MI
Personally I think the bg used for SSN immediately after Soccer Saturday and Soccer Special is way better than the normal background - it looks like a sports newsroom and harks back to SkySports.com TV which is a way-cooler name for a channel.
Incidentally did anyone see the 16:9 mockup of SSN on the final ep of Mike Bassett? Looked good and could possibly work if the channel was ever to join its news cousin in the merry world of widescreen.
IMHO SSN on Freeview should be replaced by a half-news, half-archive sport channel - i mean SS1 shows old champions league games in the daytime, why can't a FTA channel?
Incidentally did anyone see the 16:9 mockup of SSN on the final ep of Mike Bassett? Looked good and could possibly work if the channel was ever to join its news cousin in the merry world of widescreen.
IMHO SSN on Freeview should be replaced by a half-news, half-archive sport channel - i mean SS1 shows old champions league games in the daytime, why can't a FTA channel?
ED
Because it is a sports newsroom...
That's a different studio I think to the Sky Sports studio - it was used for Sports bulletins on Sky News but now it's just used when the Sky Sports News studio is out of use, i.e. when they are preparing it for Gillete Soccer programmes.
Alexia posted:
Personally I think the bg used for SSN immediately after Soccer Saturday and Soccer Special is way better than the normal background - it looks like a sports newsroom and harks back to SkySports.com TV which is a way-cooler name for a channel.
Because it is a sports newsroom...
That's a different studio I think to the Sky Sports studio - it was used for Sports bulletins on Sky News but now it's just used when the Sky Sports News studio is out of use, i.e. when they are preparing it for Gillete Soccer programmes.
MI
Because it is a sports newsroom...
That's a different studio I think to the Sky Sports studio - it was used for Sports bulletins on Sky News but now it's just used when the Sky Sports News studio is out of use, i.e. when they are preparing it for Gillete Soccer programmes.
Yeah wot I mean is it'd look better if we could see the newsroom all the time....and I know they use it because they're swapping the set for Soccer Spesh. Mind you you never see the full set for Sky Sports News bulletins anyways so I don't know why it takes longer than a 3minute TOTH sequence to swap "Saturday" for "Special"
edward posted:
Alexia posted:
Personally I think the bg used for SSN immediately after Soccer Saturday and Soccer Special is way better than the normal background - it looks like a sports newsroom and harks back to SkySports.com TV which is a way-cooler name for a channel.
Because it is a sports newsroom...
That's a different studio I think to the Sky Sports studio - it was used for Sports bulletins on Sky News but now it's just used when the Sky Sports News studio is out of use, i.e. when they are preparing it for Gillete Soccer programmes.
Yeah wot I mean is it'd look better if we could see the newsroom all the time....and I know they use it because they're swapping the set for Soccer Spesh. Mind you you never see the full set for Sky Sports News bulletins anyways so I don't know why it takes longer than a 3minute TOTH sequence to swap "Saturday" for "Special"
BR
Just what it needs - more bloody football!
As a sports fan who isn't obsessed with football, SSN would be far better if it covered other sports more prominently, rather than in the last 10 minutes of the hour.
Sport on Sky News seems to be much more balanced, but I think even on the day London won the Olympics Sky Sports News was dominated by football - even though it was the off-season!
Alexia posted:
IMHO SSN on Freeview should be replaced by a half-news, half-archive sport channel - i mean SS1 shows old champions league games in the daytime, why can't a FTA channel?
Just what it needs - more bloody football!
As a sports fan who isn't obsessed with football, SSN would be far better if it covered other sports more prominently, rather than in the last 10 minutes of the hour.
Sport on Sky News seems to be much more balanced, but I think even on the day London won the Olympics Sky Sports News was dominated by football - even though it was the off-season!
TW
Just what it needs - more bloody football!
As a sports fan who isn't obsessed with football, SSN would be far better if it covered other sports more prominently, rather than in the last 10 minutes of the hour.
Sport on Sky News seems to be much more balanced, but I think even on the day London won the Olympics Sky Sports News was dominated by football - even though it was the off-season!
Yes, but most who will turn on to SSN will be football fans, and will flick over to see their team's progress... I love the beautiful game and it's great to see goals from across the leagues regularly - come on, it's broadcasting to a football crazy nation!
Brekkie Boy posted:
Alexia posted:
IMHO SSN on Freeview should be replaced by a half-news, half-archive sport channel - i mean SS1 shows old champions league games in the daytime, why can't a FTA channel?
Just what it needs - more bloody football!
As a sports fan who isn't obsessed with football, SSN would be far better if it covered other sports more prominently, rather than in the last 10 minutes of the hour.
Sport on Sky News seems to be much more balanced, but I think even on the day London won the Olympics Sky Sports News was dominated by football - even though it was the off-season!
Yes, but most who will turn on to SSN will be football fans, and will flick over to see their team's progress... I love the beautiful game and it's great to see goals from across the leagues regularly - come on, it's broadcasting to a football crazy nation!
DV
I've watched all of Soccer Saturday today and you could tell how badly the death of Best has had on Jeff Stelling and the other regulars. They coped surprisingly well in the circumstances, although Stelling almost lost it at the end.
An emotional day handled professionally.
An emotional day handled professionally.
CH
Someone told me that Sky Sports News is the most watched "News" channel in Europe.
Anyone know if that's true - and if so, how many viewers are watching??
Anyone know if that's true - and if so, how many viewers are watching??
AD
It gets (on average) about the same figures as Sky News and News 24 apparently, though it's likely more people watch it than Sky News (as it seems to be a pub favourite).
chromakey123 posted:
Someone told me that Sky Sports News is the most watched "News" channel in Europe.
Anyone know if that's true - and if so, how many viewers are watching??
Anyone know if that's true - and if so, how many viewers are watching??
It gets (on average) about the same figures as Sky News and News 24 apparently, though it's likely more people watch it than Sky News (as it seems to be a pub favourite).
NW
Wasn't George Best part of the Soccer Saturday team for some time a few years ago?
SSN is a favourite, especially in the pubs and clubs that can't afford Sky, so they get Freeview and leave it on SSN, which as said is mainly wall to wall Football anyway.
DVB Cornwall posted:
I've watched all of Soccer Saturday today and you could tell how badly the death of Best has had on Jeff Stelling and the other regulars. They coped surprisingly well in the circumstances, although Stelling almost lost it at the end.
An emotional day handled professionally.
An emotional day handled professionally.
Wasn't George Best part of the Soccer Saturday team for some time a few years ago?
SSN is a favourite, especially in the pubs and clubs that can't afford Sky, so they get Freeview and leave it on SSN, which as said is mainly wall to wall Football anyway.
DV
Wasn't George Best part of the Soccer Saturday team for some time a few years ago?
SSN is a favourite, especially in the pubs and clubs that can't afford Sky, so they get Freeview and leave it on SSN, which as said is mainly wall to wall Football anyway.
Best was a regular for many years.
nwtv2003 posted:
DVB Cornwall posted:
I've watched all of Soccer Saturday today and you could tell how badly the death of Best has had on Jeff Stelling and the other regulars. They coped surprisingly well in the circumstances, although Stelling almost lost it at the end.
An emotional day handled professionally.
An emotional day handled professionally.
Wasn't George Best part of the Soccer Saturday team for some time a few years ago?
SSN is a favourite, especially in the pubs and clubs that can't afford Sky, so they get Freeview and leave it on SSN, which as said is mainly wall to wall Football anyway.
Best was a regular for many years.