CITV FINAL CLOSEDOWN... WAS THAT IT?!

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  • čas přidán 16. 07. 2024
  • At 9pm on September 1st, CITV bid a final farewell after 40 years... BUT WAS THAT IT?!
    After much speculation as to how Children's ITV would end for good, there were numerous possibilities that could have been taken, but what we got... well, if you don't already know, you'll have to tune in to this video to find out! And if you know what happened, tune in to find out my thoughts!
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  • @43Main
    @43Main Před 10 měsíci +85

    I wasn't even surprised. Even a final montage of CITV would've been enough. But no, like so many modern channel shutdowns, it just goes off and that's it, which is truly a shame.

    • @marcuslavaggi-bowen6539
      @marcuslavaggi-bowen6539 Před 10 měsíci +12

      Like Scuzz, it just cut off midway into a song, here it cut off during a trailer and put up a placeholder. Modern TV is crap.

  • @Acidonia150reborn
    @Acidonia150reborn Před 10 měsíci +38

    This is the same ITV who turned Christmas day to Just This Morning,Cooking shows and The Chase with no TV special or even Movies a few years back they stopped caring.

    • @johnking5174
      @johnking5174 Před 10 měsíci +7

      Christmas Day ITV1 has Good Morning Britain, Lorraine, This Morning, The Chase, Corrie, Emmerdale and then a token new show - ITV gave up about caring about Christmas in 1993.

    • @arthurvasey
      @arthurvasey Před 10 měsíci +4

      Christmas Days of my youth - we rarely put the telly on much before 3 pm in time for Lizzie’s Christmas speech - whatever channel we watched her on depended on what film the adults wanted to watch on BBC 1 or ITV after Lizzie! Please note - the adults - they struggled with the concept of democracy!
      I remember the adults all wanted to watch the première of Paint Your Wagon - it took ten years to finally get on television - it was nearly over before they decided it was rubbish!
      Generally speaking, Christmas fortnight was usually the time of year for the first showing on British television for movie blockbusters - there was usually a five year gap between screening in cinemas and it appearing on television - today, it’s about a year!
      By the time terrestrial television got its hands on many movies - particularly the violent ones or those with swearing - most of them had been shredded to ribbons in a bid to make them family-friendly - or, at least, less adult - Saturday Night Fever in its full form had quite a lot of strong language - an A-certificate (PG in today’s vernacular) version was issued in cinemas with most of the adult content being heavily censored or overdubbed with milder swearing - the version that was premiered on television was even more heavily censored to the point where it was screened in the early evening - although the uncensored version has aired late at night!

    • @Acidonia150reborn
      @Acidonia150reborn Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@johnking5174 They was still airing movies and animated specials in 1993 and putting effort in.

    • @j0hnf_uk
      @j0hnf_uk Před 10 měsíci

      @@arthurvasey One thing you have to take into consideration regarding who gets to watch what on Christmas day, was who was paying for it all. Nothing to do with democracy, as such. The saying of, 'he who pays the piper calls the tune', was often used by my parents regarding choices of what was to be watched. I couldn't wait to get my own little portable TV, even if it was only black & white. I've never seen, nor ever wanted to see, Paint Your Wagon. I think my parents owned the LP with the music from it on, but again I never heard any of it. I'd imagine it wasn't something that would interest kids, though.
      Satellite TV pretty much ruined the concept of having, 'first showing on British television', movies shown at Christmas. The likes of Sky would out-bid both ITV and the BBC for such blockbuster movies, and so they'd often have to settle for lesser known, lesser successful movies to air on the big day. Something that became more and more noticeable as the 90's wore on. I think E.T. was probably the last true blockbuster movie I remember getting hyped-up to see on Christmas Day, back in 1988. Those who could afford Sky had already seen most, if not all of them months earlier, and so the whole idea of special movies for Christmas pretty much died on its arse.
      The censorious nature of editing movies for television had been going on since the 60's, thanks in large to the likes of Mary Whitehouse and his puritanical and often sanctimonious mindset. It wasn't until the 90's when movies would be shown almost entirely uncut, but even then, some scenes and language was changed to get passed the censors that still existed. Sanitised versions of movies were often put out early evening with a lot of the nuances being lost. I remember Crocodile Dundee being on one Christmas Day night, ('89, I think), and there were a fair number of jokes/one-liners that totally lost all meaning due to the amount of editing that removed references and words.

  • @theaverageteleporter7435
    @theaverageteleporter7435 Před 10 měsíci +11

    One of the things that changed is that the girl in the funniest kid advert used to say Citv is closing but then when it shut down she said Citv is closed

  • @sophie_drachen
    @sophie_drachen Před 10 měsíci +77

    It would've been good to do a marathon of shows that they've aired from the past forty years through the week, give the parents something to reminisce about as well as the children too! Would've at least cushioned the blow of losing the channel that I'm sure was a source of nostalgia for those who grew up with it. I was more of a Disney and CBBC kind of kid, but I did watch bits of CITV, mostly Pokémon.
    Just a shame that they got killed off on their fortieth birthday, so much for life beginning at forty, right!?
    Why not as a compromise, bring back a programming strand on ITV2 or ITV1 for the children who don't have internet access, put it on the weekends or after school, that way everyone is happy.

