. Isla Traquair (born 1980 is a Scottish broadcast journalist currently working on Five News. Faye Barker is a British newsreader and journalist Personal life Faye Barker is from Devon, England. Helen Fospero (born in 1966 in Cleethorpes) is an English television newsreader and Journalist. Asha Tanna is a Journalist and Television presenter for the British television news programme Five News. Kirsty Jackson Young (born 23 November 1968 in East Kilbride) is a Scottish television journalist presenter actress and radio presenter Andrea Catherine Catherwood (born 27 November 1967 in Belfast) is a Northern Irish television presenter Charlie Stayt is an English Journalist and Presenter, currently employed by the BBC. Louisa Preston is a BBC Journalist. She currently works on BBC London news as a Newsreader / occasional reporter mostly working the early morning Lara Lewington (born 10 May 1979 is a British weathergirl and Television presenter on Five, joining Five News in 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. The Political Editor of a newspaper or broadcast media is the senior political reporter who covers politics and related matters for the newspaper or station Jason Farrell is Five News's Crime Correspondent, though he often reports on other stories including sport. Sport is an Activity that is governed by a set of rules or Customs and often engaged in competitively
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
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)
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. A news ticker (sometimes referred to as a "crawler" is a small screen space on News Television networks 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. The primary role of a television producer is to control all aspects of production ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking Dame Kelly Holmes, DBE (born April 19 1970 is a retired English middle-distance athlete. Dennis Howard Marks (born August 13 1945 in Kenfig Hill, near Bridgend, Wales) is a former Teacher, Drug smuggler This is about the political associate of Tony Blair for others see Alistair Campbell (disambiguation. User generated content ( UGC, often hyphenated also known as Consumer Generated Media ( CGM) or User created Content ( UCC) refers 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.
External links
References
- ^ "Five to take Sky News bulletins", BBC News, 9 March 2004. Events 590 - Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Retrieved on 2007-09-29. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire.
- ^ "New look for Five News", Transdiffusion Broadcasting System. Retrieved on 2007-09-29. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire.
- ^ "RTS Television Journalism Awards 1997", Royal Television Society, 1997. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Retrieved on 2007-09-29. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire.
- ^ "New look for Five News", Transdiffusion Broadcasting System. Retrieved on 2007-09-29. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire.
- ^ "Five: Sitting down is the new standing up", MediaGuardian (free subscription required), 1 October 2007. Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Retrieved on 2007-10-01. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela.
- ^ "Your News", five. tv. Retrieved on 2007-09-29. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire.
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