And same again in the last five minutes. i think we can assume that its a new thing. Also, they've stopped using the Headline strap for the summary and use a wipe transition instead.
The changes have been made so the 1 minute summarys can be accessed by mobile phone users. The service is so far only available in Australia, via Telstar
Don't you mean Telstra?
Yea thats the one. Sorry bit behind the times there!
And same again in the last five minutes. i think we can assume that its a new thing. Also, they've stopped using the Headline strap for the summary and use a wipe transition instead.
The changes have been made so the 1 minute summarys can be accessed by mobile phone users. The service is so far only available in Australia, via Telstar
I suspose this is the most relevent thread to lob this question in to.
Where is the camera situated for the New York live backdrop.?
Using my knowledge of the city, it looks like somewhere down around 9th Ave, and looking at the angle and the buildings you can see at a guess I'd say its atop the 13WNET building down on 33rd St?
Well done, you win the prize. A night out with Tanya Beckett.
The Business unit is now based in the offices of Channel 13 and use one of it's studios for WBR.
May have missed this earlier in the thread, but the studio looks a bit different tonight. There appears to be some frosted glass behind the desk.
I think that's always been there.
I was wondering Nicky have the changes actual happened or have they been delayed?
Are you people stupid? The changes happened today. Simon McCoy replaced Phil Hayton (Nicky said someone would be made permanent - there you go) and N24 Tonight was launched.
Bloody hell, put your handbag away.
I think there has likely been some confusion over the wording used by NickyS who said there would "a few minor changes". In the flurry of constructing your píssy response, you appear to have overlooked the fact that two of anything does not constitute "a few". Grammatically speaking, "a few" should constitute three or more of something. To use "a few" in reference to two items is as incorrect as referring to "all the cups" when there are only two cups on the table.
NickyS may have used the term incorrectly, but I hardly think it's unreasonable for others to expect more than two changes given the language that was used, and I don't quite grasp while you feel the need to be so bitchy towards those that did.
Matthew was trying out a new tie. That was the third change.
Is 9pm still "branded" as "The 9 o'clock news from BBC News 24"?
I don't think the 2100 hour has ever been consistently branded as such; I think it's often down to the director or presenter. Similarly, the 0000 hour is occasionally referred to as "the midnight news from BBC News 24" or "the BBC's midnight news", but only by some presenters - including Peter Dobbie and Alastair Yates, I believe - and even then only occasionally.
In the early days each hour from 7 - 11 was branded as the ...O'Clock News, with the number keyed on one side of the screen. Occasionally it would be the wrong time as the director had forgotten to change the graphic. But in the early days of News24 the time was the least of the channels problems
Goodness me, he's changed a lot!! Last time I saw him on screen, he had an abundance of curls. I quite like him as a presenter actually.
Thanks Londoner.
ISTR he was on for 9/11 with Valerie Sanderson
I think
- anyway he was exceptional.
Yes - but I don't think Val was on for very long (think Jane Hill was parachuted in). Can't remember if John stayed on, or if he was bigfooted as well.
John was soon ditched for Peter Dobbie, who was then ditched for Gavin Esler, who was then ditched for Huw Edwards.
Oh no. more CONSTANT reports and droning on from the USA.
Well said, James.
The only sad thing is that the waters never quite engulf that White House place, where the bloke lives who's far more interested in invading countries than stopping global warming.
Careful Nick. You are sounding like a pinko environmentalist
The BBC News Special on the German elections has been extremely good in my opinion: Nik Gowing did a great job always keeping a good pace and also Tristana Moore and Dominic Hughs did good.
Fantastic to see the sunset over the German Parliament behind Nik Going, they couldn't find a better place to broadcast from.
Just a few sound problems with the interpreters but a channel which so often suffers techincal faults wasn't supposed to reach perfection...
Oh, and great stings, I would sell my soul to get the music they played at the end of the News Special.
