Draft:5 News

Background
5 News, also known as Channel 5 News is the news programme of British broadcaster Channel 5. It was originally produced by ITN, which at the time also provided the news for Channel 4 and ITV. On 9 March 2004, Sky won the new contract to provide Channel 5 with its news bulletins. The first Sky-produced bulletin was planned for 3 January 2005 but the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami brought this forward two days in a short Saturday evening update. In January 2009, the contract with Sky was extended to 2012. On 9 January 2012, due to the production handover from Sky News to ITN, the 7pm edition of 5 News was moved to the earlier timeslot of 6:30pm in place of the axed OK! TV. In September 2021, Ofcom approved the removal of the 6.30pm news slot by Channel 5 in order for the channel to schedule Neighbours at 6pm and Eggheads at 6.30pm with a new hour long 5 News programme going out on the channel at 5pm. Ofcom's approval of the channel's new conditions recognised that there will be still three-hours of news between 5-8pm over all the main public service broadcasters' channels, and that Channel 5 was still committed to delivering more than 280 hours of news each year.

1st Intro (March 30, 1997-January 2000)
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2nd Intro (January 2000-September 15, 2002)
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3rd Intro (September 16, 2002-October 2003)
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4th Intro (October 2003-December 2004)
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5th Intro (January 3, 2005-February 17, 2008)
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6th Intro (February 18-October 5, 2008)
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7th Intro (October 6, 2008-February 13, 2011)
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8th Intro (February 14, 2011-2012)
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9th Intro (2012-2016)
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