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Relaunch & beyond (October 2005)

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BR
Brekkie
Three presenters was always a mistake, but presentation wise the channel is pretty boring now compared to the revamp a year ago. It's virtually back to the old studio set up!

The stripes are nowhere near as effective as the globe, and though the new TOTH sting is an improvement, I think the complete lack of continuity in the music used by the channel does it no favours. Either stick with the old or ditch it completly.
CA
cat
An almost identical state of affairs occurred at MSNBC in the late 90s. They had this huge studio, which they moved into in 1997, with sofas, about two desks, cafe areas, balconies, etc. For the first year, they used the studio to its full extent, but not long after and the anchors never left the desk -- the whole thing just ended up as a big waste of space.

Pleased to see Martin Stanford's show has started to make use of the soft area. Looks very smart in there.
RO
roxuk
Is the lack of use of all the presentation areas and full angles is down to cost and ease of use? Is the crew on the studio floor, like the number of presenters, less now than it was a year ago?

It costs to have crew to operate and move the jibs around all the time.
EY
the eye
No changes yet to the music on the Intl Breakfiller
JL
jli4637
Sky News Press Office posted:
Sky News takes a look back at 2006, a year in which terrorism, climate change, sporting triumphs and celebrity splits dominated the headlines. A series of half-hour 2006 Year In Review programmes will run from Friday 22 December to Monday 1 January throughout the day. Plus, new one-off specials including The 34-Day War and The Day The Whale Came To London. Please see QuickView at www.sky.com/programmeinformation for further details.

2006 YEAR IN REVIEW: SPORT
Sky News looks back at the sporting highs and lows, including Chelsea's Premiership dominance, Europe's Ryder Cup victory and England's World Cup woes.
Saturday 23 December 11.30

2006 YEAR IN REVIEW: WEATHER
Sky News' Francis Wilson looks back at the world’s weather in a year when climate change has dominated the headlines and Britain sweltered in the summer heat.
Saturday 23 December 13.30

2006 YEAR IN REVIEW: SHOWBUSINESS
Sky News' Entertainment Correspondent Matt Smith looks back at a year on the red carpet, from the Oscars to the BAFTAs, and hears from the big names of stage, screen and music.
Saturday 23 December 14.30

2006 YEAR IN REVIEW: THE ROYALS
Sky News' Sarah Hughes looks at the royal highlights of the year, including the Queen's 80th and Prince Harry's 21st birthdays.
Saturday 23 December 15.30

2006 YEAR IN REVIEW: POLITICS
Sky News' Political Editor Adam Boulton looks back at Tony Blair's final full year in office, and the first full year of David Cameron's Conservative leadership.
Saturday 23 December 16.30

CO 19: THE FRONT LINE
An exclusive behind-the-scenes look at Scotland Yard's specialist armed response unit. Mark White reports on the work of the police at the front line of the war on gun crime and terrorism.
Saturday 23 December 19.00

THE DAY THE WHALE CAME TO LONDON
In January, thousands of people were drawn to the banks of the Thames to witness a whale swimming through London. Sky News chronicles the extraordinary event.
Saturday 23 December 20.30

2006 YEAR IN REVIEW: CRIME
Sky News Correspondent Martin Brunt looks at the big crime stories of the past twelve months, including Britain’s biggest ever cash robbery.
Saturday 23 December 23.30

Jane Tomlinson: Across The USA
Trace terminal cancer sufferer Jane Tomlinson's epic 4,200-mile charity cycle ride across America. Follow the highs and lows of her extraordinary journey.
Sunday 24 December 19.00

EVEREST THE HARD WAY
Follow the attempt by a British Army climbing team to be the first to conquer Everest’s treacherous Western Ridge. Includes remarkable high-altitude footage.
Sunday 24 December 20.30

2006 THE YEAR IN REVIEW
Sky News' Political Editor Adam Boulton takes a look back at the biggest news stories of 2006.
Monday 25 December 19.00

2006 YEAR IN REVIEW: THE WAR ON TERROR
Sky News' Foreign Affairs Editor Tim Marshall looks at the War on Terror in 2006: in Iraq, in Afghanistan and on the home front.
Monday 25 December 23.30

THE 34-DAY WAR
In July, Israel went to war against Hezbollah fighters based in Lebanon. For 34 days civilians on both sides were caught up in a conflict. James Rubin examines the devastating war.
Friday 29 December 20.30


The full line up for the Year in Review series has been released, and it doesn't actually look that bad.
GI
ginnyfan
Well the nes desk looks good from this shot.
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/2070/skynewsdecember06143759jh1.jpg
JL
jli4637
It certainly does, and good to see sky on top form with the PBR today really good an refreshing coverage. Intersting to see Anna Jones on today oing to Budget, I would have thought that this was more Julie's territory though.

Prehaps she's gone out of favour?

EDIT: Anna is still great though
IN
intheknow
I notice from the illustration of the Sky News Centre in that PDF that Studio B is bigger than I thought it was. What is it used for, virtual reality graphics and such? It is not used for the signing on Active, as there is a separate mini-studio for that.
JA
jamesmd
That desk - why can't they put it in properly, instead of a haphazard RTE sort of set up off-centre?
LU
Luke
jli4637 posted:
Sky News Press Office posted:
Sky News takes a look back at 2006, a year in which terrorism, climate change, sporting triumphs and celebrity splits dominated the headlines. A series of half-hour 2006 Year In Review programmes will run from Friday 22 December to Monday 1 January throughout the day. Plus, new one-off specials including The 34-Day War and The Day The Whale Came To London.


The full line up for the Year in Review series has been released, and it doesn't actually look that bad.


looks precisely the same as last year's, and the year before, and the...etc.

Looks like they are starting them a bit a later this year as well, which is better than before when they would run recorded programming every half hour a full week before Christmas.
GI
ginnyfan
Sky News is the only news channel breaking the news about water found on Mars. BBC and CNN don't think it's important ,they have Iraq.Well I'm not suprised by BBC, but CNN use to care about stories like this.
That's why Sky News is my number 1 news channel, they really are FIRST FOR BREAKING NEWS.
EY
the eye
Yes, but they take breaking news too far, they consider anything that comes into them as breaking news... and the fact that their are breaking news straps on all the fooking time, its rather quite annoying.

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