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14th January 2013 - The Worlds Newsroom (January 2013)

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JD
JDN
noggin posted:
JDN posted:
I get that they want presenters to stand, but it's weird they're standing by the desk. Move them somewhere, by a screen or something, and give them a bar table for their papers.


You're one ahead of me. I don't get why the presenters are standing at all when they aren't doing anything that they need to stand up for.

Newsday has quite often had bizarre presentation. Remember the odd presenters in two-screens wide shot with a camera in it (even though one of them was sitting or standing out of shot), and then the fake double-screen DVE boxes?

Now they have the odd double-wideshot establisher with keyed graphics and DVE spin. Just don't get why.

I suspect someone will argue it's added 'production' - and less 'boring'... I don't agree that it's either.

But then that's the great thing about subjective views - there are as many of them as there are individuals. Other people may love the current look.


I agree, there's no need to stand up, because they don't really do it for a reason. But I don't mind presenters standing, it's just how awkard it looks on Newsday.

I also find the introduction pointless, where the presenters walk two feet in each studio then cut to the titles. I'd rather have a full screen live shot of London and Singapore, it would make more sense.
RK
Rkolsen
When did Matthew Amroliwala return to Global? Wasn't he off air for several months?
DE
deejay
Part of the reason for the movement in the opening (the presenters walking in, and the twist DVE added to the wide shots) was to make up for the lack of remote cameras (or operators) in Singapore, meaning that moving wides that are always a feature of openings in London cannot be replicated in Singapore. Getting the presenters to walk into shot and adding some movement via the vision mixer was seen as a reasonable way of bigging up the opening and making it distinct from other BBC World News bulletins.
SP
Steve in Pudsey
noggin posted:
I get the feeling it is there to justify the self-conscious offset framing of the shot in the first place, which has always looked bizarre. They appear to frame for The Shard in the background.


That framing must look particularly special in 4:3 CCU, which so many hotel TVs seem to present World News in. (Or does that say more about the kind of hotels I stay in?)
HB
HarryB
Rkolsen posted:
When did Matthew Amroliwala return to Global? Wasn't he off air for several months?

Came back on the 11th April
http://tvforum.uk/forums/post1003698#post-1003698
RK
Rkolsen
HarryBNF posted:
Rkolsen posted:
When did Matthew Amroliwala return to Global? Wasn't he off air for several months?

Came back on the 11th April
http://tvforum.uk/forums/post1003698#post-1003698

Thanks.

Newsday is presented from DC and Singapore tonight due to the elections. You know how we were complaining that the two step introduction looks odd/unnatural ? Having both presenters sitting down looks awkward - but that's most likely because I'm used to the two step.
Last edited by Rkolsen on 26 April 2016 11:24pm
IL
i-lied
Kasia Maderia presented headlines at the BOTH during Newsday.
IN
Independent
Radio and TV remain dominant for the BBC outside of the UK, each around twice the audience size of online. The article suggests the growth for BBC World News was relatively small.
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/apr/29/bbc-global-audience-hits-348-million
RK
Rkolsen
Independent posted:
Radio and TV remain dominant for the BBC outside of the UK, each around twice the audience size of online. The article suggests the growth for BBC World News was relatively small.
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/apr/29/bbc-global-audience-hits-348-million

I wonder how they're getting the figure for radio and television? At last check they're not Nielsen rated here in the US.
IS
Inspector Sands
International TV channels usually have to do their own audience surveys as not every country has a TV ratings organisation and those that do have different methodologies so aren't consistent. I remember someone giving me the example of India where there are hundreds of cable companies and other outlets across a huge population and you just can't rely on the figures

That's also the case with big events like the World Cup final and the superbowl - there's no way they know how many people watched. The figures are normally the potential number of viewers or a guess.

13 days later

:-(
A former member
Just wondering... Is BBC World News the only remaining broadcaster still transmitting at least one SD feed (the North America one) in 14:9? Is there a reason why they don't to switch this feed to 16:9?
VM
VMPhil
CrispyPotato posted:
Just wondering... Is BBC World News the only remaining broadcaster still transmitting at least one SD feed (the North America one) in 14:9? Is there a reason why they don't to switch this feed to 16:9?

I don't think the US ever adapted an SD widescreen format for broadcasting did they? It's usually 16:9 letterbox over there.

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