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Sky News

It certainly does, and good to see sky on top form with the PBR today really good an refreshing coverage. Intersting to see Anna Jones on today oing to Budget, I would have thought that this was more Julie's territory though.

Prehaps she's gone out of favour?

EDIT: Anna is still great though
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Sky News

Sky News Press Office posted:
Sky News takes a look back at 2006, a year in which terrorism, climate change, sporting triumphs and celebrity splits dominated the headlines. A series of half-hour 2006 Year In Review programmes will run from Friday 22 December to Monday 1 January throughout the day. Plus, new one-off specials including The 34-Day War and The Day The Whale Came To London. Please see QuickView at www.sky.com/programmeinformation for further details.

2006 YEAR IN REVIEW: SPORT
Sky News looks back at the sporting highs and lows, including Chelsea's Premiership dominance, Europe's Ryder Cup victory and England's World Cup woes.
Saturday 23 December 11.30

2006 YEAR IN REVIEW: WEATHER
Sky News' Francis Wilson looks back at the world’s weather in a year when climate change has dominated the headlines and Britain sweltered in the summer heat.
Saturday 23 December 13.30

2006 YEAR IN REVIEW: SHOWBUSINESS
Sky News' Entertainment Correspondent Matt Smith looks back at a year on the red carpet, from the Oscars to the BAFTAs, and hears from the big names of stage, screen and music.
Saturday 23 December 14.30

2006 YEAR IN REVIEW: THE ROYALS
Sky News' Sarah Hughes looks at the royal highlights of the year, including the Queen's 80th and Prince Harry's 21st birthdays.
Saturday 23 December 15.30

2006 YEAR IN REVIEW: POLITICS
Sky News' Political Editor Adam Boulton looks back at Tony Blair's final full year in office, and the first full year of David Cameron's Conservative leadership.
Saturday 23 December 16.30

CO 19: THE FRONT LINE
An exclusive behind-the-scenes look at Scotland Yard's specialist armed response unit. Mark White reports on the work of the police at the front line of the war on gun crime and terrorism.
Saturday 23 December 19.00

THE DAY THE WHALE CAME TO LONDON
In January, thousands of people were drawn to the banks of the Thames to witness a whale swimming through London. Sky News chronicles the extraordinary event.
Saturday 23 December 20.30

2006 YEAR IN REVIEW: CRIME
Sky News Correspondent Martin Brunt looks at the big crime stories of the past twelve months, including Britain’s biggest ever cash robbery.
Saturday 23 December 23.30

Jane Tomlinson: Across The USA
Trace terminal cancer sufferer Jane Tomlinson's epic 4,200-mile charity cycle ride across America. Follow the highs and lows of her extraordinary journey.
Sunday 24 December 19.00

EVEREST THE HARD WAY
Follow the attempt by a British Army climbing team to be the first to conquer Everest’s treacherous Western Ridge. Includes remarkable high-altitude footage.
Sunday 24 December 20.30

2006 THE YEAR IN REVIEW
Sky News' Political Editor Adam Boulton takes a look back at the biggest news stories of 2006.
Monday 25 December 19.00

2006 YEAR IN REVIEW: THE WAR ON TERROR
Sky News' Foreign Affairs Editor Tim Marshall looks at the War on Terror in 2006: in Iraq, in Afghanistan and on the home front.
Monday 25 December 23.30

THE 34-DAY WAR
In July, Israel went to war against Hezbollah fighters based in Lebanon. For 34 days civilians on both sides were caught up in a conflict. James Rubin examines the devastating war.
Friday 29 December 20.30


The full line up for the Year in Review series has been released, and it doesn't actually look that bad.
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Sky News

Brekkie Boy posted:
Re: the plan - notice how the Five News studio and offices are pretty much as far away from each other as they could be!

Is the Sunrise balcony the Deli Bar then?


