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Paris Terror Attacks Coverage

Discussing the Breaking coverage across the News channels and outlets (November 2015)

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Ben Shatliff posted:
Was it my imagination but were the opening titles to tonight's itv news special slightly different than usual.


From this video I couldn't see any difference...
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I see that the French channels are naturally continuing coverage, Al Jazeera has returned to some normal programming.

Did the BBC simulcast The Papers?
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itsrobert Founding member
No, BBC World News are doing their own thing during The Papers.
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London Lite Founding member
Repeat of The Papers at 0130 on the NC.
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Newsroom
Louise Minchin is anchoring Breakfast from Paris and simulcasting on World. She did not introduce the programme as Breakfast, no time check. Breakfast titles though.
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Andrew Founding member
Newsroom posted:
Louise Minchin is anchoring Breakfast from Paris and simulcasting on World. She did not introduce the programme as Breakfast, no time check. Breakfast titles though.

With Jon Kay and Steph McGovern appearing later in the hour in the studio
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Markymark
Rkolsen posted:
I'm curious how do the networks break into normal programming to cover events like these? Is there a special open or countdown (which probably isn't necessary as ITV is hubbed)?
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It depends. The BBC normally fade out the programme in progress, and drop into the news channel. Before the News Channel existed there would be a free-standing so called 'Newsflash' from the news studio. These days (somewhat ironically) it's often a far messier event, than it was in the pre multichannel era. A recent example of a shambles is BBC 1's newsflash regarding Mandela's death

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aaLVn1kR3c

ITV, and C4 normally have a 'Newsflash; style report from ITN at the start of the next commercial break or programme junction

Example of ITV breaking into Magnam Force with Lockerbie newsflash, and subsequent reports

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZGJD2kRUwI
Last edited by Markymark on 15 November 2015 8:37am - 2 times in total
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Andrew Founding member
Currently two clocks on screen on BBC News. The News Channel one and the Breakfast one.
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Justin
Markymark posted:
Rkolsen posted:
I'm curious how do the networks break into normal programming to cover events like these? Is there a special open or countdown (which probably isn't necessary as ITV is hubbed)?
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It depends. The BBC normally fade out the programme in progress, and drop into the news channel. Before the News Channel existed there would be a free-standing so called 'Newsflash' from the news studio. These days (somewhat ironically) it's often a far messier event, than it was in the pre multichannel era. A recent example of a shambles is BBC 1's newsflash regarding Mandela's death

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aaLVn1kR3c

ITV, and C4 normally have a 'Newsflash; style report from ITN at the start of the next commercial break or programme junction

Example of ITV breaking into Magnam Force with Lockerbie newsflash, and subsequent reports

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZGJD2kRUwI

This was a documentary from ITN a few months ago. Very interesting if your interested in this stuff


ronaldy21 posted:
Ben Shatliff posted:
Was it my imagination but were the opening titles to tonight's itv news special slightly different than usual.


From this video I couldn't see any difference...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_IedNizqAs

Sounds like he was going to say ITV News Channel at 3:36
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Sounds like he was going to say ITV News Channel at 3:36


It sounds to me like he said "coverage continues on our website". Maybe he was going to say "coverage continues on the ITV News website'. He at no point sounds like he's going to say 'channel'.

Unless you have the ability to predict what Mark Austin is going to say three words in advance of course? Can you do that with anyone else? Only the other night when Sophie Raworth said "Good evening and welcome to the BBC's News at Six" it sounded like she was going to say "Good evening and welcome to the BBC's Nudey Sex" That's not what she said, but she sounded like she was going to.
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Larry the Loafer
Markymark posted:
It depends. The BBC normally fade out the programme in progress, and drop into the news channel. Before the News Channel existed there would be a free-standing so called 'Newsflash' from the news studio. These days (somewhat ironically) it's often a far messier event, than it was in the pre multichannel era. A recent example of a shambles is BBC 1's newsflash regarding Mandela's death


The BBC have a track record of p*ss poor transitions into breaking news in recent years. I remember when Prince George was born, and they faded straight from The One Show into a shot of the hospital on the BBC News Channel. And it's not as if this has only been since they've had a rolling news channel. There's footage of the news breaking on BBC One about the World Trade Centre attacks. They faded to black from the end of Neighbours into a breaking news slide, announced they're switching to News 24, and the presenter at the time suitably says "we're interrupting normal programmes..." It's a little jarring on the News 24 feed when he says it, because nothing was being interrupted at the time on News 24, but there would've been far more people watching BBC One than News 24 to allow him to make a BBC One-specific announcement.
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