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(April 2008)

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FO
fodg09
mromega posted:
Martin was on last night with the new Touchscreen display.

It looks great and works really well, not quite as smooth as the MSNBC or CNN one but still a really useful piece of technology.

Hopefully they'll use it again for the next UK election.
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NJ
Neil Jones Founding member
Reboot posted:
Looking at schedules at radiotimes.com, it looks like Sky News is under the impression that the clocks go back THIS week...


Time goes back an week later in the US than it does in Europe effective last year, hence why the times were out by an hour.

Previously states that adopted daylight savings (not all American states do) changed the time first Sunday in April and last Sunday in October, now they've changed it to the second Sunday in March and the first Sunday in November.
PH
phil-g
Link to Martin Stanford previewing Sky's Election Night Touch Screen Graphics:

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/video/sky-news-video/Video/200811115141268?lpos=Latest+Video_2&lid=VIDEO_1675339_A+Closer+Look+At+Key+States&videoCategory=Latest+Video
LR
Lost The Remote
Sky News will return to Virgin Media next Thursday.

Full details here
LR
Lost The Remote
Philippa Hall on the online 3 minute bulletin:

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/3430/philippahalleu1.jpg

Charlotte Hawkins' older sister? Razz
LR
Lost The Remote
LOL. Just watching Live at Five and they have just played out the funniest ad I've seen by Sky News yet, regarding how they are always 'first' for breaking news...

"Who does Brown talk to first?"

(cue clip of Brown talking to Boulton in Washington)

Boulton: Thank you very much indeed. If you could go that way please sir, I think the BBC are waiting for you.

"See it first on Sky News."
DD
DarkestDreams
Is it me or are Sky starting to copy this 'look at us, we are better than them!' advertising tactic seen in the supermarket battle? I must admit it was very funny, but it seems to be like a childhood dig at a petty rival. Have the BBC started showing ads like this? (haven't seen BBC NC lately so not sure!)
PE
penguin_kevin
Hi, can anyone tell me what do those 'summary presenters' in Sky News (like the ones in Sky Today or Afternoon Live) do? Do they present the bit before the end-of-hour weather?

And, is there any commercial breaks on the channel? Cuz I'm in HK and my cable platform doesn't carry SN. Sad
RO
rob Founding member
First, welcome to the forum penguin_kevin. To answer your questions...

penguin_kevin posted:
Hi, can anyone tell me what do those 'summary presenters' in Sky News (like the ones in Sky Today or Afternoon Live) do? Do they present the bit before the end-of-hour weather?


They read the news summary, normally after the top story.

penguin_kevin posted:
And, is there any commercial breaks on the channel?


Yes, there is. I assume you're not from the UK.
CY
cylon6
It's good to see Samantha Simmonds back on Sky News. When did she return?
MW
Mike W
T Minus 7 hours until Virgin customers can watch Sky News.
IS
Inspector Sands
Beep posted:
T Minus 7 hours until Virgin customers can watch Sky News.


I'd say that it's highly unlikely to suddenly pop up at midnight

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