    • @tcbuses
      @tcbuses Před 10 měsíci +11

      CITV, POP and CBBC carried my childhood as I didn't have internet and I didn't have sky or anything. They are cancelling CBBC soon aswell. shocking

    • @MrSmith1984
      @MrSmith1984 Před 10 měsíci +6

      To be fair, ITV is showing kids programming on ITV2 during the mornings. However, they are not using the CITV on that occasion.

    • @electrostar5161
      @electrostar5161 Před 10 měsíci +8

      @@MrSmith1984 There was CITV branding during the ITV2 strand

    • @adultmoshifan87
      @adultmoshifan87 Před 10 měsíci +5

      Or better yet: ITV should’ve continued to care about kids programming and NOT shut down Citv at all! The fact that they cut Citv’s hours on ITV1 in the mid-2000s, phased out preschool programming in 2013/14 and didn’t even launch a Citv+1 channel shows how little they care about kids programming overall!

    • @electrostar5161
      @electrostar5161 Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@adultmoshifan87 Do you think ITV can magic up money?

  • @ThatLinuxDude
    @ThatLinuxDude Před 10 měsíci +69

    Tell ya what, least they actually made AN acknowledgement about the closedown... unlike a certain trio of Disney channels which turned into placeholder branding-slides mid continuity.
    After what happened with the Disney trio, my expectations were lowered greatly, so to see there be warnings continually, and a visible transition to it... satisfactory but could have been so much more.
    NOTE: They're still broadcasting this '''''nightlight'''' loop on the remaining broadcasts, such as Sky's, as I write this comment.

    • @adultmoshifan87
      @adultmoshifan87 Před 10 měsíci +7

      I’m pretty sure what Disney Junior used may have been a test card. They might have shown it had they gone down with technical difficulties. I still remember Nickelodeon once in 1996 facing a glitch, causing them to cut to a “Sorry, we’ve been dogged” message!

  • @tgheretford
    @tgheretford Před 10 měsíci +18

    On the same day, Fun Kids disappeared from national DAB. They cite a fall in advertising revenue and the cost of broadcasting compared to streaming is rising to the point where companies are now moving online to save money. Children's broadcasting is the canary in the broadcasting mine.

    • @anoctolingwithinternetacce572
      @anoctolingwithinternetacce572 Před 10 měsíci +3

      That sucks, I'm 15 but still listen to fun kids. It's understandable why they did this though

    • @MrSmith1984
      @MrSmith1984 Před 10 měsíci +1

      It's no surprise when it's kids themselves that are the most enthusiastic for Streaming.

  • @bagelcrisp
    @bagelcrisp Před 10 měsíci +14

    I heard from itv that the reason why there wasn't a big final outage was because it was on over on itv2 in the mornings which is fair but it shows the lack of care in itv of the channel

  • @local59_Studios
    @local59_Studios Před 10 měsíci +25

    This was depressing... As the fact the ending of citv Wasn't Even Good

    • @adultmoshifan87
      @adultmoshifan87 Před 10 měsíci +5

      And that funniest kid promo (no offense to the child who played her) is desperate as fuck! And Bob The Fish thought the original 1992 promo for GMTV was bad!

    • @bevbeans3166
      @bevbeans3166 Před 10 měsíci +3

      I wish they had ended CITV with a more classic iconic episode of one of their og show's, not just a boring episode of The Rubbish World of Dave Spud if you know what I mean. The Rubbish World of Dave Spud hadn't even been aired on CITV for that long, which is why I wish they had chosen one of their more classic and popular episodes of another one of their shows to end CITV. I hope this makes sense 😅

    • @adultmoshifan87
      @adultmoshifan87 Před 10 měsíci

      @@bevbeans3166 I can only assume they made Dave Spud their killer app due to losing Horrid Henry to Nicktoons. Dave Spud may not be the best cartoon out there but I’d still rather watch it than Horrid Henry, a show so bad it’s pretty much Caillou for older children!

  • @ToraVanguard2004
    @ToraVanguard2004 Před 10 měsíci +27

    Absolutely not surprised by this whatsoever, even as a tween I could see that CITV was an afterthought for ITV. I remember CBBC's 30th anniversary in 2015, I was 10 at the time and tuned into their big live celebration that they had, where they looked back on old times and brought a ton of old presenters back. It was really cool to see, and the next year when I found out that CITV's Scrambled were doing a similar anniversary for 10 years of their channel I was excited. What it actually was though was just a regular Scrambled showing with barely any references or looks back to their past. I remember being disappointed and realising that the higher-ups really weren't that bothered about their channel's history at all.
    I think the current (well, past, now) state of CITV was quite devoid of the personality it used to have, and pales in comparison to CBBC even by 2023 standards. It would have been nice to have an acknowledgement of its past but I would never have expected 2023 CITV to go there. What people need to remember is that this is not the same channel they grew up with, it's a completely different era run by different people with different ideals of running the channel. With that in mind I'm not too fussed about the lacklustre closedown, I said goodbye to CITV on my own terms a long time ago and I'll always treasure the memories of the shows I used to love.
    Nice coverage and closing thoughts, Adam. For an offhand thought, I like the hairstyle as well, it's very similar to how I style mine lol.