Thats what I thought but I wasn't actually. I've looked at a few pictures and it would seem to fit i.e. it sticks out a bit.
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Al Jazeera English & Al Jazeera America

Inspector Sands posted:
Jakarta posted:
This is just a guess, but it could have been a cover name whilst studios were being built in order to keep tabs on locations and interior designs.


That's a possibility, in the case of the Washington Office in particular they'd want to keep the ownership quiet. But now it's on air it's not really something they can disguise.

Incidently 'Jazeera' is arabic for 'Penninsula'


My partner reliably informs me that Aljazeera does mean 'Penninsula' or 'The Island' in arabic (she's from Doha). I know a bit 'Ada'tu tareeqi' and the likes mainly, which actually means - 'Help I'm lost', and 'Hal tatakallamu alloghah alenjleziah' which means 'Do you speak English?' - a personal favourite of mine.

I could see the idea of a kind of alias especially an english sounding one would help, especially with all the kind of negative bias surrounding the channel. And the name does hold a relevance.
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Al Jazeera English & Al Jazeera America

Inspector Sands posted:
Jakarta posted:
This is just a guess, but it could have been a cover name whilst studios were being built in order to keep tabs on locations and interior designs.


That's a possibility, in the case of the Washington Office in particular they'd want to keep the ownership quiet. But now it's on air it's not really something they can disguise.

Incidently 'Jazeera' is arabic for 'Penninsula'


My partner reliably informs me that Aljazeera does mean 'Penninsula' or 'The Island' in arabic (she's from Doha). I know a bit 'Ada'tu tareeqi' and the likes mainly, which actually means - 'Help I'm lost', and 'Hal tatakallamu alloghah alenjleziah' which means 'Do you speak English?' - a personal favourite of mine.

I could see the idea of a kind of alias especially an english sounding one would help, especially with all the kind of negative bias surrounding the channel. And the name does hold a relevance.
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Sky News

There's also something called the 'Green rooms' can anybody shed any light on what these are for. Its just that I thought Studio B being the virtusl studio would be enough
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Sky News

ginnyfan posted:
jli4637 posted:
CHRISTMAS BACKDROP IS BACK ON SUNRISE


Is it the same as last year? Do they use it only on Sunrise?


Same as last year, they have been using ti on and off all day with Christams related stories, but it proves its still around.

ginnyfan posted:
I didn't know that Kay presents Sunrise on Christmas morning. I


Oh, then you've got all that fun to come then havn't you?! Laughing
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Sky News

gregmc posted:
They were all around the studio today at Lunchtime live. The new newswall background looks ok, but I prefer the globe... bring it back. Surprised


Any chance you could post that video, its been so long since i can remember anything like that
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Sky News

BBC WORLD posted:
Didn't mean ritual in the torture sense!! I think Kay is quite good, actually.


Only joking...

By the way - a minor piece of trvia, I found the viewing figures for the transatlantic terror plot back in July? or August. Sky absolutely hammered the BBC with 540,000 viewers to 270,000ish.

Just goes to prove they've still got it.
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Sky News

CHRISTMAS BACKDROP IS BACK ON SUNRISE
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Sky News

BBC WORLD posted:
Kay Burley will - NO DOUBT - present Sunrise on 25th December!!! Annual ritual.


I actually quite like that - you would never get the big guns of the bbc presenting on christmas morning - regardless of her motives.I think though, that a lot of ordinary viewers without any kind of journalistic insight actually do quite like her, remember the fact that her Lunchtime Live has presented one of the few areas in a rise in audience figures mut speak for something.

I sat down and watched sunrise this morning - and the big table really doesn't look to bad - on the wide shots. It actually looked really ood with four people round it just now as the Ashes 2nd test result came through.

EDIT: I like the way you use ritual, as if it some kind of decadent torture.
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Sky News

ginnyfan posted:


What did Martin do on his own last year then? I can't remember, but I know that he does do this quite a lot over christmas - or at least he used to. If anybody know's I'll be interested.

It was actually really nice tonight on Sky news with Martin Stanford. Looked really classy and sophisticated as opposed to having that 'The Pulse' style backdrop.