27-02-2023, 07:27 PM
Connect the World moved to Abu Dhabi in 2014, when Global Exchange was canceled, that's also when it moved slots from European primetime as well, and they introduced Hala's new program.
(27-02-2023, 07:20 PM)inletwindow Wrote:2016 was when it got a refreshed look that matches the 2014 CNN Newsroom-style graphics, along with a new theme that sounded like the 2012 CTW mixed with Global Exchange (which also orginiated from Abu Dhabi).(27-02-2023, 05:09 PM)oscillon Wrote: Wow, Connect the World also got updated titles and music, first time since the show's inception, I think - what was it, 2014?. Though the updated music remains somewhat poppish in style, one might argue.
London set has the ability to switch off CNN logo from the table during Amanpour, as it is made for PBS as well... It would be reasonable to suggest that if Abu Dhabi set was a shared space it would have that ability too... May be they just did not switch it on during the first show...
CTW launched in 2009 I believe, around the time of the “Go Beyond Borders” slogan.
It started in London. I don’t recall what year it moved to Abu Dhabi.
(27-02-2023, 07:24 PM)EastCoast Wrote:(27-02-2023, 05:09 PM)oscillon Wrote: Wow, Connect the World also got updated titles and music, first time since the show's inception, I think - what was it, 2014?
This would be Connect The World's third graphics refresh and sixth new set.
April 2009 - Connect the World premieres from London at 22:00 CET
September 2013 - CNN London debuts a new set, CTW moves to 21:00 CET
April 2014 - CTW moves to Abu Dhabi at 17:00 CET
April 2016 - CNN Abu Dhabi debuts a new set.
February 2023 - CNN Abu Dhabi debuts a new set.
I'm not sure when exactly Connect the World updated from the launch graphics, it's likely around 2015/2016.
(27-02-2023, 02:08 PM)ginnyfan Wrote: Well Becky was presenting from a flash set for months so I thought there might be some works done, though flash sets are almost a CNN standard these days so it's hard to know what it actually means when they start using them.I am not sure if it was indeed a flash set or just a locked tight shot of the old studio. All I can say is that backdrop was the same as usual. I remember that trick they did few months ago with Lynda Kinkade in the old-but-now-back-in-use CNN Studio 4 when it all looked like a flash studio until they did an occasional wide shot just before the ad break...
(27-02-2023, 02:15 PM)newsjunkie Wrote:(27-02-2023, 01:57 PM)mouseboy33 Wrote: I know Im being cynical. I see no hard branding on that set. Despite the fact that CNN typically has their logo physically attached to their sets in most places. And the spot on the desk where the red box is simply says ABU DHABI....instead of CNN ABU DHABI. Make me think its a shared studio space for some reason. Its a pretty set but does it feel like a CNN set? Its alot of tech and big set for just an hour or so a day. Its hard to imagine it sits dark most of the day. Im curious.
There appears to be a hidden 'CNN AD' there behind the lights. Not sure it works quite as well as CNN LDN
(27-02-2023, 02:24 PM)InternationalDesk Wrote: There's a clip showing the construction:
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(27-02-2023, 11:17 PM)oscillon Wrote: @EastCoast, @InternationalDesk, @ginnyfan, thank you for clarification , screencaps & excerpts! Completely forgot that the whole thing started from London in the evening!
They gave the new studio a nice run today by using it not only for a fancy backdrop (hello AC360), but also putting content and a guest onto its video walls.
(27-02-2023, 11:17 PM)oscillon Wrote: Also there was a blooper at the end of QMB with Isa Soares substituting. She announced "The Lead with Jake Tapper starts right now"... immediately followed by "CNN Special report" - a European prime time repeat of yesterday's "The Will to Win: Ukraine at War" Special Report. I mean, they should have warned the anchors, shouldn't they? (Although it is still much better than CNN/US anchors who usually hand over to another show without any regard of the international viewers.)
(28-02-2023, 12:46 PM)matthieu1221 Wrote: A lot of the time, even when anchors are subbing in, the anchors of the previous hour aren't told leading to moments like... "The Lead with Jake Tapper starts right now"..., followed by "I'm Pamela Brown in for Jake Tapper".Well, one could argue that The Lead is produced by CNN/US and if we treat CNN/US and CNNI as a somewhat separate entities (as opposed to two outputs of the same big team) one can say that CNNI might not know what is happening in the CNN/US department. Here, however, it was specifically CNNI decision to repeat the documentary for European prime time, and its their dedicated anchor and producers who did not have a hunch about it.