    • @Acidonia150reborn
      @Acidonia150reborn Před 10 měsíci +5

      The CITV 30th show barely cared about their shows or history either and thought people wanted to know about one person in childrens ward is in a soap now instred. CBBC did a way better job.

    • @bradmiley
      @bradmiley Před 10 měsíci +1

      Bang on. Absolutely nailed it!

    • @SkytreeTV1
      @SkytreeTV1 Před 10 měsíci +5

      I remember CITV's 20th Birthday Bash.
      They had an entire studio with hosts in the same way CBBC still does to this day and a huge swathe of special guests.
      Literally days after they had that, they started cutting CITV to the bone.
      Studio killed off, in-house production killed off, anything new series of value given 1 maybe 2 series, mountains of imported content, not even teaser trailers with a date and time (Only generic statements like "Mr Bean on CITV!").
      CITV has had a nosedive in quality for at least 15 years and arguably, the channel's launch was an opportunity lost.

    • @DoctorVision
      @DoctorVision Před 10 měsíci +2

      @@SkytreeTV1 That would explain why CITV's content always felt cheap. I did tune into CITV but I definitely watched CBBC more as I just preferred the programmes I think. They felt more watchable and enjoyable for the most part.

    • @bradmiley
      @bradmiley Před 10 měsíci +2

      @@SkytreeTV1 Ever since the "big lads" in the franchises started swallowing up the smaller fry, the lack of any kind of individuality has been eradicated - conform or die. Generic branding, mass layoffs, cheap imported crap, slashed home-grown original productions, and endless "How can we save money whilst actually making tons more gold to please the shareholders?" meetings.
      I was lucky to be around when we had two aerials - one pointing at Emley Moor and one north to Pontop Pike(?) - those days Yorkshire and Tyne Tees showed different things. Thus, way before Channel 4, we had a sort of Channel 3.5. And TT had in-vision continuity! It was pretty decent, and it lasted a good few years.
      But the genericisation of ITV got rid of these little quirks, and everything became "Tesco Value Brand" telly.

  • @Calculon1712
    @Calculon1712 Před 10 měsíci +23

    As mentioned on the last video, im hoping ITVX do add CITV shows from the 80s and 90s as they did mention on twitter theres an interest and theyve told people they will talk with the higher ups on seeing if they can do that

  • @foxdae7762
    @foxdae7762 Před 10 měsíci +49

    Not even a "thank you for tuning in". Smh...

    • @chenillesagoe6348
      @chenillesagoe6348 Před 10 měsíci +3

      I know right? Totally awful

    • @Aceshigh451
      @Aceshigh451 Před 8 měsíci +2

      Not even a goodbye like they used to do back in the early 2000s

  • @bradmiley
    @bradmiley Před 10 měsíci +24

    Hey Adam - ace video again. Why are we shocked? Those of us, err, older people, who look back on TV from the 1970s with a bit of nostalgia are remembering when ITV had *regional* identities. We remember the amazing schools programmes made by ATV. We remember every local news programme being different. I recall being on holiday and being amazed by in-vision continuity and thinking how nice and personal it was.
    But during the 90s onwards, after the rules around ITV Regional Identities, local news, current affairs, and more importantly, multi-channel ownership, were thrown out the window, ITV simply became *a thing*. A huge corporate monolith. No personality, no local feeling, no *love* essentially.
    So when ITV is forced to remember its past for a moment, everyone at this modern media giant becomes collectively embarrassed and keen to just ignore it if possible. It wouldn't do anything for the passing of CITV, simply because it's a period that they'd all rather forget. The days when my Gramma (sadly missed and still loved after all these decades) would say "See what's on the other", despite there being TWO BBC channels and one ITV in the region.
    They have blinkers on and can only look forward. That way, anything old, embarrassing, or relating to ITV regions they destroyed (I'm looking at you, Southern, and TWW sort of), and the regions they absorbed to become the giant they are now, they simply cannot see, and refuse to acknowledge.
    Unless they can monetise repeats, of course!! Sometimes you CAN flog a dead horse...
    Take care Adam, as ever, great video, smart presentation! All the best from way way up North!

    • @MrDannyDetail
      @MrDannyDetail Před 10 měsíci +4

      I was born in 1983 and just about remember the last few years of truly regional ITV.
      Just about everyone referred to the BBC and ITV as 'the other side' relative to each other, if that's what you mean. ITV was still to an extent establishing itself as a new network when BBC2 launched in 1964, so I suspect the phrase 'the other side' was still gaining traction at the time and wasn't affected by there now being a third side in a manner of speaking. Also I think people may have been lumping BBC1 and BBC2 together as kind of one side with two personalities, and possibly some also did the same with ITV and Channel 4 between 1982 and 1992, given that Channel 4 was literally the second ITV channel until C4 went independent in 1993.

