Australian & New Zealand's Breakfast TV

Basically, over in Australia & New Zealand, Breakfast TV seems really great. And most members of the forum seem to agree. So, I thought we should take more of an in-depth look at how Aussie's & Co give us their morning shows.

And I shall start the discussion with these:

Sunrise (NZ) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2X-AMOTP88 - Looks pretty great, the bedding + theme, studio etc, are all fantastic.

Sunrise (AU) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3FcX4voCr8 - The Aussie's version of above. They both shared the same look a few years back, with AU interviewing NZ. This look is very nice though, but I think the main theme is very loud in contrast to the lovely bedding before it. The studio is lovely though.

Breakfast (NZ) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZkWri_T4KU&feature=related - They've had this look for some time now, and I think it's getting a bit old. Overall though, a good show.

Anymore Breakfast show in AU/NZ? Post it up!

There's ABC News Breakfast (AU), from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on its digital channel ABC2

It's far more news orientated then its morning counterparts, and is in a rolling news format (a test for the upcoming 24 hour news channel).

I've heard the show is doing very well. It's currently shown live in the eastern states and online, delay on satellite and the rest of Australia and live through the Australia Network -the ABC's International channel, funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_04_bcs1uw

Another one is Sky News First Edition, broadcasting on Sky News Australia and Sky News New Zealand

This is from their previous graphic look http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjLavaY8KUg

And on their sister channel: Sky News Business Channel, there's First Business http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W66R66Pycs

First of all, Sunrise (Channel 7 Australia) is a clone of the most recent package launched on NBC Today. If you take a look at the open, the graphic set, colour scheme and even some of the studio elements (white desk with logo on front, 'neon'/bright blue backdrop behind the newsdesk), the only things missing from the Australian version are the NBC Peacock, Matt Lauer et al, and John Williams' 'The Mission'. That said, it isn't all that bad and stays (somewhat) faithful to the original whilst adding some of its own elements.

The interesting one out of the bunch, however, is TV3 Sunrise. The slightly abstract video of the studio being readied, images of dawn breaking, etc. and the final Sunrise logo draw immediate comparisons to the current GMTV look (even down to the fairly short titles and music). When was this look introduced in New Zealand? If it was before GMTV, then it should encourage those on here that have been critical of GMTV's look. I have to say that TV3 Sunrise is far superior in its overall feel and look.

TV3's Sunrise is great, I do agree, and I believe the current look was launched in 2009.
Also, Sky News' breakfast shows look very bad to me, the remixed music, and a Buisness Channel, a buisness breakfast?

Do you happen to know when (e.g. roughly which month) ABC's 24 hour channel might be launching? Much chance of us being able to stream it online from over here? I was kind of surprised they were starting one up, things the way they are financially, especially as apparently they're not getting any extra money for it, but looking forward to it nonetheless...

There's still no confirmed launch date, but june/july have been rumoured. There's also no confirmed name yet, but the main suggestions are ABC4 and ABC News Channel and the latest is the Continuous News Channel.

It's possible that it could be streamed live online, as ABC News Breakfast does so, as do many ABC programs.

On the subject of finances it seems the ABC has managed to scrape together the necessary funds, they already do 24 hour news online and on radio and News is one of the most popular facets of the ABC and most of the public don't have access to Sky News Australia.