''UTV Live'' is a British television news service broadcast and produced by
UTV.
Overview
The main edition of ''UTV Live'' airs from 18:00 to 18:30 every weeknight, covering the day's news, current affairs and sport from across Northern Ireland.
The 18:00 programme (known on air as ''UTV Live at Six'') is broadcast from UTV's headquarters in
City Quays 2
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, Belfast. UTV also has studio facilities at
Parliament Buildings, Stormont[UTV Annual Programme Statement 2008 and Programme Review 2007](_blank)
UTV Media and news bureaux in
Derry
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and
Dublin with an intention to open a further bureau in
Omagh. The station also makes use of video journalists based in
Coleraine
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,
Enniskillen and
Newry.
History
''UTV Live'' was introduced in January 1993 as a new name for Ulster Television's existing news programmes; ''Six Tonight'', the station's half-hour evening news magazine, and ''Ulster Newstime'' for shorter bulletins.
Following the introduction of the ''
ITV Evening News'' in March 1999, the programme was brought forward by half an hour to start at 17:30. The first half-hour saw feature reports, light-hearted stories and the weather forecast branded as part of a separate programme, ''UTV Life'', which ran before the main evening news, started at 18:00 and kept the ''UTV Live'' name.
["UTV unveils shake-up for news"](_blank)
Belfast Telegraph, 26 February 1999 ''UTV Live'' and ''UTV Life'' were merged into one hour-long programme, running from 17:30, in 2002 and were split into separate programmes again on 3 September 2007, with the original titles in use from 1999 to 2001.
Mid-morning weekday and lunchtime weekend ''UTV Live'' bulletins were axed in Febru