JW
Happened a lot on World today as well. Wrong labels at the wring times and missing tickers and dogs for ages.
(By the way, are you "the" JC of the Pink Shirt fame????)
jc posted:
Worse is the number of wrong name captions that appear or worse none at all. We know what we've been watching, what's coming up, but rarely who we're watching at that precise moment. Rant over.
Happened a lot on World today as well. Wrong labels at the wring times and missing tickers and dogs for ages.
(By the way, are you "the" JC of the Pink Shirt fame????)
LO
No - there were serious issues with getting material onto the N9 profiles - which meant that it had to be abandoned at 10....
Has the set been maintained and looked after since it became dissused?
Will they move over there for a short time on another date?
Media Boy posted:
alarsne53 posted:
so they didnt move from N6 then?
No - there were serious issues with getting material onto the N9 profiles - which meant that it had to be abandoned at 10....
Has the set been maintained and looked after since it became dissused?
Will they move over there for a short time on another date?
DU
A new quite brilliant low achieved by the News Channel graphics team today.
The quite nice (but far too big) FTSE graphic that they've been using above the right edge of the aston was expanded to allow both the FTSE and DOW Jones to be shown (around opening bell time for the US). The result was a stacked effect above the aston, at a far more appropriate size for each index. However, they managed to completely ignore the safe area guidelines, meaning that on a 4:3 screen, the FTSE was down a mere 35 points and the DOW a mere 40.
It's really shoddy. And the worst thing is that it was still on the screen when I tuned back in half an hour later.
Assuming the people in charge of these graphics weren't asleep (or on a very long lunch), you can only assume that they decided it wasn't worth correcting. A pretty dire state of affairs.
The quite nice (but far too big) FTSE graphic that they've been using above the right edge of the aston was expanded to allow both the FTSE and DOW Jones to be shown (around opening bell time for the US). The result was a stacked effect above the aston, at a far more appropriate size for each index. However, they managed to completely ignore the safe area guidelines, meaning that on a 4:3 screen, the FTSE was down a mere 35 points and the DOW a mere 40.
It's really shoddy. And the worst thing is that it was still on the screen when I tuned back in half an hour later.
Assuming the people in charge of these graphics weren't asleep (or on a very long lunch), you can only assume that they decided it wasn't worth correcting. A pretty dire state of affairs.
:-(
To be honest i dont think its anything to cry over. Most people i assume who are interested in all the numbers will be watching Bloomberg or CNBC.
Dunedin posted:
A new quite brilliant low achieved by the News Channel graphics team today.
The quite nice (but far too big) FTSE graphic that they've been using above the right edge of the aston was expanded to allow both the FTSE and DOW Jones to be shown (around opening bell time for the US). The result was a stacked effect above the aston, at a far more appropriate size for each index. However, they managed to completely ignore the safe area guidelines, meaning that on a 4:3 screen, the FTSE was down a mere 35 points and the DOW a mere 40.
It's really shoddy. And the worst thing is that it was still on the screen when I tuned back in half an hour later.
Assuming the people in charge of these graphics weren't asleep (or on a very long lunch), you can only assume that they decided it wasn't worth correcting. A pretty dire state of affairs.
The quite nice (but far too big) FTSE graphic that they've been using above the right edge of the aston was expanded to allow both the FTSE and DOW Jones to be shown (around opening bell time for the US). The result was a stacked effect above the aston, at a far more appropriate size for each index. However, they managed to completely ignore the safe area guidelines, meaning that on a 4:3 screen, the FTSE was down a mere 35 points and the DOW a mere 40.
It's really shoddy. And the worst thing is that it was still on the screen when I tuned back in half an hour later.
Assuming the people in charge of these graphics weren't asleep (or on a very long lunch), you can only assume that they decided it wasn't worth correcting. A pretty dire state of affairs.
To be honest i dont think its anything to cry over. Most people i assume who are interested in all the numbers will be watching Bloomberg or CNBC.
DU
To be honest i dont think its anything to cry over. Most people i assume who are interested in all the numbers will be watching Bloomberg or CNBC.
A pretty rubbish argument really. You either put the numbers on the screen in a visible state or don't bother.
If you choose not to bother you're insulting the intelligence of your audience and making a mockery of the concept of rolling and reactionary news.
If you choose to put them up but don't bother to check they fit on the screen you're making a mockery of your channel.
onetrickpony posted:
Dunedin posted:
A new quite brilliant low achieved by the News Channel graphics team today.
The quite nice (but far too big) FTSE graphic that they've been using above the right edge of the aston was expanded to allow both the FTSE and DOW Jones to be shown (around opening bell time for the US). The result was a stacked effect above the aston, at a far more appropriate size for each index. However, they managed to completely ignore the safe area guidelines, meaning that on a 4:3 screen, the FTSE was down a mere 35 points and the DOW a mere 40.
It's really shoddy. And the worst thing is that it was still on the screen when I tuned back in half an hour later.
Assuming the people in charge of these graphics weren't asleep (or on a very long lunch), you can only assume that they decided it wasn't worth correcting. A pretty dire state of affairs.
