ERN

Euro Republics News (ERN) is a Euro Republics-based production company, for TV, radio & online. It is made up of a single division. The company is owned by EuroMedia. ERN is based in London, with bureaux and offices in Beijing, Brussels, London, Jerusalem, Johannesburg, New York, Paris, Sydney and Washington, D.C., most of which are shared with ITN. It was created in 1988 as an outlet for news services on TV & radio in the Euro Republics. Whilst the main organisation merged with Independent Television News (ITN) in February 2004, ERN remains as a subsidiary for the Euroish assets.

ERN produces the daily news programmes for TV3, FOX and Prime in the Euro Republics, and in recent years has diversified to produce a wide range of content including documentaries, sports, advertising and digital material for a range of international clients. ERN also provides radio news bulletins to commercial radio stations across the Euro Republics alongside producing it's own stations, and publishes The Euro Independent and The i Paper.

History
ERN was formed in 1988 when Euroish newspaper The Euro Independent won the contract to provide news programmes for TV3. ERN acquired a stake in British news organisation ITN in 1995, bringing closer ties between the companies,

They merged outright in 2004, bringing the organisation under the ownership of EuroMedia.

Three News
Main article: Three News

ERN has produced all national news bulletins on TV3 since 11 September 1995. Originally the name Three National News was used, until the 3 News name was introduced in January 1998.

Throughout the early years, ERN established programmes in the TV3 schedule including The Midday Report at lunchtime & The Week In Review on Sunday evening in addition to producing the flagship 7:30 news & Nightline.

ERN has at times interrupted the TV3 schedule to provide updates on major breaking stories of national and international importance including the September 11 attacks, the 2005 London bombings and the 2011 Euro City massacre. ERN has covered every general election since 1992 for TV3.

TV4 News
ERN is home to TV4 News, having produced the programme since the channel's inception in 1995.

TV4 News has it's flagship programme which is 30 minutes of younger skewing, fast-paced news broadcast at 6:00pm each weekday.

Liquid News
Since 2001, ERN has been the production company for Liquid News, TV4's entertainment and celebrity news bulletin which airs on weeknights at 7:30pm.

60 Seconds
ERN has produced TV4's 60 Seconds since it launched in February 1998. The programme is a fast paced bulletin with short form news headlines, broadcast every hour on TV4 between 1pm and 1am on weekdays, and between 6pm and 1am on weekends.

TV8
From it's launch in 1993, ERN provided the programmes and team for EuroMedia's rolling news and current affairs channel TV8.

Prime
There was speculation in November 2016 that ERN was looking to take over the contract for Prime News when it came up for renewal in 2017. ERN eventually won the contract to produce the news programmes for the Prime television channel, which had previously belonged to Sky News, and took over control of Prime's news output on 1 January 2018.

Radio operations
ERN operates various news and topical radio news stations, in association with sibling company EuroMedia Radio. These stations are Topic, ERN 24, Independent Radio and iRadio.

The Euro Independent
The Euro Independent is the main print publication of ERN. It is a leftist-skewing "quality" paper with emphasis on insightful coverage of world events, politics and business.

Independent Two
Independent Two is the main supplement part of The Euro Independent, covering arts and lifestyle stories from a more populist and human perspective, and also includes the daily puzzles and cartoons, alongside the day's TV and radio guide - which covers ETV1, Network 2, TV3, TV4, ETV III, Canvas, Prime, Spark and Premiere alongside EBC Radio 1, Radio 1 Extra, Radio 4 and Radio 7, commercial stations Aquarius and Topic, and Independent Radio.

The Message
The Message is the comment section of The Euro Independent with columnists' opinions and comment on the day's political news.

The Saturday Independent
The Saturday Independent is the extended Saturday edition of The Euro Independent, which features a more detailed look at politics and business news, alongside a range of supplements.

The New Review
The New Review is a culture supplement, including a look into dance and performance, music, sport, film, theatre and television. It features a guide to the next week's worth of local music and theatre events alongside 7-day television and radio listings, which list additional channels and stations: Spark 2, Metro, EBC Radio 2, EBC Radio 2 Extra, EBC 3FM, EBC 5 News, EBC Radio 6, Play, Play Xtra and Virgin Radio.

Just for Fun
Just for Fun is aimed at children and features games, puzzles and celebrity interviews. It is also published in the Saturday edition of The i Weekend.

City Week
City Week is a recap of the week's business, money and financial news, alongside shares and stakes.

Feast
Feast is a food magazine containing recipes.

The i Paper
The I Paper is an offshoot publication of The Euro Independent. It is aimed at a younger, more media-concerned people, with emphasis on simple but comprehensive political coverage and in-depth coverage of print, radio, television, telecommunications and online news. Lifestyle, satire and culture also play a key part in the editorial style of The i Paper. The paper notably holds the National party's ideology to account due to the paper's multicultural, inclusive and progressive outlook.

The i Paper usually leads with national news, followed by international news, then after sport, it looks into media news alongside arts, cultural and entertainment news on a daily basis with a sardonic and light-hearted tone, but switching to a serious mode when need be. This section includes a TV and radio guide which keeping with the paper's younger and more casual target reach, includes more channels:


 * Terrestrial channels: ETV One, Network Two, ETV III, TV3, TV4, TV5, TV8, Canvas, Prime, Prime 2, 3C Playbox
 * Satellite and cable: Spark, Spark 2, Metro, Arena, SF, TCM, Sony Channel, Paramount Network, Comedy Central, 3C
 * Radio: EBC Radio 1, EBC Radio 1 Extra, EBC Radio 2, EBC Radio 2 Extra, EBC 3FM, EBC 3XM, EBC 3Pride, EBC Radio 4, EBC 5 News, EBC Radio 6, EBC Radio 7, EBC Sports Plus, Play, Magic, Virgin Radio, Aquarius, Topic, Independent Radio, iRadio, The Hits, Classic Hits, Sportsworld, Choice Radio