BBC One Northern Ireland are now showing Vote 07 - the Northern Ireland elections. They seem to be running a derived version of the old TOG graphics system.
973 on Sky Digital if you want to watch.
Quite nice IMO and the studio, whilst small, is quite fresh and bright.
The TOG is quite cool actually. It sorts the parties in order of how many seats they've won - which is something I haven't seen before on election coverage.
They've also now removed the 'others' row and replaced it with a row for the Alliance Party - as they're the only 'other' party to have a seat at the moment.
The TOG is quite cool actually. It sorts the parties in order of how many seats they've won - which is something I haven't seen before on election coverage.
That happened in the 2005 elections, I agree it's smart though.
Brilliant coverage as always from BBC Northern Ireland. Classic dialogue there between presenter Noel Thompson and ever irascible Dr Paisley, who was in full flow..
Ian Paisley: "...and you as a servant of the people, in the BBC, which is PAID for BY MY MONEY and all the..."
Noel (Caustically) "Well we're very grateful for all the money you give us Dr Paisley.."
IP: "YOU'RE NOT A BIT GRATEFUL!! YOU NEVER WERE GRATEFUL! (Noel attempts to interrupt) EVEN WHEN YOU LIVED THERE BESIDE ME... who are you trying to bluff Noel, you've bluffed enough people in your day but you'll not bluff us anymore!!"