The quite nice (but far too big) FTSE graphic that they've been using above the right edge of the aston was expanded to allow both the FTSE and DOW Jones to be shown (around opening bell time for the US). The result was a stacked effect above the aston, at a far more appropriate size for each index. However, they managed to completely ignore the safe area guidelines, meaning that on a 4:3 screen, the FTSE was down a mere 35 points and the DOW a mere 40.
It's really shoddy. And the worst thing is that it was still on the screen when I tuned back in half an hour later.
Assuming the people in charge of these graphics weren't asleep (or on a very long lunch), you can only assume that they decided it wasn't worth correcting. A pretty dire state of affairs.
To be honest i dont think its anything to cry over. Most people i assume who are interested in all the numbers will be watching Bloomberg or CNBC.
A pretty rubbish argument really. You either put the numbers on the screen in a visible state or don't bother.
If you choose not to bother you're insulting the intelligence of your audience and making a mockery of the concept of rolling and reactionary news.
If you choose to put them up but don't bother to check they fit on the screen you're making a mockery of your channel.
JW
Thanks. I actually meant the proverbially pink-shirted Jonathan Charles!!!
Gee - Bruce Gyngell - that's a blast from the past.................
On another subject, does anyone know where overnighter Jake Lynch has gone to? Haven't seen him for ages on N24 or World.
jc posted:
(By the way, are you "the" JC of the Pink Shirt fame????)
Think that was the late Bruce Gyngell. Tee hee.
Think that was the late Bruce Gyngell. Tee hee.
Thanks. I actually meant the proverbially pink-shirted Jonathan Charles!!!
Gee - Bruce Gyngell - that's a blast from the past.................
On another subject, does anyone know where overnighter Jake Lynch has gone to? Haven't seen him for ages on N24 or World.
CI
Are you watching on 4:3 centre cut out? Cos I had no problems viewing those figures, but then I was watching it in Letterbox mode.
Dunedin posted:
A new quite brilliant low achieved by the News Channel graphics team today.
The quite nice (but far too big) FTSE graphic that they've been using above the right edge of the aston was expanded to allow both the FTSE and DOW Jones to be shown (around opening bell time for the US). The result was a stacked effect above the aston, at a far more appropriate size for each index. However, they managed to completely ignore the safe area guidelines, meaning that on a 4:3 screen, the FTSE was down a mere 35 points and the DOW a mere 40.
It's really shoddy. And the worst thing is that it was still on the screen when I tuned back in half an hour later.
Assuming the people in charge of these graphics weren't asleep (or on a very long lunch), you can only assume that they decided it wasn't worth correcting. A pretty dire state of affairs.
The quite nice (but far too big) FTSE graphic that they've been using above the right edge of the aston was expanded to allow both the FTSE and DOW Jones to be shown (around opening bell time for the US). The result was a stacked effect above the aston, at a far more appropriate size for each index. However, they managed to completely ignore the safe area guidelines, meaning that on a 4:3 screen, the FTSE was down a mere 35 points and the DOW a mere 40.
It's really shoddy. And the worst thing is that it was still on the screen when I tuned back in half an hour later.
Assuming the people in charge of these graphics weren't asleep (or on a very long lunch), you can only assume that they decided it wasn't worth correcting. A pretty dire state of affairs.
Are you watching on 4:3 centre cut out? Cos I had no problems viewing those figures, but then I was watching it in Letterbox mode.
CI
thank you for that insight
I just don't understand why anybody watches television these days in 4:3, especially since the broadcasters long ago started doing graphics that were 14:9 safe, not 4:3 safe, in order to persuade everybody over to the widescreen picture.
Like it or not, the future is 16:9 and has been for years.
Hymagumba posted:
cityprod posted:
Are you watching on 4:3 centre cut out? Cos I had no problems viewing those figures, but then I was watching it in Letterbox mode.
thank you for that insight
I just don't understand why anybody watches television these days in 4:3, especially since the broadcasters long ago started doing graphics that were 14:9 safe, not 4:3 safe, in order to persuade everybody over to the widescreen picture.
Like it or not, the future is 16:9 and has been for years.
PE
yes sad luddite freaks we know.
however despite the wishes of the broadcasters and nearly all of us there are a significant number of viewers who watch in 4:3 or have their widescreen TVs set up incorrectly. I suspect this is reducing with the greater number of HD / intergrated sets on the market but its still an issue.
Therefore if the BBC place a graphic in a margin that is not 4:3 safe it not only breaks their own guidelines on the issue but causes problems for a subset of viewers.
Pete
Founding member
cityprod posted:
I just don't understand why anybody watches television these days in 4:3, especially since the broadcasters long ago started doing graphics that were 14:9 safe, not 4:3 safe, in order to persuade everybody over to the widescreen picture.
Like it or not, the future is 16:9 and has been for years.
Like it or not, the future is 16:9 and has been for years.
yes sad luddite freaks we know.
however despite the wishes of the broadcasters and nearly all of us there are a significant number of viewers who watch in 4:3 or have their widescreen TVs set up incorrectly. I suspect this is reducing with the greater number of HD / intergrated sets on the market but its still an issue.
Therefore if the BBC place a graphic in a margin that is not 4:3 safe it not only breaks their own guidelines on the issue but causes problems for a subset of viewers.