Sky News presentation - new newswall

That is alot better.

Who would have thought, there are actually some people at the broadcasters who don't hate us yet!

Those graphics look great - notice the black news ticker is using the Sky font. Looks like we'll see the change throughout the Sky News brand from 9pm on Thurs.

Seems they ident the ticker into the election graphics this time not as in 2010 when we had to wait until Live at Five on May 7th. But from the pictures I am afraid it looks again like a graphics tweak only and the proportions remain the same. I am also concerned about the theme tune.

Sky News Tonight was on today (Sunday).

I thought the program was just for the weekdays? However it didn't air yesterday. Is it a Sunday to Friday thing?

This was just for the pre-election period, so this Sunday's edition was the last one.

They do look great - I know everyone will be watching BBC but I personally think Sky have so far had some of the best graphics this election. So far the vidiprinter design looks very clear and uncluttered compared to the BBC's, but I'll have to wait until the night itself to make judgement.


Sky does have the advantage however of its graphics being designed for HD first, filling up the entire frame and allowing the graphics to take up less room on screen.

The ticker disappeared briefly immediately following the news of the naming of Princess Charlotte of Cambridge. It was later replaced by a black ticker with looped contact details.

http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u457/DavidWhitfield4/SkyNoTICKER1_zpss43r5poa.png

A new glossier logo is rumoured to make its first appearance on Thursday.

Pic from Sky News Election promo

I'm guessing Sky News is relaunching on Thursday then?

I know the reasons for Sky relaunching on election night but having seen then do it before I think the last thing you need on an election night is a relaunch. Doing something completely new always throws up hitches and challenges and trying to overcome these on the busiest news night in 5 years just adds additional work and pressure for those working on election night.

I noticed lots of failing ToTH's and graphic glitches during the last days probably related to the testing of the new graphics. Moving on with something else, I hope the main desk will be replaced soon as it appears to be not suitable for the double-headed presentation which has been reintroduced recently.