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RTS News Awards

(February 2015)

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Mouseboy33
bilky asko posted:
Mouseboy33 posted:
Agreed. Totally well deserved. I certainly turn to SkyNews first over BBC for big stories especially for breaking stories.


I'm not sure either Sky News or the BBC News Channel are targeting the US market.

I wouldnt think they would be. Obviously.

Though SkyNews.com has a USA edition and they launched a live stream nationwide on ROKU and other streaming video systems and many cable systems carry BBC World.
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bilky asko
Mouseboy33 posted:
bilky asko posted:
Mouseboy33 posted:
Agreed. Totally well deserved. I certainly turn to SkyNews first over BBC for big stories especially for breaking stories.


I'm not sure either Sky News or the BBC News Channel are targeting the US market.

I wouldnt think they would be. Obviously.

Though SkyNews.com has a USA edition and they launched a live stream nationwide on ROKU and other streaming video systems and many cable systems carry BBC World.


BBC World News ≠ BBC News Channel

The point I was making was that the circumstances as to why an American viewer would choose Sky News over BBC News aren't necessarily relevant to to either of them.
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Mouseboy33
LOL Right.... and who was making the point that they were targeting the US market? you bought it up.
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ASO
Right... I think Bilky Asko was basically wondering how you would know which channel is better when they are both channels from this country and aimed at this country...
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Markymark
dosxuk posted:
Even London can only really claim three recognisable structures on its skyline - BT Tower, the Shard and the Gerkin. Everything else is just a generic tall tower that could be anywhere in the world.


Well, Four really, Big Ben, ah hang on.....Five St Paul's..... Six, Tower Bridge, in fact.........

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Brekkie
And the London Eye of course. Wembley Arch too I guess.

On the topic of the News Channel award though I do find it pretty pointless nowadays when it's basically a head to head between two channels who seemed to stop innovating years ago, arguably since the ITV News Channel closed.
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Markymark
Brekkie posted:
And the London Eye of course. Wembley Arch too I guess.


So, apart from BT Tower, The Shard, The Gerkin, Big Ben, St Paul's, Tower Bridge, The London Eye, and the Wembley Arch, what is there distinctive about London's skyline ? Very Happy (I do accept 'dosxuk's' point however, that in general most British cities don't have anything really distinctive)
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bilky asko
Mouseboy33 posted:
LOL Right.... and who was making the point that they were targeting the US market? you bought it up.

I am basically saying that you're hardly the typical viewer in a typical situation, so you choosing Sky News over BBC News isn't going to be representative of the audience.

Incidentally, won't you be choosing between Sky News and BBC World News, as opposed to the BBC News Channel? I'd choose a domestic UK channel for UK breaking news over a UK-based international channel.
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Mouseboy33
ASO posted:
Right... I think Bilky Asko was basically wondering how you would know which channel is better when they are both channels from this country and aimed at this country...

LOL. I would KNOW because I have an opinion and its MY opinion that I prefer Sky over BBC News Channel. You might not LIKE my opinion but you have no place to censor my opinions or preferences.
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ASO
Nobody is censoring you... Stop being so oversensitive. For the record, I also turn to Sky News rather than the NC frequently these days.
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flaziola
Markymark posted:
(I do accept 'dosxuk's' point however, that in general most British cities don't have anything really distinctive)
Belfast has the Samson and
Goliath cranes in the Harland and Wolff shipyard.
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dosxuk
flaziola posted:
Markymark posted:
(I do accept 'dosxuk's' point however, that in general most British cities don't have anything really distinctive)
Belfast has the Samson and
Goliath cranes in the Harland and Wolff shipyard.


They definitely fall into the category of "if you know the city, you'll recognise them", no different to the "death tower" in Leeds, or the BT Tower in Birmingham. Otherwise they're just generic shipyard equipment like many other towns and cities have.

We just don't build upwards in the UK to make instantly identifiable skylines.

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