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Relaunch & beyond (October 2005)

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MO
Moz
Ogsley posted:
There is currently no tower, time or ticker on Sky News. Maybe they are in the process of "tweaking" the new design.

Is it back now? Are there any changes? If not, any idea why it went down?
JO
Jonny
Moz posted:
Ogsley posted:
There is currently no tower, time or ticker on Sky News. Maybe they are in the process of "tweaking" the new design.

Is it back now? Are there any changes? If not, any idea why it went down?


No its back, in all of its rotating horror! It went off during Sportsline (10.30pm) last night and returned just before 11pm.

But then the ticker and tower disappeared again this morning, around 8.15am, before reappearing exactly the same at 8.30am.

Unsure what is going on but theres certainly no significant tweaks, but hopefully they are coming...
BA
baoren
http://www.flickr.com/photos/adeleprince/345932516/

A reminder of how pretty the newsroom/studio is... Notice the design of the stairs!
JO
Joshua
I notice the famous Sky News Whoosh for Breaking News has been replaced with the old Sky News Live Whoosh Surprised
AN
Ant
Does anyone know if the Sky News Alerts will get an updated look? At the moment it has an old 'line' effect and a 2D looking logo.

And bring a sound effect back. I miss that
JO
Jonny
So if this is 'breaking news' has that awful yellow ticker gone?
GI
gillw72
plucky duck92 posted:
So if this is 'breaking news' has that awful yellow ticker gone?


This afternoon they seemed to use the old fashioned breaking news more than the new ticker. The ticker seemed to be used after the presenter had told you about the breaking news.
RD
rdd Founding member
The rotating cube has got to go, no matter what they do! It simply has no point.

In fairness, contrary to what some people have said here these are not the worst astons Sky News have ever had. That award goes to the set introduced in October 2001, as they were originally unvieled. Massively oversized, the horrible "slug", and they really did take up the whole "lower third" of the screen. Thankfully they were revised and made smaller, though they were still ugly until they disappeared in October 2005. Whats on screen at the moment is positively tasteful compared to them.
GI
gillw72
The size of the text on the yellow breaking news ticker is way too large. Suely that is a quickie to fix!
JP
Joe Public
Do you think Sky News will say "and goodbye to our Virgin Media viewers" at 11:58 tonight?
BB
BBC LDN
Joe Public posted:
Do you think Sky News will say "and goodbye to our Virgin Media viewers" at 11:58 tonight?


I'd be very surprised if they didn't run an advert for how to join Sky especially for Virgin Media customers. VM would technically be powerless to even cut the feed prematurely, as the contract for transmission of the Sky channels runs right up to midnight, and not before.
AN
Ant
Joe Public posted:
Do you think Sky News will say "and goodbye to our Virgin Media viewers" at 11:58 tonight?

Na probably "Get to fuc*" or something similar.

Seriously, I don't think they will. The deal closes at midnight exactly - there could be a last minute bid (literally).

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