ITV Weather

ITV National Weather is the national forecast shown on UK terrestrial network ITV, and is provided by the Met Office. Bulletins are usually broadcast after every ITV News bulletin.

The bulletin features the longest sponsorship deal on UK terrestrial TV to date. From September 22, 1991 to June 2007, ITV National Weather was sponsored by the energy supplier Powergen, and since then by Powergen's parent company E.ON; however in 2007, the sponsorship ended after 18 years. [cite news
title = E.ON abandons 18-year ITV Weather sponsorship
publisher = BrandRepublic
date = September 18, 2007
url = http://www.brandrepublic.com/login/News/738465/
accessdate = 2007-09-18] This was confirmed on November 21, 2007, when it was revealed that insurance firm esure is to replace E.ON as the sponsor of ITV's national weather bulletins. The two-year deal, rumoured to be worth £10 million, was negotiated by Carat Sponsorship and began on January 1, 2008, with esure and Sheilas' Wheels as the sponsors, alternating between the two brands every two months. [cite news
title = esure becomes new ITV Weather sponsor
publisher = Digital Spy
date = November 21, 2007
url = http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcasting/a80312/esure-becomes-new-itv-weather-sponsor.html
accessdate = 2007-11-21] esure/Sheila's Wheels sponsorship does not, however, appear on UTV in Northern Ireland for ITV National Weather. GoCompare.com sponsorship is substituted there due to esure/Sheilas' Wheels insurance services being unavailable in Northern Ireland.

Forecasters

Main Forecasters

*Martyn Davies (also on ITV Meridian and ITV Thames Valley)
*Siân Lloyd
*Becky Mantin

Relief Forecasters

*Alex Beresford (works regularly for ITV West's weather team)
*Jo Blythe (works regularly for ITV Yorkshire, ITV Granada and ITV Border's weather team)
*Manali Lukha (works regularly for ITV London's weather team)

Former Forecasters

* Alex Hill (now working for the Met Office)
*Robin McCallum (now with ITV London, also occasionally seen on ITV Anglia and ITV Meridian/ITV Thames Valley)
*Chrissie Reidy (now with ITV London)
*John Hammond (now with BBC Weather)
*Trish Williamson (later became current affairs producer for BBC English Regions. Died in 2007.)

References

External links

*itv.com|id=weather|title=ITV Weather