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IT
itsrobert Founding member
alexcs19 posted:
I just realised they still do the world news thing on Sundays...

Who's shift is this during over at world?


It varies at the weekend. When I put BBC World on this morning it was Anya Sitaram, so I presume it was her on the N24 bulletin.
WE
Westy2
archiveTV posted:
thegeek posted:
A slightly unusual TOTH at 0100: a 57 second countdown, straight into the title sequence, then the headlines without a bed, and at 0101, into the first story. The tower took another minute to turn up, and the ticker a little after that.

It's still N8, though, and seemingly a News 24 bulletin, not N24/World.


World just took the first minute as they then had a 55 minute programme


Correct me if I'm wrong as I'm not normally around that time, but the 'joint' service starts at 1am, yes?

Until then both services are separate, yes?

Why didn't the World presenter stay for the extra minute?

Or is it for technical reasons, if World falls off air, they'd have a presenter to go back to?
IT
itsrobert Founding member
Westy2 posted:
archiveTV posted:
thegeek posted:
A slightly unusual TOTH at 0100: a 57 second countdown, straight into the title sequence, then the headlines without a bed, and at 0101, into the first story. The tower took another minute to turn up, and the ticker a little after that.

It's still N8, though, and seemingly a News 24 bulletin, not N24/World.


World just took the first minute as they then had a 55 minute programme


Correct me if I'm wrong as I'm not normally around that time, but the 'joint' service starts at 1am, yes?

Until then both services are separate, yes?

Why didn't the World presenter stay for the extra minute?

Or is it for technical reasons, if World falls off air, they'd have a presenter to go back to?


Well the World presenter always finishes at 0030 - remember, World does not have news right up until the TOTH like News 24. It would have meant the whole World team staying for another half an hour just to present another minute. It's far easier to join N24 as normal at 0100 and for them to start with a summary and then carry on as normal afterwards.
DO
dodrade
I know this has been asked before, but does anyone know how long the countdown is, and has it ever been played in full? I've only seen it from 53 seconds or so.
IT
itsrobert Founding member
dodrade posted:
I know this has been asked before, but does anyone know how long the countdown is, and has it ever been played in full? I've only seen it from 53 seconds or so.


The current countdown music is 60 seconds long (as was the 2005 version). Between 1999 and 2005, the countdown was 90 seconds long.
BB
BBC N24 2005
dodrade posted:
has it ever been played in full? I've only seen it from 53 seconds or so.

Yes, quite a few times I think.
There's some versions of the countdown (about 58 seconds long) on youtube if your're interested Smile
SP
Spencer
BBC N24 2005 posted:
dodrade posted:
has it ever been played in full? I've only seen it from 53 seconds or so.

Yes, quite a few times I think.
There's some versions of the countdown (about 58 seconds long) on youtube if your're interested Smile


And a full 60" version on the Red Bee Media website.
ZS
ZiggyShadowDust
Is it? I can't find it.
SP
Spencer
Just had a look, and it used to be on this page until recently, but now seems to have been replaced with the full BBC World countdown sequence instead.
ZS
ZiggyShadowDust
Hum. The data swooshes on the current n24 countdown sound better than the world one.
DO
dodrade
The presenters always say DIGITAL viewers can press their red button, I didn't know there was any other way to receive news 24, does some form of analogue service still exist?
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Phen
I don't think there is any time that News 24 is broadcast on analogue apart from the simulcasts at night on BBC1 and 2. Perhaps they're used to saying 'digital viewers' because of this.

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