Six News
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| SIX News Putting the New in News | |
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| Region | National News and Breakfast |
|---|---|
| Started Operation | March 1, 2009 |
| Finished Operation | incumbent |
| Replaced | Taff Media News |
| Replaced by | incumbent |
| Owner | Aquidia Holdings 60% fourtsnmedia 15% Emoa Group 15% Carte Regal Media 10% Vanquish Media |
| Location | City Studios in Aberdeen Glasgow Cardiff Complex 2 in Manchester Complex 3 in London Belfast CTV Studios, CI |
| Website | ahl.trisreed.net/news |
| Type | Non-regional digital channel |
| Genre | Rolling News |
| Region | Most franchises |
| Started Operation | March 18, 2009 |
| Finished Operation | incumbent |
Six News (alternatively SIX News) is the franchisee for national network news from March 2009. Run by Aquidia Holdings Limited, it broadcasts multiple times per day from a network of locations. Legally the name of SIX News is AHL (SIX News) Limited.
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[edit] Bulletins
Bulletins are shown at:
- 6:00AM - Six News Early Edition
- 6:30AM - Six AM
- 1:30PM - Six News Lunchtime Edition
- 5:30PM - Six News Evening Edition
- 10:00PM - Six News Late Edition
The schedule differs on weekends. The 5:30 edition was to be called "Nightly Edition" however this caused confusion with the Late Edition.
[edit] Six News Channel
A national digital rolling news mulichannel was launched soon after on the 18th of March, initially in a testing mode, and with full service later. The Six News Channel replaced ftv News on the Cable4 service at 12:00PM when full service was launched. It is simulcast in East Scotland and the Channel Islands as a radio service. The service features crosses all around the country to various news centres.
[edit] Schedule
A typical day on the Six News Channel is as follows (rolling news in the event of breaking news):
- 6:00AM - Six News Early Edition
- 6:30AM - Six AM
- 9:25AM - Headlines
- 9:30AM - Program (News Documentary)
- 10:00AM - Rolling News
- 10:30AM - Today in Business
- 11:00AM - Rolling News
- 11:30AM - That's Entertainment!
- 12:00PM - Rolling News
- 12:30PM - Gaelic News
- 12:45PM - Politics Today
- 1:00PM - Welsh News
- 1:15PM - Tomorrow's Forecast
- 1:30PM - Six News Lunchtime Edition
- 2:00PM - Program (News Documentary)
- 2:30PM - Sport Today
- 3:00PM - Rolling News
- 3:30PM - International News Bulletin
- 4:00PM - Rolling News
- 4:30PM - Closing Bell
- 5:00PM - The World Today
- 5:30PM - Six News Evening Edition
- 6:00PM - Across the country
- 7:00PM - Rolling News
- 7:30PM - Program (News Documentary)
- 8:00PM - Rolling News
- 8:30PM - Gaelic News
- 8:45PM - Welsh News
- 9:00PM - Rolling News
- 9:30PM - Tonight with Nate Verducci
- 10:30PM - Six News Late Edition
- 11:00PM - The World Tonight
- 11:30PM - Rolling News including international bulletins (30mins international bulletin, 30mins rolling news)
[edit] Radio
The Six News Channel service is provided in an audio-only version to be broadcast as a radio channel. Segments unsuitable for radio are replaced with radio-only alternatives (usually rolling news) provided live from the AHL studios.
Currently this service only operates as a very low bitrate (32kbps) test via DAB near Aberdeen.
[edit] Graphics
 One-line aston |
 'Evening Edition' title |
 Title showing date |
 Over-the-shoulder |
 Two-line aston and 'Live' DOG |
 Breaking News aston |
 Six AM title |
 Stock market graphics |
 Weather graphics |
 2-way graphic |
 Breaking News title |
| Aquidia Holdings Limited | |
| Regional Franchises | scoTV (East Scotland), CTV (Channel Islands) |
| National Franchises | SIX News (National News) |
| Digital Channels | CMV, SIX News Channel |
| Radio | CMV Radio, SIX News Radio |
| Closed Channels | scoTWO, scoHD |
| Productions | Andy Wilkins Live, scoTV Newshour, CTV Newshour |
| Internal Divisions | Cerelia, Aquidia Studios |
| Miscellaneous | UpLate, scoTEXT, fourtsnsat |
| Shareholders | fourtsnmedia (60%), Emoa Group (15%) Carte Regal Media (15%), Vanquish Media (10%) |
| Former Shareholders | Taff Media (20%), V Group (10%) |