Viewers in America may be interested to know that BBC World will soon be shown on BBC America for 3 hours every morning. The channel already takes the News programmes during this time but in the near future it will take the entire output so Americans will get there first chance to see WBR and Asia Today
The BBC News Special on the German elections has been extremely good in my opinion: Nik Gowing did a great job always keeping a good pace and also Tristana Moore and Dominic Hughs did good.
Fantastic to see the sunset over the German Parliament behind Nik Going, they couldn't find a better place to broadcast from.
Just a few sound problems with the interpreters but a channel which so often suffers techincal faults wasn't supposed to reach perfection...
Oh, and great stings, I would sell my soul to get the music they played at the end of the News Special.
Maybe Dunthinkin was hit on the head by a picket when young. He seams to have an irrational hatred of strikes and strikers.
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I just can't help but ask what you did to have to edit that incredibly witty riposte a total of 3 times, yet still managed to use the word "seams".
That's a masterstroke of intellectual and computing incompetence. Let's hope they don't make you do anything too taxing (like writing or typing) at the BBC.
Also nice to see you've gone ever so quiet on explaining to us all exactly what the strikes did achieve.
Have you got an answer?
Once more, a constructive reply would be a most spiffing treat.
I suggest you look at www.bectu.org for the full details. The main thing was it brought the BBC back to the negotiating table and negotiations are still ongoing. It also protected the pension rights and redundancy terms of many who have spent their lives working for the cooperation and faced the prospect of losing those rights.
And most importantly it showed the BBC the strength of feeling among BBC staff. The likes of Huw Edwards, Anna Ford, John Humphryes, Sophie Raworth, Jeremy Paxman, Jeremy Vine, Nik Gowing, Jon Sopel etc all supported the strike. Presumably you believe they were all misguided and that you know better than any of them.
Can I ask what do you actually do for a living?
I think the "concession" on ensuring pension transfers for the BBC Broadcast jobs was hardly difficult for the BBC since they've sold it. Otherwise, all that it achieved was a delay in the inevitable.
I'm sorry but that just isn't successful at all. Given the remits for the strike, success would only have been achieved with a guarantee of no compulsory redundancies.
That hasn't been achieved.
There's a difference between "supporting" a strike and not going out of your way to defy it. Many of those famous names you've listed didn't actually come out and say how right the strikers were, nor did they join the picket line. I believe Jeremy Paxman would have come in, but there weren't enough people working to get Newsnight running- he didn't openly endorse the strike action. And regardless of who supports your strike, it still didn't achieve anything and that's the ultimate bottom line.
For what it's worth- I work in the field of healthcare. Can I ask what you do (presumably at the BBC or Bectu)?
I have pointed out what it achieved. You can ignore my points if you like but it doesn't make them invalid. And the concessions on pensions was very important and helped protect the retirement plans of many loyal BBC staff. There was never going to be any guarantee on no compulsory redundancies. The unions achieved a deferment. In two years time they will get another deferment. It's called compromise. The unions gave a bit and the BBC gave a bit. Maybe you were expecting a Miners type dispute with hordes of Police escorting a few strike breakers into Television Centre. Many in BBC management, if not outwardly supporting the strike, supported its aims. For instance the pickets were given permission to use BBC facilities for refreshments. Hardly the bitter dispute you were hoping for.
As for critics of strike breakers. People have not problem with those who simply did their jobs and worked on the day of the strike. After all they have to work together every day. What they did have, was an issue with were those who saw the opportunity for their own self promotion and enrichment. There are always some so selfish they see the disputes of others and an opening for their own egos. On the whole they were people who were not regularly used by any channel and not thought of highly by any in BBC management.
I'm amazed that as a healthcare worker you fail to see the value of teamwork. Maybe you are one of the many NHS burocrats who spend their time in meetings and sending bills to each other. One of those who, to quote Oscar Wilde, know the cost of everything and the value of nothing. The value of good team work is essential to the smooth working of any operation and vital to the look of 24 hour news. And the team includes the presenter.