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That is the :30 open for World News, as broadcasters around the world may only take it for half an hour, They can't run the TOTH sequence because it is just that the Top Of The Hour
Problems with TOTH, onscreen graphics, presentation and suchlike overnight are nothing new. They are going on for at least 18 months. Generally from 6am to midnight you see some kind of consistency with presentation, but once it hits midnight, and especially the 3am to 6am portion, all that goes out the window and they tend to be using different styles of presentation to what is used during the day.
A couple of weeks ago before going to the airport I saw the 3am strand which lacked the proper TOTH and instead just had a panning of the Sky News HD logo, and the voiceover for "This is Sky News, with Hannah Tallett" started before the TOTH music finished, it then cut to Hannah in the Studio, with the Studio, where Hannah read the Headlines, with the only strap being "Top Stories" for every headline followed by a swish, but not the graphic that usually accompanied it.
Then went to the first story and the red strap was Sky News with the white bit underneath showing nothing but names of people and no detail on any story. There are numerous events like this and often I've seen news after midnight with no graphics at all apart from the ticker and logo.
Also the animations used on straps appear rather than animate or fade in like they do during the day.
A couple of weeks ago before going to the airport I saw the 3am strand which lacked the proper TOTH and instead just had a panning of the Sky News HD logo, and the voiceover for "This is Sky News, with Hannah Tallett" started before the TOTH music finished, it then cut to Hannah in the Studio, with the Studio, where Hannah read the Headlines, with the only strap being "Top Stories" for every headline followed by a swish, but not the graphic that usually accompanied it.
Then went to the first story and the red strap was Sky News with the white bit underneath showing nothing but names of people and no detail on any story. There are numerous events like this and often I've seen news after midnight with no graphics at all apart from the ticker and logo.
Also the animations used on straps appear rather than animate or fade in like they do during the day.
That is the :30 open for World News, as broadcasters around the world may only take it for half an hour, They can't run the TOTH sequence because it is just that the Top Of The Hour