Sky News Thread - Relaunch on Monday

Can anyone care to enlighten me on whats so... hilarious regarding the skynews strap? I still couldn't get it =x

Substitute the colon after "Bush" for "is"...

To respon to Cat's question about what's upstairs in the new building - most of the newsroom! There will be pods in the groundfloor set but not all that many - they'll be for producers and presenters. Reporters will be based on a huge balcony at the rear of the building (above the production gallery which you can see through glass) You'll see the reporters on certain shots as they overlook the set. To the right and upstairs are offices for weather and radio. They have glass windows so you can get a glance at them in some shots. To the left and upstairs are meeting rooms, again with windows, but nothing much to see at that side. And at the front of the building (which you probably won't see as it's behind most of the set) is the five news newsroom, some extra desks and the trendy cafe area for staff. It really is a fully functioning building/set. What you'll see will be all the staff working on the news. The current set is more of a 'kid on' set as the newsroom just has enough space for a few producers. All the other producers and reporters are currently based in a seperate building. Basically, for an idea on how the set will look log on to pdgltd.com It's a mish-mash of all their designs.

Do you mean it shows how Sky News set will look or other sets that might look like Sky's

After watching Sky News earlier today, I'm actually not too impressed with the thought of the new look and titles/music etc. A new studio would be nice, but overall I really do like Sky News as it is right now. Okay maybe update the graphics a wee bit, but I like the existing titles, logo, love the music and even the urgency of the 'swoosh' when some news breaks.

It's fast at the moment, very watchable and seems to flow very well. Also, after about six months or so of being undecided, I think the quality of the news is pretty damned good too. I just hope they don't try to mess with the formats too much Also, I like most of the current presenting team too - not a fan of Eamonn Holmes at all.

Six months after getting DTT, Sky News just a seems very familiar channel to me now and I like it that way. So before we get all the 'I liked it how it was' posts on re-launch day, please let me be one of the first to say 'I like it as it is.'

I'm not usually a prude, but I'll take some persuading...

Sorry, but I really can't wait for them to ditch the current music. I think it's the worst they've had for many years. It just sounds rather cheap, like something off a dodgy library CD or a bad regional news programme from the 80s.

I always got the feeling it was brought in hastily as a replacement for the far superior previous theme which had to be ditched over a copyright row.

Yeah, what was that about? Copyright row with who?

Thanks for that. That's quite reassuring.

From all the talk of 'fishbowls' and 'staircases going to nowhere' it was sounding as though the studio was entirely self-contained like CNN Headline News - i.e. the reporters and most of the staff would still be hidden away behind closed doors, just like the existing set, but the balcony thing sounds pretty impressive.

Also worth noting that if the reporters are overlooking the set, the issue that so many open plan sets have - the sheer noise of all the people talking vs. one presenter with a microphone - will be less of an issue, as the noise will be away from the presenters.

From what I remember, the theme appeared to be based on a previous incarnation of a Sky News theme, written by someone else who presumably didn't receive any credit or payment for the new version.

I think someone mentioned a long time ago someone on here made a mock up of how the studio will look ,not the artists impression but a proper mock of how it will look , Does anybody have this ?

Anymore news on On-screen GFX?

Who is the woman doing the 10 -> 4 shift today?

Ginny Buckley