My turn
I liked the celeb idents on itv as there were so many different versions in garish bright sets and then we had people like Trevor McDonald in a much quieter subtle brick set. I always liked the blue and yellow block era too
The colour picking idents were really impressive. As others have mentioned the slick way in which the dot on the I would open up and then fall back into place seamlessly linking into another trailer or ident. I was also a fan of the last lot of
I've liked all ITV News presentation since 1999 - I used to like the spinning net globe and the general set. its a shame nobody ever made a recreation of that in the gallery. The theatre of news was impressive for its time and I liked the globe made up of blocks which would grow and shrink. Whilst the car park era set was...well like a car park I did like the hero panels which transitioned flawlessly into the studio making each headline sequence unique. The news at ten skyline looked stunning and was axed way too quickly
Even now I still don't like the new sky news HQ. We went from the Sky News centre which had a great sense of depth and 10+ presentation points to a small glass box consisting of a screen and a desk. I said at the time there isn't much they can do with it. You can't move around desks or add new screen to create new presentation points. I will admit the introduction of lighting made it look slightly better but when you consider how sexy the old Sky News centre was when they returned for the election to then go back to that was meh. I also used to like watching the presenters walking from the news wall, down the stairs and sometimes sprinting to the island before the voice over finished. We used to get jib sweeping shots of the studio and one time the camera crashed into 1 of the fins and you saw someone in the gallery put their hand over their head. .Overall Sky News presentation in the past was engaging and if you watch it for many hours as I do that is important as much as the news itself. No matter how many times you saw the old
TOTH sequence it felt like an event which now is very lackluster. I have generally liked all sky news music over the years
Channel 4's last few sets of idents are just...weird. I much preferred the 4 which would start as random objects in a scene before forming up to show the full logo for a second before it broke up again
I find it irritating when people say BBC won't dare delay the start of strictly to show the Prime Minister's statement - really? the news is something that matters and affects everyone's lives. A dancing show starting 5 mins late is not a priority during a pandemic
This takes me on to another point when people say why do people watch news channels all the time well for me one thing I like is that you never know what is going to happen from 1 minute to the next. I can start watching 1 story and suddenly another one breaks and before I know it the rest of the day has past by. There is something exciting about watching a story break....develop...& conclude whether that be that day, week, month, year or decade. Whilst most news is generally bad it is the reality of the situation at that time in the world, some say its depressing but its real life, it matters much more than some trivial reality rubbish like Love Island
