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I didn't see News 24 during the flags era, but I can answer your question - yes, they did used to go for "breaks" of BBC promos. I know this because they continued to do it for a while during the post-flags era but it was only ever at X.45 (as well as just before the TOTH and BOTH).
There was indeed promo breaks at XX.28 (as there is now) & XX.44. They were always just before a headlines update. Originally in the early days there would sometimes be a promo break at XX.14 but this didn't last long. The TOTH sequence varied a few times during the initial year as well. They sometimes showed pictures of top stories that day over the flag motif. Also the opening of the hour could be quite long as it sometimes went like this: Top story headline read out with VT fade to studio and presenters intro, then all other headlines read out with VT, Then to sports presenter for the sports headlines, and finally to weather presenter (usually slumped on ballistrade next to news desk) for a quick mention then back to news presenters to kick it all off. The vamp would play until the news presenter started with the first story. This usually took up to 2 mins so i think it was deemed too long hence why they didn't do it for long. Another little thing during the flags era was during the weather they had lots of little stings introduced sectors such as Weather Warning, Weather Advisory, Weather Almanac etc. Difficult to explain here but i do have it on video somewhere and when i get a capture card (hopefully soon) i will upload it.
Thanks for that guys...just goes to show how far News 24 has come since the early days, everything seems to flow better in general.
Also from TV-Ark, i noticed an ad, for news and sport on a Saturday with Roger Black...does anyone else not think that the weekends could do with a bit of a shakeup?
I have noticed a couple of new features, such as the 'Its your Money' segment return, ususally now with a business presenter or correspondant in the studio doing that...but i feel that the weekend afternoon bulletins lack pace...?
Davidjb posted:
itsrobert posted:
Breakfast News posted:
Wondered if any viewers of News 24 in the early flag days could tell me something...I noticed that new videos of the flags era were on TV-ark and there are a couple of 'rejoin' clips, at quarter to...did they go to 'fake' ads, say BBC promotions, or was it merely just a sting after the headlines? Many thanks..
I didn't see News 24 during the flags era, but I can answer your question - yes, they did used to go for "breaks" of BBC promos. I know this because they continued to do it for a while during the post-flags era but it was only ever at X.45 (as well as just before the TOTH and BOTH).
There was indeed promo breaks at XX.28 (as there is now) & XX.44. They were always just before a headlines update. Originally in the early days there would sometimes be a promo break at XX.14 but this didn't last long. The TOTH sequence varied a few times during the initial year as well. They sometimes showed pictures of top stories that day over the flag motif. Also the opening of the hour could be quite long as it sometimes went like this: Top story headline read out with VT fade to studio and presenters intro, then all other headlines read out with VT, Then to sports presenter for the sports headlines, and finally to weather presenter (usually slumped on ballistrade next to news desk) for a quick mention then back to news presenters to kick it all off. The vamp would play until the news presenter started with the first story. This usually took up to 2 mins so i think it was deemed too long hence why they didn't do it for long. Another little thing during the flags era was during the weather they had lots of little stings introduced sectors such as Weather Warning, Weather Advisory, Weather Almanac etc. Difficult to explain here but i do have it on video somewhere and when i get a capture card (hopefully soon) i will upload it.
Thanks for that guys...just goes to show how far News 24 has come since the early days, everything seems to flow better in general.
Also from TV-Ark, i noticed an ad, for news and sport on a Saturday with Roger Black...does anyone else not think that the weekends could do with a bit of a shakeup?
I have noticed a couple of new features, such as the 'Its your Money' segment return, ususally now with a business presenter or correspondant in the studio doing that...but i feel that the weekend afternoon bulletins lack pace...?
) Does that answer your question?
