The RTS Television Journalism Awards

Has this been put up as 'breaking' on Sky?

on Sky News then they went into break using a new bumper.. News Channel of the Year, with what looked like and RTS trophy thing. like with the Emmy.

Kind of, the graphic failed ironically, but Martin Poplewell announced it.

Bit of a boost I would say for Sky News at the moment.

The ITV Evening News won the Programme of the year award.

Great news. Well deserved, keep up the good work ITN!

I predicted that earlier But it was kind of obvious - secound year running. ITV News picked up 4 major awards - James Mates announced at the end of the ITV News at 10:30.

- ITV Evening News, programme of the year.
- 2 for Big scoop, and a special?
- and also Matt Willis for young journalist

Sorry if incorrect details for the awards.

It was for International News (Sangin – Afghan – Ambush)

What exactly has Sky done to get NCOTY? Or is it just a sympathy vote? They've gone from bad to worse this year!

I can only think it's coz News 24 isn't truly a 24 hours a day news channel any more - it only actually broadcasts for 14 hours a day.

The RTS always give a reason for their decision, so will be interesting to see that.

As I said before, I actually don't think either of them deserved it. I think the BBC still has a heck of a lot to learn about originality and genuinely innovative thinking when it comes to 24 hour news, as it is hard to deny that they do try to take off a lot of what Sky come up with.

On the other hand, Sky over the past year or two has really been something of a disaster... the relaunch destroyed established presenting teams, and they have yet to recover from that. I can't think of a single pairing with a good dynamic at the moment. A shame, as that has always been what Sky has been about.

That makes these awards something of a joke.

Having said that, Sky News almost deserve the award just for having correspondents like Martin Brunt who break stories.

News 24 have the better phrase for their titles and sting though - "Britain's most watched news channel" - with the gap increasing even more soon once Sky News ceases FTA transmission on DTT.

Sorry, It was for Home News (Selly Oak - A Soldier's Story)

I'm sure I echo the majority of people when saying BBC News 24 has been robbed. News 24 know what they are doing meantime Sky are all over the place altering the schedule, presenter rotas and seem to have lost all confidence.