    • @rog2224
      @rog2224 Před 10 měsíci +3

      @@MrDannyDetail It depended on where you lived - Scunthorpe in the early 70s had BBC 1, BBC 2, Yorkshire, and Anglia (from Belmont), so there was some identification of 'the other side' you were heading to, since Yorkshire and Anglia did have different programming. All that stopped in 1974.

    • @bradmiley
      @bradmiley Před 10 měsíci +2

      @@MrDannyDetail Yes, you're absolutely right. My Gramma (that's what we called her, but of course, it's really "Grandma" - someone to do with me being very little and that's how I pronounced it and it sort of stuck!) was around for BBC TV starting up again post-war, then the commercial company (ITV) coming along. So for folks of that generation, there were only two channels, so each was referred to as "the other" when watching one of them.
      Given the way TV is going now, and is certainly highlighted by the closure of CITV, and the planned retiring of CBBC in a couple of years, it seems to *me* at least that they are preparing for the eventual dismantling of terrestrial TV altogether in the end. Even just the economy of scale would dictate that there is no longer a need for PUSH content, we're becoming finally PULL consumers.
      Many years ago, almost another life, I posited that PUSH would eventually end. CZcams was a big part of this. The idea of a channel that provides random content all day is diminishing - and it costs a fortune. They closed the short wave radio stations due to the huge costs, and followed it with the medium wave transmitters. And then there's the huge dropoff in trust in BBC news.... And on and on it goes... The nostalgia still lingers though!! 🙂

  • @TheApqleGuy
    @TheApqleGuy Před 10 měsíci +5

    CBBC watching this: ITS PARTY TIME!!!!!!!!!

  • @MediaCentUK
    @MediaCentUK Před 10 měsíci +29

    That final closedown for the CITV Channel was the worst one ever! They could've done better!

    • @droid1008
      @droid1008 Před 10 měsíci +7

      No way, that was the disney channel trio.

    • @BritishTelevisionLover
      @BritishTelevisionLover Před 10 měsíci +8

      I thought that the final CITV screen was a nice tribute, but instead that stupid ITVX ad replayed all over again and again

    • @tgheretford
      @tgheretford Před 10 měsíci +7

      You know things are grim when the Daily Mail made more of an effort to acknowledge the legacy of CITV than ITV did!

    • @axethepenguin
      @axethepenguin Před 10 měsíci +5

      @@tgheretfordthe BBC made a better CITV tribute than ITV!

    • @MediaCentUK
      @MediaCentUK Před 10 měsíci +1

      ​@@axethepenguinagreed

  • @WolfieVII
    @WolfieVII Před 10 měsíci +17

    My expectations were quite low already, but yeah that almost felt like an insult. Just a tiny little acknowledgement would have been enough for me 😅

  • @calvinjacksthe2nd469
    @calvinjacksthe2nd469 Před 10 měsíci +9

    Clearly, we’re talking about ITV, who gave us the spectacular final closedowns of Carlton Cinema, Southern Television and TVS.

  • @yikesgal4117
    @yikesgal4117 Před 10 měsíci +6

    The curse of streaming has tragically hit again……

  • @loby24
    @loby24 Před 10 měsíci +5

    As we can see tv is dying and going online it sad to see our chiledhood go. first it was Disney channels then CITV and CCBC to come next its sad for the kids today to what we had as kids. Sky trying to something with sky kid that they has just launched they still have Nickelodeon Cartoon Network and Boomerang if they go it will the end to kids tv

  • @randomguywhohasnothing
    @randomguywhohasnothing Před 10 měsíci +10

    Just to clarify CITV isn’t gone only the channel is gone, the strand still exist on ITV 2, with it still retaining the CITV branding

    • @Jetixiscool
      @Jetixiscool Před 2 měsíci

      I know it im still happy that citv is on itv2

  • @FreyFox87
    @FreyFox87 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Ten years ago we got Old Skool Weekend, today we get this. Disappointing doesn’t describe it enough.

  • @koiyune
    @koiyune Před 10 měsíci +6

    well, RIP free uk kids channels, streaming services have killed them.

  • @guksack
    @guksack Před 10 měsíci +12

    I never get why people are shocked when a brand is killed off with little fanfare. If they're killing off a brand intentionally they'll slip it away out the back door (Sky One etc). If it's against their will (TVAM etc) then they will make a song and dance about it. Sucks though! Was sad to see it go. I was a CITV boy growing up, and my dad had a few commissioned shows on there in the 80s/90s.

  • @dylaninpieces2
    @dylaninpieces2 Před 10 měsíci +4

    I live in the United States. That said, I really wish ITV would become decentralized again. Screw Carlton and screw Granada.

