06-02-2023, 01:52 PM
(06-02-2023, 11:45 AM)Stuart Wrote:I guess DOI is meant to be ‘event TV’ which is geared towards live viewing rather than via catch-up. So the Live DOG plays into this.(06-02-2023, 11:12 AM)Spencer Wrote: Surely the point of having the Live DOG on a programme like Dancing On Ice is to highlight that literally anything could happen and to heighten the jeopardy.Isn't all that rather irrelevant if a large chunk of your audience are either downloading it later or have it on their PVR?
It’s one of the many elements that adds to the theatre of the show, along with glitzy titles, flashy lighting and dramatic music. Yes, it’s a bit crap if the DOG is positioned badly, but I don’t see why it’s existence would be an issue for anyone.
I am equally dismayed at the over use of the Live DOG during news programmes. Fair enough, if you're reporting from the location of a developing story, but It diminishes the importance if you slap it on an unnecessary OB discussing fuel prices from a forecourt in Fulham.
Totally agree about the overuse of Live bugs on news programmes though. This seems more of a hangover from the days when broadcasting live on location was less commonplace, more of an impressive technical feat, and worth pointing out. Now, when almost anyone can start a live broadcast from their mobile phone within seconds, it doesn’t quite have the ‘wow’ factor that it maybe did in the past.