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Relaunch & beyond (October 2005)

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AJ
A.J.A.
Is that Isobel Lang standing before me doing the Sky News weather?!
LO
Londoner
A.J.A. posted:
Is that Isobel Lang standing before me doing the Sky News weather?!

Yes - her appointment was announced earlier this month.
SM
smgboi
Sky seems to have updated its top of hour. Has anyone else noticed?
SK
skynewsfreak
Yeah notice that too. It looks good, but they've lost their dramatic theme music at the top of the hour, and there theme tune is what makes Sky quite popular aswell. Hopefully they will expand on the idea they've brought in to make it longer.
LE
Lee
Much better than the boring trip over the studio. The advantage of having a short opening sequence is you get to the news quicker. I quite like the sound too, reminds me of Five News. Its a bit messy if you watch it frame by frame, but who on earth would want to do that.

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AN
Ant
Oh I likee. They seem to be making the Sky News logo animate more often now.

Not too sure about the music but I'll probably grow to like it. Not as good as the previous piece.

The only problem with it though is that they'll have to keep to even more precise times seeing as it shows the live time.
BA
Bail Moderator
What the hell have they done. They've ditched the signature tune to just the headline bed now... The full title music they had was lovely. All it needed was something a little better than wizzing around the studio, not that peice of...

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SN
The SNT Three
Am I the only one who likes it then?

It's much better than the silly ident they show at the TOTH, and the music is much more upbeat and "happening".

Anyway, only us anoraks actually care, people don't tune into Sky News to watch the Ident.
TW
Time Warp
alexcs19 posted:
Am I the only one who likes it then?

It's much better than the silly ident they show at the TOTH, and the music is much more upbeat and "happening".

Anyway, only us anoraks actually care, people don't tune into Sky News to watch the Ident.


Most posters above you appear to like the new ident, and i'll add myself to that list. Nice to see the dated studio pan dumped.
BA
Bail Moderator
I didn't say I didn't like it, visually I do like it, but not audibly...

New Sky Titles - Sept 06
CA
cat
Visually... looks a bit cheap.

Audibly... sounds even cheaper.

Horrible, in short.

I was hoping they would get rid of the studio pan, but the music was rather lovely. Now they have a bit of that music left over, and a bit of this new music before it.

Sounds a bit like mixing the Panorama theme with the Six O'clock News.
GI
gillw72
I agree with Alexcs19 - I like it.
At least they have got rid of the "drop the dead donkey" feel.

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