  • @anthonyperkins7556
    @anthonyperkins7556 Před 10 měsíci +12

    I would've had a farewell compilation of children's ITV presentation from the early Watch It! animations through various Children's ITV presentation/logos etc to the present day and ended with a pre-recorded farewell message thanking viewers for watching the linear channel and thanking the people who worked on it then directing affected people to ITVX Kids before pulling the plug on the satellite Freeview and cable TV feeds at 9pm.

    • @j0hnf_uk
      @j0hnf_uk Před 10 měsíci +2

      I remember the Watch It! strand pretty well. The first attempt from ITV to have children's programmes compartmentalised into a section specifically for kids to watch. Prior to that, it was just the same presentation/continuity as all other programmes. The same with the BBC. Although, it took them a few more years before they go around to the same level of presentation.

  • @wisteela
    @wisteela Před 10 měsíci +6

    I didn't see your previous video last week, so I didn't know the close down date, but with how ITV has been going for years it doesn't surprise me how it went like that.

  • @SuperCrazyDiscoKangaroo9001
    @SuperCrazyDiscoKangaroo9001 Před 10 měsíci +3

    "This is how the world ends not with a bang but a whimper."

  • @camelotbabe93
    @camelotbabe93 Před 10 měsíci +7

    I missed the final shut down as I was working. Honestly, I think that leading up to the shutdown they should have ran some of the older CiTv shows though the years. Such as ‘My Parents are aliens.’ ‘Jungle Run.’ ‘Art Attack.’ Plus a few others. This is heartbreaking. RIP CiTv and thank you for the memories. 💔💔💔💔

  • @FloatiesBoy1978
    @FloatiesBoy1978 Před 10 měsíci +5

    I was quite surprised that CITV didn't do a special 40th anniversary weekend or the equivalent of back at the start of the year, it was a shock that it didn't even attempt to show some form of a tribute to mark the end of the channel yesterday (1 September) ITV on the whole has really gone downhill and that's adding insult to injury to kids in particular. I have found memories of the channel as I pretty much grew up with it . I liked Knightmare in particular as well as all the Saturday morning kids programmes like Motormouth and Ghost Train.

  • @timecapsule.
    @timecapsule. Před 10 měsíci +4

    They did CITV so dirty. The channel that gave us MOM gets THAT as a send-off? I hope CBBC doesn't get the same treatment.

  • @mrjta4087
    @mrjta4087 Před 10 měsíci +5

    Ik everythings done but if i were the itv chairman, i would have had 2 hours of old programs and 1 hour of CITV like how CBBC did on September 2015

    • @mrjta4087
      @mrjta4087 Před 10 měsíci +1

      I mean 40 years of CBBC in 1 hour

  • @LaughingGeniusOfficial
    @LaughingGeniusOfficial Před 10 měsíci +4

    I thought it would end with a compilation of previous CITV moments over the years.

  • @MrDannyDetail
    @MrDannyDetail Před 10 měsíci +7

    The ending of the CITV channel was even more unceremonious on Freeview, where the bandwidth is switched to ITV3+1 at exactly 9pm. There was the trailer with that girl, then the caption, then as the trailer with the girl ran for a second time it was like someone just pulled the plug whilst she was mid sentence, and that was around one minute before their freeview timeslot actually ran out. I gather that CITV's bandwidth is being used for ITVBe+1 now.
    Also I was surprised to read this morning that the CITV branding was unexpectedly being used on the 7 days a week morning slot on ITV2, so I switched on the TV this morning and chose ITV2, and sure enough there was the CITV branding still on air. I just wished they'd made it much clearer that the brand would continue, as the impression their previous information gave was that the programming that had been on the CITV Channel would air on ITV2, but that the CITV brand would cease.

  • @bigbabatunde1218
    @bigbabatunde1218 Před 10 měsíci +4

    What kind of finale would kids expect?
    Forces TV at least acknowledged that viewers were watching when that channel closed down last year, but that was for adults.

  • @UAndWeAreSTV1
    @UAndWeAreSTV1 Před 10 měsíci +8

    They definitely got inspired by FOX UK & Heart TV UK

    • @reneyibowei2019
      @reneyibowei2019 Před 10 měsíci

      Disney was not much better either. Out of the TENS of channels shutdown recorded by Sonarix and the HUNDREDS worldwide only about 2 or 3 bothered to do some kind of effort in its shutdown. In the playlist you need to go about 3 hours in the whole playlist to see 1 decent shutdown (It was Disney XD in Japan by the way). Disney even had the tongue and cheek to shutdown all Disney channel's in 1 day in the UK and all 13 FOX channels in Asia as a well as some 10 FOX and National Geographic channels Latin America

  • @SushiSunshine2000
    @SushiSunshine2000 Před 10 měsíci +36

    I used to love watching CITV. I used to watch the after school block from 3.20pm to 5.00pm, and Fun House, Art Attack, How 2 and Round the Bend were just 4 of my favorites. I also enjoyed watching Saturday morning shows like SM:TV Live and CD:UK... I think it's a shame that CITV has been brought to and end, and I agree that they should have ended CITV with a tribute or fanfare. The way they ended CITV was abrupt and naff. Just one thing though... CITV started as an after school block and slowly transitioned into a TV channel. I wonder why CITV couldn't have transitioned from a TV channel into an online streaming service? In other words, why not keep the name CITV? Because it seems to me that they've just killed off a franchise that they've had since the 80's and replaced it with a franchise that's exactly the same in concept as CITV but with a name that just doesn't roll off the tongue as well. "ITV X Kids". Sounds like a name Elon Musk would approve of.

