Election Night 2005

Yes.. bit of a risky strategy putting your talkback out all night, but you have to give them credit for doing it.

Question for the tech people..... " That shots not arced". This was from the gallery. Does that mean there are widescreen pictures somewhere along the line?

Just thinking about five later...

I wonder how these presenters and that are going to stay awake all night, with a topic as boring as this really... I bet their pay packet makes up for it though!

LOVE the virtual Houses of Parliament!!

Martin Stanford moving moving and interacting with the virtual house of commons is really cool!

Is this anything new ? It's all been done before. That swingometer looked awful. Studio is distinctly average also, looks like a poor regional news set.

I wont be seeing much of ITV's Coverage, but I was wondering how their Virtual HoC compares to Sky's

I think Skys has better MPs, from what I saw on the ITV News preview, and I like the little features like the fact he was on a step and sat on the front bench. No Shadows though lol

Watch out for Peter Snow leaning on the PM's dispatch box in his virtual House of Commons.

But, given that Sky have spent millions of pounds on a state of the art studio for their relaunch, they can ill-afford to spend a lot on an all-singing all-dancing studio for use over only 24 hours really - can they?

I think the studio is alright - yes, it's not the nicest to look at, or the biggest or anything like that, but it does the job, and it doesn't look too bad on screen really.

Do I care ? I thought this was a thread about the Election coverage, tonight. I am commenting on what I am seeing on screen.

And he's going to go in and out of the 10 Downing Street door too I gather?

Must say the outside of TVC looks great lit up.

Well comparing BBC and anyone on bells and whistles isnt fair, as the BBC's budget is much larger than the others, ITV and Sky is a fairer pair