EY
Why did they leave the first few seconds on this video! http://news.sky.com/skynews/weather
SK
Does that mean on TV or on the website?
Paul Bromley, Viewers Editor posted:
Our new-look website gives you many more opportunities to tell us your news and views.
We now have a Frontline blog written by a variety of Sky News staff with their experiences of reporting the news for you. Today, it is written by one of our foreign news editors who studied in America with her views on the Virginia Tech shootings.
And the Editors' Blog gives you a better idea about the decisions we take. We have explained about the website changes - and why we decided to broadcast the video of the campus gunman.
In Your Stories, you can tell us about any stories you'd like us to cover and comment on the ones we are running.
And there's still Have Your Say on the issue of the day.
Plus other changes are on the way ...
We look forward to hearing from you.
We now have a Frontline blog written by a variety of Sky News staff with their experiences of reporting the news for you. Today, it is written by one of our foreign news editors who studied in America with her views on the Virginia Tech shootings.
And the Editors' Blog gives you a better idea about the decisions we take. We have explained about the website changes - and why we decided to broadcast the video of the campus gunman.
In Your Stories, you can tell us about any stories you'd like us to cover and comment on the ones we are running.
And there's still Have Your Say on the issue of the day.
Plus other changes are on the way ...
We look forward to hearing from you.
Does that mean on TV or on the website?
MI
The story about Boots is included twice in this package:
http://news.sky.com/skynews/video/videoplayer/0,,31200-1261420,.html
My main gripe with the new site, and I'm not sure if it's just me that's getting this, is that the links to the left are accompanied by absolutely nothing alongside it, and you have to scroll all the way down to see the content you're actually looking for. Initially I assumed there was still content loading before noticing
http://news.sky.com/skynews/video/videoplayer/0,,31200-1261420,.html
My main gripe with the new site, and I'm not sure if it's just me that's getting this, is that the links to the left are accompanied by absolutely nothing alongside it, and you have to scroll all the way down to see the content you're actually looking for. Initially I assumed there was still content loading before noticing
KA
Yes, that's exactly what's happening with me - but only on my home computer. At work, the page displays properly. I've no idea why; I've tried the usual F5 and cache clearing, but it makes no difference.
Edit: It displays fine in FireFox - but then, that still doesn't explain why it displays normally in IE on my work comp, and not in IE on my home comp.
Milktrolley posted:
My main gripe with the new site, and I'm not sure if it's just me that's getting this, is that the links to the left are accompanied by absolutely nothing alongside it, and you have to scroll all the way down to see the content you're actually looking for. Initially I assumed there was still content loading before noticing
Yes, that's exactly what's happening with me - but only on my home computer. At work, the page displays properly. I've no idea why; I've tried the usual F5 and cache clearing, but it makes no difference.
Edit: It displays fine in FireFox - but then, that still doesn't explain why it displays normally in IE on my work comp, and not in IE on my home comp.
DI
Has there been any more info about Sky News leaving Freeview?
I've recently started watching it a lot, it'd be annoying if it suddenly vanished now.
I've recently started watching it a lot, it'd be annoying if it suddenly vanished now.
NG
I think it has gone to Ofcom - who may veto it if they feel Sky moving from MPEG2 SD to MPEG4 SD (encrypted) requiring new boxes, will weaken Freeview, and cause problems for digital switchover.
noggin
Founding member
thediaryroom posted:
Has there been any more info about Sky News leaving Freeview?
I've recently started watching it a lot, it'd be annoying if it suddenly vanished now.
I've recently started watching it a lot, it'd be annoying if it suddenly vanished now.
I think it has gone to Ofcom - who may veto it if they feel Sky moving from MPEG2 SD to MPEG4 SD (encrypted) requiring new boxes, will weaken Freeview, and cause problems for digital switchover.
DU
I think it has gone to Ofcom - who may veto it if they feel Sky moving from MPEG2 SD to MPEG4 SD (encrypted) requiring new boxes, will weaken Freeview, and cause problems for digital switchover.
Surely fairly unlikely given that Sky News didn't start out on Freeview, and indeed resisted the temptation to join it for quite a while. It's entirely up to BSKyB if they want to make the channel subscription on Freeview, although they may have to remove it's FTA status (I think) on Sky Digital. The Ofcom decision is surely to do with allowing a Freeview subscription channel package to be offered by BSkyB in the first place.
noggin posted:
thediaryroom posted:
Has there been any more info about Sky News leaving Freeview?
I've recently started watching it a lot, it'd be annoying if it suddenly vanished now.
I've recently started watching it a lot, it'd be annoying if it suddenly vanished now.
I think it has gone to Ofcom - who may veto it if they feel Sky moving from MPEG2 SD to MPEG4 SD (encrypted) requiring new boxes, will weaken Freeview, and cause problems for digital switchover.
Surely fairly unlikely given that Sky News didn't start out on Freeview, and indeed resisted the temptation to join it for quite a while. It's entirely up to BSKyB if they want to make the channel subscription on Freeview, although they may have to remove it's FTA status (I think) on Sky Digital. The Ofcom decision is surely to do with allowing a Freeview subscription channel package to be offered by BSkyB in the first place.
BA
Seems they've been tinkering. The ticker is semi transparent now rather than full black.
http://www.lazyorange.net/junk/sky_1.jpg
http://www.lazyorange.net/junk/sky_2.jpg
http://www.lazyorange.net/junk/sky_3.jpg
http://www.lazyorange.net/junk/sky_4.jpg
http://www.lazyorange.net/junk/sky_5.jpg
Bail
Moderator
rdobbie posted:
Sky News is currently in 4:3, with no ticker, and no time or date. Anyone know what's going on?
Seems they've been tinkering. The ticker is semi transparent now rather than full black.
http://www.lazyorange.net/junk/sky_1.jpg
http://www.lazyorange.net/junk/sky_2.jpg
http://www.lazyorange.net/junk/sky_3.jpg
http://www.lazyorange.net/junk/sky_4.jpg
http://www.lazyorange.net/junk/sky_5.jpg
LE
Ticker back to normal this morning, but is this weather box new?
http://www.leeseaman.com/stuff/tvforum/skynews/weatherbox1.jpg
http://www.leeseaman.com/stuff/tvforum/skynews/weatherbox2.jpg
Nice idea but a tad ugly.
http://www.leeseaman.com/stuff/tvforum/skynews/weatherbox1.jpg
http://www.leeseaman.com/stuff/tvforum/skynews/weatherbox2.jpg
Nice idea but a tad ugly.