  • @stickytapenrust6869
    @stickytapenrust6869 Před 10 měsíci +10

    The reason why they didn’t play anything special at the end is because CITV is not ending, it’s now just reverted to its former role as a children’s programming block on a channel that is not dedicated to children’s programmes.
    Which is probably why I don’t feel that sad about this, as that’s precisely what I knew it as (although the time and channel of said block has changed) and it still exists. I was far too old for kids TV when the CITV channel launched.

    • @alexmacleod3728
      @alexmacleod3728 Před 10 měsíci +2

      Hell, My Favourite Channels I use to watch as a kid were E4 and Paramount Comedy 1 (now Comedy Central)

  • @ThisChannelisnowclosed299
    @ThisChannelisnowclosed299 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Even if they just played some old programming that day I would have been happy!

  • @SkyziProductions
    @SkyziProductions Před 10 měsíci +5

    Bro that was the most depressing closedown ever

  • @matthwe3468
    @matthwe3468 Před 10 měsíci +5

    I was disappointed too. They couldn't have done a montage if they wanted to because the bulk of CITV shows that we all grew up with back in the day was sold off to the Yanks!

  • @clover182Harry
    @clover182Harry Před 10 měsíci +1

    Was shocked at how quick it closed! I DVD recorded it thought. Massive loss though, was a very good channel!

  • @RebeccaPhythian
    @RebeccaPhythian Před 10 měsíci +1

    Looking fresh, my man 🥰❤ I know I wasn't the biggest fan of CITV but its a bit sad they just had a little caption card to end it all!

  • @dearone1
    @dearone1 Před 10 měsíci +3

    The ironic thing is that BBC Breakfast gave CITV a better send off than ITV. Such a pity.
    I still want to be a contestant on Fun House and Finders Keepers

  • @SplendidRedHead5
    @SplendidRedHead5 Před 10 měsíci +3

    I watched the channel collapse on Freeview
    Freeview had a different screen after the channel turned off
    Am I the only one who thought it looked a bit creepy?

    • @its_ambs
      @its_ambs Před 10 měsíci +1

      What did their screen look like?

  • @BLUEMAGASONIC
    @BLUEMAGASONIC Před 10 měsíci +2

    They think online is better bbc three used be online after moving but now they back on tv so wouldn't surprise me that citv will be back on tv same with bbc 3

  • @KyleJBAwesomeness-OfficialChan
    @KyleJBAwesomeness-OfficialChan Před 8 měsíci +1

    The channel may be dead but the brsnd is still sticking around for a while. The new ITV2 block uses the 2018 CITV idents before each program

  • @ThatRetroGuy2005
    @ThatRetroGuy2005 Před 10 měsíci +15

    This is the worst way to end a block I think BBC 3 and BBC Kids had the best closures

    • @picoultimate7707
      @picoultimate7707 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Mhm. Even BBC Choice ended on a respectful note, its last idents paving the way for BBC 3's launch.

    • @StupidShitbag
      @StupidShitbag Před 10 měsíci

      BBC Knowledge said a kind goodbye on its last Ident.

  • @bevbeans3166
    @bevbeans3166 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Soon children's television won't even be a thing in the future. CBBC is already being planned to shut down in 2025 and now CITV has turned digital. Tragic.

  • @barryaldridge1113
    @barryaldridge1113 Před 10 měsíci +4

    Not going to lie. I kinda of knew they would do. If they didn’t have a streaming service, I think they would have done something.

  • @sueandrews2476
    @sueandrews2476 Před 10 měsíci +2

    For a mum of an awesome autistic son this was one of the worst things that itv could do! My son does not care about streaming! All he’s concerned about is that 103 is CITV!…it’s all about money not people!😡😡😡

  • @techosarusrex
    @techosarusrex Před 10 měsíci +6

    I think they should've had a special continuity announcement about it.

    • @AdamMartyn
      @AdamMartyn  Před 10 měsíci +2

      At the very least you'd think!

    • @techosarusrex
      @techosarusrex Před 10 měsíci +2

      @@AdamMartyn yep but they decided to just air that looping clip with that girl. Not sure why they didn't make anything special happen

    • @meridian2000
      @meridian2000 Před 10 měsíci

      Sorry but I disagree, it was a children's channel and besides, some Citv programmes are now shown in Itv2.

