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Royal News Coverage

BBC WORLD posted:
The BBC persist in calling The Duchess of Cambridge, "Catherine Middleton". Is that The Duchess' chosen name?


From what I recall, the Palace wants her to be called her full first name, Catherine, now that she's a royal. When she's queen, she can't be Queen Kate, she'll become Queen Catherine. Just the tabloids don't listen.
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Sky News: Presentation Discussion

Kay Burley and Jeremy Thompson took a while to adapt after the axing of Afternoon Live and Live and Five. It's only natural if you've been saying the same thing endlessly for a number of years.
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Eurovision 2012 - 22/24/26 May 2012

It seems that you value the songs and the singers quite highly. You want the best songs with the strongest lyrics and the decent singers to win. Which is brilliant!

Only problem is, you're watching Eurovision. Which means old women and representatives of tiny countries with about 10 friendly neighbouring states are almost certain to do better than good songs, good lyrics and good singers.
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The Voice UK

Isn't the reason Jessie J is so annoyed by it that it isn't actually all about The Voice? She was sold on the idea that this show would be different, that it wouldn't all be about choreography and what you look like. Since it went live, she seems to be in the same boat as the audience - seeing it morph into a BBC rip off of the X Factor.
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Sky News: Presentation Discussion

dosxuk posted:
I'm sorry if I've got the wrong end of the stick, but can you just clarify that you think it's a very important programme because it's the only programme where they walk around?


Don't even bother trying to reason with him. Phil94 has his own unique priorities when it comes to news channels...
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Eurovision 2012 - 22/24/26 May 2012

This is just an out-there suggestion, but couldn't the BBC just continue broadcasting it, getting all of this "cheap" footage and high viewing figures, without fielding a contestant and getting the annual whats-the-point, political commentary? It might be more enjoyable if we just watched, laughed and didn't keep losing.
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Sky's Branding

I prefer the UK version of the Sky Atlantic. Idents, music, logo - all much better over here.
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Daybreak: With Lorraine Kelly and Aled Jones

Quote:
On GMTV on Friday morning, Mr Cameron said the new French President's target for balancing his budget was faster than the UK's plan.


BBC News seems to think it's already changed back to GMTV...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18120244
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Sky News: Presentation Discussion

phil94 posted:
dosxuk posted:
phil94 posted:
Can anybody comprehend why they now axed those nice extra graphics for the economy , eurozone crisis , us election....?


bacause they didn't increase viewing figures


This is not the point!


What is the point of a television channel then?
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Sky News: Presentation Discussion

phil94 posted:
Did they use the new graphics during JRL?


They were used when Samantha Simmonds presented the business headlines. I wasn't watching on HD so can't tell you whether or not the side panels used the new graphics.
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Sky News: Presentation Discussion

Moz posted:
This is TV Forum - predominantly concerned with TV presentation. Most of us members don't give diddly squat about interviews and reporting, we are more interested in graphics, sets, and titles. I don't think any of us really think any of that is the most important part of a TV News channel, but it's what we're interested in. That's why we're here.


From a presentation point of view it may be more interesting to have a varied news channel showing off glitzy graphics, a large set and lots of in-your-face extravagance, but when Sky is trying to be a serious and formal news channel that competes with the BBC, the things that make you as a member of TV Forum tick probably don't agree with the direction Sky News management want to take the channel.
Just look at the likes of Fox, who's OTT presentation means it has a ridiculously poor reputation as a news channel. Sky News and BBC News are valued much more highly than Fox because they present their channels as real news programmes that don't bombard you with exaggeration.

This is the point I was trying to get across. Phil94 seems to prefer a news channel that puts style over substance, which is something Sky simply won't do. I want to point out to him that his (continually repeated) priorities are in complete contrast with the style of presentation that Sky want. The graphics, sets, and titles that imply a serious, formal news channel.
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Sky News: Presentation Discussion

phil94 posted:
I don't get your problem with the splitscreen! You should be rather concerned about the theme music!

Oh and the usage of the newswall and nice studio and the coming up into break sequence and the voiceover and the nice diversified programs and the isle and the boring and simple on screen graphics and oh yes there is no problem with the toth at all!

Oh and I forgot to say that the same presenters are presenting the same shifts for ages and there is no
double- headed presentation anymore!


rightok32: You are in the minority, but as the quote above shows, there are a few other people who agree with you. I personally value the serious news channel approach Sky now have much more than the tabloid-style OTT news channel approach that some members would rather watch.

phil94: Theme music is nowhere near as important as the presentation of interviews and correspondents reporting. It seems to me that your priorities for a news channel - that is a channel that informs viewers of serious news stories - are completely wrong. Are you genuinely telling me you would rather watch a channel with short shifts, constantly changing studios, glitzy graphics and twice as many presenters? It really baffles me that the only thing you like about Sky News is a 20-second TOTH graphic.