I hate when the weather is broadcast from the studio. First of all, the screen is too dull to actually make out anything (probably too many lights shining on it) and it just seems completely pointless. I don't mind seeing the weather in N6, but not in the News 24 studio.
I'd prefer to actually see the forecast. Not, as the poster above says, bad banter.
It isn't just the lights shining on it that are a problem (though the presenter is too close to avoid their key light hitting the screen as well) - it is also that the projector and screen are in a reasonably brightly lit office (with windows and working lights) - rather than a studio which can be kept dark where projectors are working.
I hate when the weather is broadcast from the studio. First of all, the screen is too dull to actually make out anything (probably too many lights shining on it) and it just seems completely pointless. I don't mind seeing the weather in N6, but not in the News 24 studio.
I'd prefer to actually see the forecast. Not, as the poster above says, bad banter.
It isn't just the lights shining on it that are a problem (though the presenter is too close to avoid their key light hitting the screen as well) - it is also that the projector and screen are in a reasonably brightly lit office (with windows and working lights) - rather than a studio which can be kept dark where projectors are working.
Looks light all these problems well so called problems are because News 24 and World are not in a real studio, will BBC News 24 and World move into proper studios in a few years time?
I hate when the weather is broadcast from the studio. First of all, the screen is too dull to actually make out anything (probably too many lights shining on it) and it just seems completely pointless. I don't mind seeing the weather in N6, but not in the News 24 studio.
I'd prefer to actually see the forecast. Not, as the poster above says, bad banter.
It isn't just the lights shining on it that are a problem (though the presenter is too close to avoid their key light hitting the screen as well) - it is also that the projector and screen are in a reasonably brightly lit office (with windows and working lights) - rather than a studio which can be kept dark where projectors are working.
Looks light all these problems well so called problems are because News 24 and World are not in a real studio, will BBC News 24 and World move into proper studios in a few years time?
Would you want them to? I like the fact that they really are coming from the newsroom, why is a fancy newswall needed to tell me the news? All a newswall would do is show me extra graphics, which if they're on a wall I wont be able to read anyway.
I hate when the weather is broadcast from the studio. First of all, the screen is too dull to actually make out anything (probably too many lights shining on it) and it just seems completely pointless. I don't mind seeing the weather in N6, but not in the News 24 studio.
I'd prefer to actually see the forecast. Not, as the poster above says, bad banter.
It isn't just the lights shining on it that are a problem (though the presenter is too close to avoid their key light hitting the screen as well) - it is also that the projector and screen are in a reasonably brightly lit office (with windows and working lights) - rather than a studio which can be kept dark where projectors are working.
Looks light all these problems well so called problems are because News 24 and World are not in a real studio, will BBC News 24 and World move into proper studios in a few years time?
Would you want them to? I like the fact that they really are coming from the newsroom, why is a fancy newswall needed to tell me the news? All a newswall would do is show me extra graphics, which if they're on a wall I wont be able to read anyway.
You could equally ask why they should come from the newsroom (or actually a small part of it just moved there so it can be seen on TV). Everything's done electronically now so it doesn't really matter where the newsroom is. I work in an office where we email someone a couple of feet away rather than getting up and telling them something verbally!
Why can't you read graphics on a newswall? Do you have some affliction?
But what is the POINT in having a newswall? The point in having the newsroom directly behind the set is to give the impression that N24 is located in the hub of TV News at the BBC - which it is. Shoving an LED wall behind the presenters not only cuts them off from that, but just makes the whole thing entirely pointless.
Graphics coming up at random times during reports are completely unnecessary!
But what is the POINT in having a newswall? The point in having the newsroom directly behind the set is to give the impression that N24 is located in the hub of TV News at the BBC - which it is. Shoving an LED wall behind the presenters not only cuts them off from that, but just makes the whole thing entirely pointless.
Graphics coming up at random times during reports are completely unnecessary!
Rubbish! They are trying to communicate information to the viewer. Everyone who knows anything about communicating information knows that you take in what you see, rather than what you hear. Thus someone just sat there reading goes in one ear and out the other. If what that person is saying is backed up by text on the screen, you take in twice as much. Add pictures and it doubles again.
I think it might be worth taking a step back from this discussion and consider the reality of the situation.
Sky News relaunched with an even bigger, grander newswall, but it's not exactly been a ratings grabber. It's fair to say that there have also been questionable scheduling decisions that have contributed to Sky's modest decline in ratings, but the fact that they've got such an amazing presentation device hasn't exactly pulled in the punters.
Look also at ITV News, particularly when the News Channel was still in play. The "Theatre Of News" was an excellent concept, and indeed looked visually impressive, and it was no doubt a great technical challenge to use that kind of presentation device on a rolling news channel. But again, that did very little to improve the quality of the output, and while few would argue with the technical impressiveness and visual qualities of that presentation device, it again did nothing to keep viewers hooked.
Conversely, the BBC - or at least News 24 - has gone from small pokey plasma screens, to slightly larger plasma screens and now on to larger displays, although their screens are still nowhere near the size of ITVNC's and Sky's examples. Yet while their displays have remained relatively modest in size, N24 has gone from strength to strength over the last few years, and now labels itself "Britain's most watched news channel", and has of course taken the RTS News Channel Of The Year title.
Now, I don't intend this to be a rant about the BBC being better than ITV and Sky in all things, because I honestly don't believe that's true, and there are many areas in which both of the latter broadcasters do things much better - both have been far more innovative in terms of their presentation than the BBC has, and I can't say I'm hugely impressed by the fact that the BBC arrived very late at the newswall party for the Nationals, although of course the two newswall-equipped studios are much more versatile spaces than their predecessors were.
My point is simply that there is no strong correlation between the size of a screen and the success of a channel based upon the performance of the three rolling UK news channels. It could be argued that the BBC - at least for News 24 - hasn't had to rely on gimmicks like big newswalls to improve its performance and continue to win audiences.
I just don't understand why some feel that it's so important that News 24 "improve" itself with bigger screens, when all of its recent improvements have come without the aid of gigantic displays.
I just don't understand why some feel that it's so important that News 24 "improve" itself with bigger screens, when all of its recent improvements have come without the aid of gigantic displays.
Surely you're not suggesting they should be complacent though. There's always room for improvement.
My comments are not through trying to make News 24 better than Sky, they're just from a regular viewer of the channel who's not happy with their pokey, dark screens. Also, my initial comparison was not with the Sky News newswall, but after seeing how much better the weather looks in N6 than in N8.
Thus someone just sat there reading goes in one ear and out the other. If what that person is saying is backed up by text on the screen, you take in twice as much. Add pictures and it doubles again.
So newsreaders are redundant in many respects then?
I just feel that graphics coming out of the reporters' ears on VTs is not appropriate, and that the money would be far better spent improving quality of news and training journalists rather than adding tacky garb onto the screen.
Thus someone just sat there reading goes in one ear and out the other. If what that person is saying is backed up by text on the screen, you take in twice as much. Add pictures and it doubles again.
So newsreaders are redundant in many respects then?
I just feel that graphics coming out of the reporters' ears on VTs is not appropriate, and that the money would be far better spent improving quality of news and training journalists rather than adding tacky garb onto the screen.
Please give an example of when this has occured. As I can see this has never happened on sky news - if it is to that which you are refering.
