FA
The same applies to myself. The BBC's may be on more of a bigger scale than usual, but this is going to present some big news for our country.
I imagine it must be a cost cutting measure. Better to lose a separate stream with sharper graphics than lose good journalists.
For me it's the fact that Sky have a round desk, a newsroom as a background and a giant screen day in, day out, which the BBC have created and are using it a lot better.
The whole election coverage has been poor from the graphics, to the music, to the use of the studio, the layout and the presentation and use of guests.
It's the worst I've ever seen, for the first time in memory I've watched the BBC which is unheard of for me but this year they've been by far better.
It's the worst I've ever seen, for the first time in memory I've watched the BBC which is unheard of for me but this year they've been by far better.
The same applies to myself. The BBC's may be on more of a bigger scale than usual, but this is going to present some big news for our country.
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The graphics started going downhill when they stopped having a separate feed for HD and SD graphics some months back. What basically happened is they scrapped HD graphics in favour of 16:9 versions of the SD ones.
I imagine it must be a cost cutting measure. Better to lose a separate stream with sharper graphics than lose good journalists.
For me it's the fact that Sky have a round desk, a newsroom as a background and a giant screen day in, day out, which the BBC have created and are using it a lot better.
BK
I had only watched a few minutes of the coverage on Sky News in SD at around 11:45pm. Dear god I thought it looked awful.
The use of the studio by Adam Boulton with the analysts have made it seem very bland when it's on screen. I didn't see what Anna Botting was doing as I may have missed her in the whole coverage. The on-screen graphics did look very cheap in SD, As I don't have Sky News HD myself, was there any big difference in terms of the presentation when in HD?
I then switched over to the BBC's coverage after that and had seen the huge improvements there with David Dimbleby, Nick Robinson and others.
The use of the studio by Adam Boulton with the analysts have made it seem very bland when it's on screen. I didn't see what Anna Botting was doing as I may have missed her in the whole coverage. The on-screen graphics did look very cheap in SD, As I don't have Sky News HD myself, was there any big difference in terms of the presentation when in HD?
I then switched over to the BBC's coverage after that and had seen the huge improvements there with David Dimbleby, Nick Robinson and others.
EM
There are no longer different graphics for HD or SD, what you see on one you get on the other.
JK
A GMB style 'what you missed' Sunrise promo
Watch what you missed on today’s Sunrise. Back tomorrow with @eamonnholmes and @sunriseisabel https://t.co/DeDdTwZPcB
— Sky News (@SkyNews) May 27, 2014
WO
The same applies to myself. The BBC's may be on more of a bigger scale than usual, but this is going to present some big news for our country.
I imagine it must be a cost cutting measure. Better to lose a separate stream with sharper graphics than lose good journalists.
For me it's the fact that Sky have a round desk, a newsroom as a background and a giant screen day in, day out, which the BBC have created and are using it a lot better.
It's quite uncanny really. 10 years ago Sky News were providing the varied presentation that the BBC News channel now (finally) display. Sky News went back to predominently desk based presentation in 2012, in what seemed like a way to copy the BBC. Only a year later the BBC moved from TVC to NBH and gave their presentation the kick up the backside it needed.
When Sky installed the new video wall, I expected to see them going back to a stood TOTH sequence/Afternoon Live style presentation which hasn't really happened. I would assume it was all cost cutting - and to increase viewers, which I don't believe has improved (well, the latter anyway). Why install a new video wall if we just get the presenter sitting at the desk and the jib wafting over the presenters head and pointing at the screen? It just looks silly.
The whole election coverage has been poor from the graphics, to the music, to the use of the studio, the layout and the presentation and use of guests.
It's the worst I've ever seen, for the first time in memory I've watched the BBC which is unheard of for me but this year they've been by far better.
It's the worst I've ever seen, for the first time in memory I've watched the BBC which is unheard of for me but this year they've been by far better.
The same applies to myself. The BBC's may be on more of a bigger scale than usual, but this is going to present some big news for our country.
Quote:
The graphics started going downhill when they stopped having a separate feed for HD and SD graphics some months back. What basically happened is they scrapped HD graphics in favour of 16:9 versions of the SD ones.
I imagine it must be a cost cutting measure. Better to lose a separate stream with sharper graphics than lose good journalists.
For me it's the fact that Sky have a round desk, a newsroom as a background and a giant screen day in, day out, which the BBC have created and are using it a lot better.
It's quite uncanny really. 10 years ago Sky News were providing the varied presentation that the BBC News channel now (finally) display. Sky News went back to predominently desk based presentation in 2012, in what seemed like a way to copy the BBC. Only a year later the BBC moved from TVC to NBH and gave their presentation the kick up the backside it needed.
When Sky installed the new video wall, I expected to see them going back to a stood TOTH sequence/Afternoon Live style presentation which hasn't really happened. I would assume it was all cost cutting - and to increase viewers, which I don't believe has improved (well, the latter anyway). Why install a new video wall if we just get the presenter sitting at the desk and the jib wafting over the presenters head and pointing at the screen? It just looks silly.
TH
It seems Sky News launched a new show this morning at 10:30am, Digital View, presented by Martin Stanford, it's described as "re-engineering the news agenda for the digital generation."
It's online: http://news.sky.com/story/1277541/digital-view-news-for-plugged-in-generation
It's online: http://news.sky.com/story/1277541/digital-view-news-for-plugged-in-generation
SK
I really welcome this step by sky news. It´s nice to see that Martin plays a bigger role concerning presentation again. Also he has his technology show back! Looking forward to saturday mornings again, what I last did as Chris Roberts used to present Saturday Live!
Last edited by skyviewer on 7 June 2014 9:54pm - 3 times in total
AN
Sky News seem to be in a continual cycle of introducing and eventually axing Martin Stanford-fronted technology/internet shows.
LJ
Excellent new promo for Sky News has just come out, here it is... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8xTCOXHvAg