  • @s1_auds
    @s1_auds Před 10 měsíci +4

    There is no CITV website as seen at 2:57 but CITV is on Sky and i'm guessing other places such as Virgin Media still, the rolling programmes are " ..programes no longer avaliable " with the ITVX advert performed by that girl, and the caption card on repeat.

  • @KyleJBAwesomeness-OfficialChan
    @KyleJBAwesomeness-OfficialChan Před 10 měsíci +1

    What I find confusing is that they still keep using the CITV idents branding since the 2013 ITV plc. Corporate Rebrand on the new ITV2 kids programs block running from 5:00am-9:00am even though the channel just died and ceased operations three days ago

  • @its_ambs
    @its_ambs Před 10 měsíci +2

    I was really disappointed but not surprised. It would've been better to end on some classic idents and to have shown old shows during its final day before having a final shutdown. I was so disappointed when that ITVX kids funniest kids thingy came on and kept repeating

  • @reneyibowei2019
    @reneyibowei2019 Před 10 měsíci +3

    In 1 word LAZZZZZZYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!

  • @KaleunMaender77
    @KaleunMaender77 Před 10 měsíci +9

    You were expecting something substantial from a corporation? They're not Thames or TSW, mate! This itv plc does not give a toss about closing a channel. They're so unlike Thames, that it would have been a shock for them to have made any effort to close the channel with any semblance of respect or gratitude towards the viewers - kids and parents/guardians alike.

  • @angelinacamacho8575
    @angelinacamacho8575 Před 9 měsíci

    still better than how qubo just abruptly ceased broadcast in the middle of an inspector gadget episode.

  • @owenmcghee1666
    @owenmcghee1666 Před 10 měsíci +1

    You have made a very respectful tribute, CITV didn't. Much Respect. ✌️

  • @PelinalDidNothingWrong
    @PelinalDidNothingWrong Před 4 měsíci +1

    I never watched CITV but damn this is unceremonius

  • @michaelreddington658
    @michaelreddington658 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Saddo here put a reminder into his phone just to see what they did….what a let down. Oh well. End of an era

  • @lucky_nugget
    @lucky_nugget Před 10 měsíci +1

    I was fully expecting this sadly, when Disney shut their channels down, there was no “thank you for watching for the past blah blah years, we appreciate your company, blah blah” it was just “it’s gone now, stop crying and go stream our shows🙄”

  • @MisterStanderd
    @MisterStanderd Před 10 měsíci +4

    Bruh, CITV went out with a bust 💀

  • @KyleJBAwesomeness-OfficialChan
    @KyleJBAwesomeness-OfficialChan Před 10 měsíci +1

    Hey @Adam Martin, what was the schedule for the launch day of the ITVx Kids live feed channel (2nd September 2023) on the ITVx streaming website? Just curious to know since I am not good at documenting schedules of live feed channels on streaming apps that much.
    Also I'm surprised that ITVx Kids runs 24/7 all hours of the day and night instead of just airing 12-15 hours per day like the linear channel

  • @cheeburgersuarez3592
    @cheeburgersuarez3592 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Kids nowadays don't need linear TV anymore. They need CZcams.

  • @damianhendriks6162
    @damianhendriks6162 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Well, the first channel to ever air Thomas and Friends is dead.

  • @MatthewPrower
    @MatthewPrower Před 10 měsíci +3

    tbf CBBC had a lot more-ish in the terms of stuff in-between so i'm pretty sure they're bound to go out with dignity
    in-vision continuity, son

  • @BritishTelevisionLover
    @BritishTelevisionLover Před 10 měsíci +2

    The final closedown screen is truly not good but still CITV will be missed

  • @SecretLimited
    @SecretLimited Před 10 měsíci +3

    LWT had a better send off than CITV😔

  • @Zrrogaming
    @Zrrogaming Před 10 měsíci +2

    I grew up with cbbc and citv

  • @rogerdarthwell5393
    @rogerdarthwell5393 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Yes Adam, unfortunately that really was it.......and screw ITV

  • @wolfielps4411
    @wolfielps4411 Před 8 měsíci

    I remember when it had live presenters in a special studio I hated when that changed it felt in personal like you got home from school switched on the tv and the presenters were there loving the shows watching them with you

  • @laggamer20xx47
    @laggamer20xx47 Před 10 měsíci +2

    No. CITV Lives on as the block moved to ITV2. AKA A reboot of GMTV2.

  • @DaveMuirhead
    @DaveMuirhead Před 10 měsíci +2

    I'm 61 and from the era of jackanory, crackerjack, watch with mother, blue Peter with val, John and Pete, catweazle and lift off with Ayshea 👍 Oh, and magpie with Tony Bastable, Susan Stranks and Dougie Ray.

