BBC News 24 *.30 Ident

2001 is drawing to a close. Their Royal Television Society Award will soon be outdated - what will they do for their *.30 ident!?

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The channel used the 'Digital Channel of the Year' ident (see above) for a while into 2001, so will they continue to use this claim to excelence or will an award be made up for the ident? More to the point, who awarded N24 'Digital Channel of the Year'? Was it a self-imposed award, similar to those emblazened across much of the daily press: 'Quality Newspaper of the year', 'Britain's No.1 paper' etc

Images from TV Home

Perhaps they could put on something to persuade people to use BBC News Interactive, and then if they're RTS Award Winner for 2002 they can apply that.

They might drop the 'RTS Award Winner 2001' ident on Jan 1st in favour of the ordinary Short Ident, used for the crossover, with nothing on it - this would look more professional.

I still can't understand how News 24 won it for that Slobba thing.

Who's coverage were the BBC, Sky, ITN etc. using throughout the day? CNN's.

CNN were hugely better than anyone else on that day - Sky even had the decency to say that and no pussy-foot around the issue that CNN were the best network on the day.

The BBC just had people on the phone, CNN had live pictures - considering it was a huge demonstration, it was pictures that mattered.

Yes, the fact it was titled 'News event' rather suggests it should have been for live coverage, however what I assume they actually won it for was for the Simpson's World programme the following week when he walked around Kabul and.. sorry, I mean Belgrade, speaking to everyone.

The RTS awards are in March so I imagine they'll keep it till then, unless they decide having 2001 on the aston going into 2002 looks too embarrassing.

Does anyone watch Simpson's World? I have for the past few months and it is one of the best programmes I've ever watched - factual wise - who would have thought just walking around Afghanistan talking to the people there would be so interesting.

As you are aware C@T, from your time working within the industry (CNN wasn't it? can't remember sorry), the story doesn't just revolve around pictures, it's about communicating information.

CNN may well have had the pictures, but News24 told the story and the industry obviously thought it the best coverage.

Also, why would News24 need to lose Award Winner 2001 immediately? Until the next round of awards it's still valid. Just because you bought your tax disk this year doesn't mean it runs out at midnight on 31st December does it?

(Edited by Techy Peep at 3:17 pm on Dec. 16, 2001)

What confuses me is that c@t has has this job/career etc, working at CNN, yet he is only 16 years old. Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't CNN be breaking the law by employing someone who is underage and should be in school!

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Technically Jamez, you can work at 16, i got my Nat Issurence number at 16 so i could of worked then.

Not breaking any laws, but I suspect it was work experience

Indeed, you are allowed to take legal full time employment at the age of 16 if you don't carry on with education.

Also, if we have any age doubts, then as yesterday proved to be. Tom is indeed 16. http://web.ukonline.co.uk/tv.home/forum/emoticons/biggrin.gif

WOAH!!! JEEEZZZ!!

Bite my head off why dontcha?!!

blimey!

(Was cat sacked from CNN?)