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Sky News Arabia

Sky channel 855 (June 2011)

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WH
whoiam989
Box Of Toys Audio have been chosen to compose the theme music for SNA,
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Sky News Arabia, the 24 hour Arabic language multi-platform breaking news service launching in Spring 2012, has awarded its musical suite contract to Box of Toys Audio. As well as providing the main title music for the channel, the creative sound company will also supply the full music brand range for Sky News Arabia.

Eight companies, including composers from Dubai, Beirut and London were briefed to participate in the bid. London based Box of Toys’ original composition best captured the vibrant, contemporary and interactive feel of the channel.

Habib Feghali, Head of Creative, Sky News Arabia, said: “Our aim was always to create a contemporary, young and global sound, which at the same time, speaks to a regional audience – we feel this has been successfully captured with this music.”

Ben Laver, Co CEO and composer, Box of Toys Audio, said: ”We are thrilled to be given the opportunity to craft Sky News Arabia’s sonic identity. As a progressive, multi-platform news experience, Sky News Arabia inspired a contemporary take on a classic vehicle. We layered modern elements against a bold orchestral composition whilst subtly introducing traditional Arab instruments to mark the cultural heart of the channel.”

The musical branding of the channel will reflect Sky News Arabia’s fast, bold, and dynamic style for delivering the best live coverage for news as it happens across the Middle East and North Africa and further afield.


http://www.skynewsarabia.com/2012/02/sky-news-arabia-awards-musical-suite-contract/?lang=en


Speaking of music, it seems like the music in the video below is from Sky UK's library. I heard similar music from one of Sky News Australia's promos uploaded by Morpium.

FO
fodg09
Sky News Arabia's full news website has now launched. Obviously you need to know Arabic to read it but presentationally it looks a lot slicker than the UK site.

http://www.skynewsarabia.com/web/home

Still in a pilot/beta stage, it will apparently evolve as we get closer to the channels launch. The website will have a live stream of SNA.
JP
jpeg987
Sky News Arabia's full news website has now launched. Obviously you need to know Arabic to read it but presentationally it looks a lot slicker than the UK site.

http://www.skynewsarabia.com/web/home


You can see the rather lovely logo on screen in some of the video reports they have put online,

http://www.skynewsarabia.com/web/video/6926

Looks like the lower third graphics will follow a similar design to the UK ones.
BK
bkman1990
I have to say, I love the new website so far. This site as I read it; is in the pilot stages at the moment. The glass logo in the videos are very impressive BTW.
WW
WW Update

Speaking of music, it seems like the music in the video below is from Sky UK's library. I heard similar music from one of Sky News Australia's promos uploaded by Morpium.



Themes like this one make me regret that orchestral news music has gone largely out of fashion.
FO
fodg09
Tadhg Enright has tweeted a picture of the studio, a bit blurry but its looking very well.

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Here's a peak at the new Sky News Arabia studio

https://twitter.com/#!/TadhgEnrightSky/status/173833258084212737/photo/1

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JO
Joshua
Wow, the artist impressions were amazing, and its even better in reality. Brilliant set, it looks huge!
TH
Thomas
And that's only a part of the set - it's going to blow Sky News UK out of the water when it launches. Looks nearly exactly the same as the computer design, which is an achievement too.
BK
bkman1990
Oh, what a great set. The bigger the set, the better.

10 days later

FO
fodg09
The set looks absolutely sensational in these latest pictures, it should look fantastic on the HD channel. They have made great use of what is actually quite a small space.

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The desk is certainly an interesting design..

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Courtesy of,

https://twitter.com/#!/AhmedKhalidSKY/status/177480411499331585/photo/1
CR
Critique
All looks lovely, apart from the minor change in desk. The one in the mock-up was square, rather than a semi-circle thing. Otherwise, though, it's absolutely brilliant!
BR
Brekkie
So it's basically a version of the Sky News UK set minus the curves - but looks great. Sky UK could do really with ripping out their set now - it's been seven years and was built for different requirements to what Sky News have now.

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