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RE: Sky News - bilky asko - 04-08-2023

Though on Sky it effectively replaces the voiceover they had for many years.

The only people who get both are US news anchors, and TV royalty like Mike Neville.

https://youtu.be/h8kPJ4UZQc4?t=124 

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RE: Sky News - Neil Jones - 04-08-2023

(04-08-2023, 12:55 PM)TheRealWB Wrote:  It's especially weird when you get presenters covering when someone takes time off but they still keep the name of the programme so you get oddities like "you're watching The Sarah-Jane Mee Show with Jayne Secker'.

That happens quite often in America. "This is <something> with <somebody>", followed two seconds later by "Hello <somebody>'s off tonight, I'm <somebody else>"

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RE: Sky News - DavidWhitfield - 04-08-2023

(04-08-2023, 08:19 PM)Neil Jones Wrote:  That happens quite often in America.  [...] "Hello <somebody>'s off tonight, I'm <somebody else>"

My favourite example thereof being the following:

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RE: Sky News - RhysJR - 04-08-2023

(04-08-2023, 08:24 PM)DavidWhitfield Wrote:  My favourite example thereof being the following:

That's an even worse fate than Jonathan Charles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loWFypHb48k 

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RE: Sky News - Brekkie - 05-08-2023

(04-08-2023, 12:55 PM)TheRealWB Wrote:  It's especially weird when you get presenters covering when someone takes time off but they still keep the name of the programme so you get oddities like "you're watching The Sarah-Jane Mee Show with Jayne Secker'.

It happens loads on the radio when someone is filling in and is a real bugbear of mine!

The easy compromise is just to brand such shows as "Sky News with Sarah-Jane Mee".   Not only a stronger brand but easy just to roll it back to "Sky News" when the presenter is off.

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RE: Sky News - Luc - 05-08-2023

They have done that though - it's now: 'Breakfast with...' 'Sky News Today with...' Sarah Jane Mee's three hours are the exception. Looks as if Sky are moving back towards anchors being the 'stars' though under new management with Sophy's politics show and Halda Yakim's world news programme to come.

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RE: Sky News - Former Member 237 - 06-08-2023

(03-08-2023, 06:42 PM)fusionlad Wrote:  Huh?

The newsroom looks like it is in America. From
The desks to the backdrop! It’s American style. I would not think it was in London Sky building.

I’m not sure what happened there, I was responding to a post above the nbc newsroom in the sky campus.

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RE: Sky News - ginnyfan - 06-08-2023

(05-08-2023, 11:03 AM)Luc Wrote:  They have done that though - it's now: 'Breakfast with...' 'Sky News Today with...' Sarah Jane Mee's three hours are the exception. Looks as if Sky are moving back towards anchors being the 'stars' though under new management with Sophy's politics show and Halda Yakim's world news programme to come.

Sarah Jane Mee Show is the worst offender. Not only her specific name but to add Show to it and to call a basic news channel 3 hour block a show is absurd. The fact it hasn't changed, even though it was supposed to, reeks of vanity.

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RE: Sky News - Neon Pig - 07-08-2023

(06-08-2023, 10:10 AM)ginnyfan Wrote:  Sarah Jane Mee Show is the worst offender. Not only her specific name but to add Show to it and to call a basic news channel 3 hour block a show is absurd. The fact it hasn't changed, even though it was supposed to, reeks of vanity.

The thing with all this regular presenter styled programmes, shows, whatever, is they lack any visual or presentation distinctions. So it is almost redundant unless any of the tagged presenters will actually bring a different style of presentation, or at the very least, for each programme to have its own visual distinction. CNN seem to do this fine enough.

For example, Wilfred Frost has a background, and interest it would seem, in business and financial news, so perhaps the bulletins/headlines of the day could have an angle towards that - for example how the top stories are impacting financial sectors or businesses. Obviously Ian King goes much deeper and specific.

Sarah-Jane seems to like a more human angle, so perhaps delve into how some significant news stories are actually impacting people. She could still cover all the key headlines of the day, but have another focus on softer or human stories.

Unlike many, I don't have an issue with the glass box, just the lack of variation if offers. I see no reason why the desk can't be rotated as it once was, or some soft chairs brought in for Sarah-Jane's show for example, or weekend breakfast (sunrise). Additionally, the big screen is wasted and underutilised; it could have programme specific backdrops (as they do from Westminster, screens and desk). Also, those pointless small gallery style LED screens on the wall behind the studio irritate me, why don't they just full full height versions that can display visuals more flexibly and again, add visual distinction ...

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RE: Sky News - mouseboy33 - 07-08-2023

I love this discussion.
Thats why you need what I call the signature "Lester Holt switch head move" Its needed to separate the stories from the intro and the anchor/presenter changes...
Here is a notable example from WBBM tabloid era in 1992.Enjoy (enjoy one of the earliest uses of wild flat animations combined with 3d extruded graphics combined with growling voice over from Scott Chapin and screaming theme from WSVN composer Chris Crane. Combine that with multiple camera changes and absolutely delicious tabloid style writing, you get a beautiful paranoid fast paced mess. Like Marie Kondo... I love mess. )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5KRNFbX28M 

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