JW
Correct. Sorry. I did indeed mean to type Mishal Husain. I have now corrected it.
Thanks
James
Thanks
James
DO
Keep it in perspective. Even with prep, it's only about 40 hours in a week: ie an average week for most people.
BBC WORLD posted:
Wow -
Mishal Husain
is a busy lady this week - BBC World News, BBC News Extra, BBC Breakfast, The World and Talking Point!
She is the new Terry Wogan - everywhere!
She is the new Terry Wogan - everywhere!
Keep it in perspective. Even with prep, it's only about 40 hours in a week: ie an average week for most people.
HA
Manisha Tank in the afternoon? is it me or is World's astons getting more transparent by the week?
Why didn't BBC News 24 let them download their TOG software, as BBC News 24's astons are working perfectly.
Seems quite ironic, In a way. BBC World also used to have the far more effective and stylish presentation, which seemed to work very well but of late News 24 seems to be filling that void and with them all having the same sound and look its slowly been turned into a dodgy version of N24.
But it is nice watching BBC World News every morning at 9.30. Nicest agenda IMO.
Yes from a purely television presentation point of view, BBC World has turned into a bit of mish mash, it says it's BBC World from BBC News one minute then an hour later will be BBC News from BBC World the next, there is no other global news channel in the world, that's get's something as elementry as that wrong, officially it's still called BBC News from BBC World and is represented in the breakfiller and EPG, but for virtually 16 hours of the day this is not the case.
Of course the more interesting elements have disappeared, such as the World business sting and Sport stings, that was pretty much unique to BBC World, as we never saw this on the old News 24, of course the 2000 breakfiller was awesome but of course the technology used to run it was never really solid, the new breakfiller is more robust in this case, but of course on a presentation viewpoint it isn't as good.
Essentially the style and presentation has changed it still has good presentation, the news service is self is more solid, in my opinion it is a more better product as there are giving out more news then before, but BBC News 24 does the presentation side of things more effectively these days, and the technical aspects match the much improved presentation of BBC News 24 certainly in terms of consistancy and branding.
harshy
Founding member
Matrix posted:
harshy posted:
cortomaltese posted:
Yesterday Manisha Tank was up at 1600GMT, then at 1700 Jamie Robertson. Who did the rest of the shift?
Manisha Tank in the afternoon? is it me or is World's astons getting more transparent by the week?
Why didn't BBC News 24 let them download their TOG software, as BBC News 24's astons are working perfectly.
Seems quite ironic, In a way. BBC World also used to have the far more effective and stylish presentation, which seemed to work very well but of late News 24 seems to be filling that void and with them all having the same sound and look its slowly been turned into a dodgy version of N24.
But it is nice watching BBC World News every morning at 9.30. Nicest agenda IMO.
Of course the more interesting elements have disappeared, such as the World business sting and Sport stings, that was pretty much unique to BBC World, as we never saw this on the old News 24, of course the 2000 breakfiller was awesome but of course the technology used to run it was never really solid, the new breakfiller is more robust in this case, but of course on a presentation viewpoint it isn't as good.
Essentially the style and presentation has changed it still has good presentation, the news service is self is more solid, in my opinion it is a more better product as there are giving out more news then before, but BBC News 24 does the presentation side of things more effectively these days, and the technical aspects match the much improved presentation of BBC News 24 certainly in terms of consistancy and branding.
JW
Watched World for a whole night last night - I rarely get to do it, but anyway, I did. Some marvels in amongst it, such as the lively Doha Debates (good to see Sebastian is still as useless as ever when it comes to interviewing), and Top Gear was also good.
Adrian Finighan was the Duty Anchor on the News. He made only one minor error during the intro to one bulletin, where he mispronounced his own name.
However.......stop babbling I hear ye all say......the point of this post is to state just how much I now enjoy BBC World News. Everything from the presentation to the set to the content - back to it's old self again (strictly within the confines of the bulletin).
BUT......
The links between programmes, the break fillers, the countdowns, the graphics, the timing of opt outs, the rejoining after opt outs are all totally SHOCKING and POOR in quality.
BBC - why the hell can't you get this sorted out? It surely can't be difficult, for goodness sake. It's a real mish mash of incoherently produced material between programmes and a load of lazily constructed ads.
I am tired of seeing the generic break filler being continually layered with another one on top of it and with early and late opt outs..........come on!!!! This is the BBC, for God's sake. I hate to say it, but in comparison, the CNN and Sky products are far easier and comfortable to watch, as they have got well joined segments going into and coming out of bulletins.
The BBC World version reminds me of buying a six pack of lager/beer from the Supermarket, and placing them in the trolley. The product itself may be excellent, but if the plastic rings holding the six-pack together is missing or not fitted properly, then the six cans are gonna flop and roll and clang all over the place in a real messy fashion, and thus the quality and appearance is tainted a little, or a lot...............
BBC World presentation is currently missing its "plastic rings" to hold it's otherwise excellent product steady.
They have an excellent product - would be even better if someone could instill a bit of rigidity.
Now.............I am off to drink one of those lagers.
James
Adrian Finighan was the Duty Anchor on the News. He made only one minor error during the intro to one bulletin, where he mispronounced his own name.
However.......stop babbling I hear ye all say......the point of this post is to state just how much I now enjoy BBC World News. Everything from the presentation to the set to the content - back to it's old self again (strictly within the confines of the bulletin).
BUT......
The links between programmes, the break fillers, the countdowns, the graphics, the timing of opt outs, the rejoining after opt outs are all totally SHOCKING and POOR in quality.
BBC - why the hell can't you get this sorted out? It surely can't be difficult, for goodness sake. It's a real mish mash of incoherently produced material between programmes and a load of lazily constructed ads.
I am tired of seeing the generic break filler being continually layered with another one on top of it and with early and late opt outs..........come on!!!! This is the BBC, for God's sake. I hate to say it, but in comparison, the CNN and Sky products are far easier and comfortable to watch, as they have got well joined segments going into and coming out of bulletins.
The BBC World version reminds me of buying a six pack of lager/beer from the Supermarket, and placing them in the trolley. The product itself may be excellent, but if the plastic rings holding the six-pack together is missing or not fitted properly, then the six cans are gonna flop and roll and clang all over the place in a real messy fashion, and thus the quality and appearance is tainted a little, or a lot...............
BBC World presentation is currently missing its "plastic rings" to hold it's otherwise excellent product steady.
They have an excellent product - would be even better if someone could instill a bit of rigidity.
Now.............I am off to drink one of those lagers.
James
JW
Sarah Montague popped up on HardTalk last night, for the first time in a long time. IMO, she would be quite good as an anchor at BBC World, having that gravitas that is sometimes lacking.
Sackur has hardly done HardTalk since he became the permanent face.
Sackur has hardly done HardTalk since he became the permanent face.
MA
Actually since he took over officially, Sackur has only missed five editions of Hardtalk (three in the last three days). The use of occasional presenters is sometimes necessary when interviewees are only available at a time when he is unavailable. Also, AFAIK, he has been travelling around Europe this week preparing interviews on the EU Constitution (including one with Gunther Verheugen tonight)
As far as his technique goes, it's good to see that he's not afraid of being confrontational, but sometimes his arguing over certain points does seem in danger of becoming quite whiny and high-pitched!!
As far as his technique goes, it's good to see that he's not afraid of being confrontational, but sometimes his arguing over certain points does seem in danger of becoming quite whiny and high-pitched!!