  • @TheMlgMemesIbzz
    @TheMlgMemesIbzz Před 10 měsíci +1

    On the 23rd of September it's my birthday Let's gooooo 😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @PrinceSulo
    @PrinceSulo Před 10 měsíci +1

    I really want 40 years in fourth seconds

  • @harryelliott4310
    @harryelliott4310 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Citv

  • @oranim12
    @oranim12 Před 10 měsíci

    I'm not even surprised. (ahemahem)Canal+ loves doing this in France as well(ahemahem)

  • @davidmansfield9167
    @davidmansfield9167 Před 5 měsíci

    CITV NOSTALGIA CHANNEL on YOU TUBE.
    That would be the smart thing. Air old shows.
    The problem is the contractual negotiations to allow it, not covered in the original pre-digital contracts.
    Hundreds of performers and writers, dozens of independent companies, music rights, etc.

  • @liamhughes4105
    @liamhughes4105 Před 10 měsíci

    Top shows and memories on citv will always b art attack Bernards watch my parents r aliens jungle run and smtv live goodbye citv and thank u 4 everything u have done in these 40 years of fun laughter excitement and more u will b missed

  • @MathewODonoghue
    @MathewODonoghue Před 10 měsíci

    I remember the citv on itv in the afternoon coming home from school, the stand-alone channel only came into existence on the 11th march 2006 and moved all kids stuff at the end of 2006 from ITV one

  • @KeyNation
    @KeyNation Před 10 měsíci +1

    I drove him to see the ending of citv and I was pretty disappointed by how it ended.

  • @denelson83
    @denelson83 Před 10 měsíci

    Hey, at least CITV is still on the air in Edmonton.

  • @knshinn2
    @knshinn2 Před 10 měsíci +1

    With the best will in the World, what did you expect? A 21-gun salute and the Last Post?

  • @FrostyGaming8394
    @FrostyGaming8394 Před 10 měsíci

    Hi Adam how you doing mate? Great video as always thanks again for another CITV video by the way im loving your hair pal looks great my conclusion about CITV final closedown was very dissapointing indeed they just couldnt be bothered to pay tribute by putting a tribute rip screen e.g. CITV 1982-2023 or 2006-2023 but nope it was that boring advert telling the kids that citv is closed down and you can go on itv x and find it on there that advert was shown a few days before the station went off it was shown before the adverts and after them they should of just turned the station off without doing anything it would have been better for them as they didnt care to pay tribute what so ever but i had a feeling that this would happen anyways i hope your having a good afternoon so far Adam and keep up the great content on your channel like always as its so enjoyable and entertaining to watch 👍

  • @DavidDoom95
    @DavidDoom95 Před 10 měsíci +3

    I thought it was meant to be a through the night Dave Spud marathon airing from 8:45 til 6, but no, It was just a big mistake!

  • @RhysLearmonth2009
    @RhysLearmonth2009 Před 10 měsíci +2

    R.I.P CITV

  • @arbatube6005
    @arbatube6005 Před 9 měsíci

    I tuned in

  • @ShrinelinkPlayzz
    @ShrinelinkPlayzz Před 10 měsíci +2

    Relitavely depressing. I thought there would be more than that

  • @loganmackenzie5294
    @loganmackenzie5294 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Well that was disappointing they did not go out with a bang nor a whimper more like a kick and stab in the balls

  • @BenceVass11
    @BenceVass11 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Me, at GMT +1 6:00pm: where vid? **Adam Martyn is in the UK [GMT 0]**

  • @benjohnson3178
    @benjohnson3178 Před 10 měsíci

    This loop is actually still being broadcast. I believe it's been removed from Sky, but certainly on my FTA box it's still playing out 24 hours a day.

  • @pauljakeman
    @pauljakeman Před 10 měsíci

    They could have had the final week, or at least day, showing the massive hits over the last 40 years. Instead we got a slap in the face.
    40 years worth of childhoods for people in the uk.
    Art attack, how 2, I could go on.
    Maybe a program on itv celebrating 40 years?
    No
    I’m equally surprised and not surprised at the same time.

  • @MaggieMedia2
    @MaggieMedia2 Před 10 měsíci

    the promo is still on Sky Stream

  • @newsuperhdgraphic
    @newsuperhdgraphic Před 10 měsíci +1

    I managed to record it but decided not to publish it.

  • @DavidDoom95
    @DavidDoom95 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Just a Quiet Close!

  • @GoosePlays20
    @GoosePlays20 Před 10 měsíci

    I did mention the ITVX live thing in the app but I don’t think you saw my comment

  • @plan7a
    @plan7a Před 10 měsíci

    Additional Comment: An even better idea: Why not go back to basics and put CITV back on ITV's flagship channel for a couple of hours, as it used to be? The lunch time hour and the 3pm-5.30pm slot? If not on ITV1, then on ITV2 or whatever? Just a thought!

  • @randommanyey
    @randommanyey Před 10 měsíci +4

    that's it?! really?!

  • @davidbrown5646
    @davidbrown5646 Před 10 měsíci +1

    At least it wasn't a Southern Television style goodbye.

  • @TautaS123
    @TautaS123 Před 7 měsíci

    Citv used to be my childhood 😭

  • @jamesdelboy
    @jamesdelboy Před 10 měsíci

    CITV was always the main for me I was hoping for something more