US Presidential Election 2008

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Tom W 2 November 2008 7:41pm

jpeg987 posted:

Thom Woodworth posted:

Love the election style on Sky News, using a different bed on the countdown and during the headlines. The voice over- similar to the one on Whitehouse unplugged- names all of the presenters in the US even if they aren't presenting!

Yeah I really liked that,the music sounded great. Lovely titles too and all round impressive coverage from Sky,with the exception of some dodgey stuff from the 'White House' in Miami.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=nznid7VdYTg

MA

mark Founding member 2 November 2008 7:59pm

Brekkie posted:

Can anyone provide a rundown of what the US networks are doing - can't seem to find a decent comparison anywhere. Are they all dedicating the whole of primetime and beyond to it, or is one of them opting to offer regular programming as an alternative instead?

TVNewser has more information than you can shake a stick at...

CNN
* Wolf Blitzer, Anderson Cooper and Campbell Brown in the CNN Election Center.
*John King with the graphics at the 'Magic Wall'
* 'Holograms' of guests being beamed into the studio from various locations, using multi-camera technology

Fox
* Brit Hume anchoring from a brand new HD studio
* Bill Hemmer with the graphics at the 'Bill Board'
* Shepard Smith anchoring separate coverage for Fox TV network

NBC
* Brian Williams, Tom Brokaw and Andrea Mitchell in Studio 8G (home of 'Football Night in America')
* Rockefeller Plaza turned into 'Election Plaza' - with electoral map on the ice rink and bar chart on the 30 Rock tower (as in 2004)
* Chuck Todd in a virtual reality studio
* MSNBC coverage hosted by David Gregory, with Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow
* EDIT: Preview of NBC's HD graphics for election night

ABC
* Charles Gibson, Diane Sawyer and George Stephanopoulos in the Good Morning America studio in Times Square.
* Results displayed on the ABC screen, the Nasdaq building and the 23-storey high Reuters sign.

CBS
* Katie Couric in the Evening News studio, with Bob Schieffer and Jeff Greenfield.
* Touch-screen technology

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Asa Admin 2 November 2008 10:46pm

Anyone know if any of the US coverage will be available on the web? Via TVU or similar maybe?

GE

thegeek Founding member 3 November 2008 1:07pm

Here's a sneaky peek at where Jeremy Vine will be leaping around on Tuesday night:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3192/2998579261_f87b0fd8c9.jpg

With the graphics switched on, there does appear to be something of a bottomless pit, as well as a wall that seems to be based on south hall at TVC.

MA

mark Founding member 3 November 2008 2:52pm

Asa posted:

Anyone know if any of the US coverage will be available on the web? Via TVU or similar maybe?

According the the CNN press release, the CNN US coverage will be streaming online (they normally show special coverage from the cnn.com team - but not this time, by the looks of it).

MSNBC.com will be streaming someone's coverage, but it's hard to tell from the press release whether it will be NBC's, MSNBC's, or both. In 2004 it was the NBC network coverage, and the quality was good.

EDIT: In, fact, MSNBC's streaming live today, from 3pm.

Fox News doesn't look like it'll be streaming via the site - but it's available pretty reliably on TVU.

CBS will have a live stream at cbsnews.com from 11.30pm UK time.

So that just leaves ABC - which I'm not sure about.

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phil-g 3 November 2008 5:07pm

Sky News presented by Dermot Murnaghan from Indiana this afternoon, Live at Five with Jeremy Thompson in New York and Anna Botting in San Francisco.
Huw Edwards and Jon Sopel in Virginia for BBC

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Isonstine Founding member 3 November 2008 6:11pm

Loving the virtual studio on BBC News just there - looks excellent.

IS

Inspector Sands 3 November 2008 7:14pm

What are ITN/Channel 4 News using to get their pics back from Virginia... Telstar?

It looks awful

GE

thegeek Founding member 3 November 2008 8:27pm

I thought it was a couple of VHS camcorders and a wet bit of string...

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squawkBOX 3 November 2008 8:44pm

MSNBC said just before the last ad break that they would be providing "All day election coverage, broadcast in 78 countries around the world."

Will that just be international networks dipping in and out of coverage like ITV, or do you think that is full rebroadcasts?

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Ant 3 November 2008 8:49pm

Presumably CNN International will be taking CNN domestic?

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mromega 3 November 2008 8:50pm

CNBC have US Election Coverage, probably from MSNBC, tomorrow night from 11pm

(August 2008)