Both regional services (i.e ITV News Tyne Tees and Lookaround) use the same presenter(s) and studio/set, therefore one of the two programmes—depending on the day's news—is pre-recorded 'as live' shortly before broadcast.

In some (but not all) areas of North Yorkshire viewers have their aerials point to Bilsdale TV transmitter that broadcasts ITV News Tyne Tees, however most viewers in the county point their aerial to the Emley Moor or Oliver's Mount Transmitter to watch ITV News Calendar from Leeds.

[3] On 15 January 1959, the original Tyne Tees Television news service was launched with short evening bulletins and a weekly magazine programme, North East Roundabout which was broadcast each Friday.

From 6 September 1976, Tyne Tees' longest-running news programme Northern Life aired with notable presenters including Paul Frost and Pam Royle.

[6] On 26 September 2008, broadcasting regulator Ofcom authorised ITV's plans to save £40 million a year by making regional programming cutbacks.

The minutage requirement for the main evening programme was reduced from 30 to 20 minutes, although ITV retain a full half-hour with the option of using some aggregate content from other regions.

From March 2020, the news service was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic; the running time of all short bulletins was reduced and the main 6pm programme was fronted by a single presenter instead of two.