JA
Most probably the same CGI company using the same template! Wouldn't be the first time, some Sky stuff from the early 90s is also virtually identical to things the US networks had used (especially the 1991 Movie Channel ident!)
RK
The man who presents Telematin feels like Frank Bough of BBC Breakfast Time.
And in format, the show definitely resembles BBC Breakfast Time more than today's BBC Breakfast/GMB with a selection of culture/cooking/health/society features and an army of different contributors. It's similar to This Morning, relatively laid back with news & weather every 30 minutes and a longer political interview at 7:45. The presenter you mention, William Leymergie, only retired in June.
A more recent edition from July 2016:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_GE8VCk2QM
Interesting how they key over the multiviewer of the host. It's similar to The Today Show sometime does their opens. After the headlines and opening credits they do a quick zoom in of their control room. Over four screens you would see the anchors at home base. But it sometimes looks square. Across another two screens they show the live correspondents standing in position with the location tags. The rest of the control room is normal as the show starts. Today sometimes does the same effect as the opening with the host as a bump shot either with a coming up graphic or showing the next guest in position as the anchors do a voice over.
Of course I couldn't find a video but here's a screen capture from last Friday's edition. However they didn't do a large version of the hosts on the multiviewer this time.
Edit : Additionally if you look closely at the bottom left you will see the WABC feed of Good Morning America. And next to the left most computer monitor you see the direct satellite feed of Good Morning America (which is a few seconds ahead of the WABC feed due to satellite delay and the addition of their ticker) and CBS This Morning.
The man who presents Telematin feels like Frank Bough of BBC Breakfast Time.
And in format, the show definitely resembles BBC Breakfast Time more than today's BBC Breakfast/GMB with a selection of culture/cooking/health/society features and an army of different contributors. It's similar to This Morning, relatively laid back with news & weather every 30 minutes and a longer political interview at 7:45. The presenter you mention, William Leymergie, only retired in June.
A more recent edition from July 2016:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_GE8VCk2QM
Interesting how they key over the multiviewer of the host. It's similar to The Today Show sometime does their opens. After the headlines and opening credits they do a quick zoom in of their control room. Over four screens you would see the anchors at home base. But it sometimes looks square. Across another two screens they show the live correspondents standing in position with the location tags. The rest of the control room is normal as the show starts. Today sometimes does the same effect as the opening with the host as a bump shot either with a coming up graphic or showing the next guest in position as the anchors do a voice over.
Of course I couldn't find a video but here's a screen capture from last Friday's edition. However they didn't do a large version of the hosts on the multiviewer this time.
Edit : Additionally if you look closely at the bottom left you will see the WABC feed of Good Morning America. And next to the left most computer monitor you see the direct satellite feed of Good Morning America (which is a few seconds ahead of the WABC feed due to satellite delay and the addition of their ticker) and CBS This Morning.
Last edited by Rkolsen on 22 August 2017 10:06am
WW
Indeed. Novocom designed that look:
Note the similarity to their U.S. work:
Of course, Sky News' look was also their creation:
As were numerous other news intros around the world, including those used by RTL in Germany:
Most probably the same CGI company using the same template! Wouldn't be the first time, some Sky stuff from the early 90s is also virtually identical to things the US networks had used (especially the 1991 Movie Channel ident!)
Indeed. Novocom designed that look:
Note the similarity to their U.S. work:
Of course, Sky News' look was also their creation:
As were numerous other news intros around the world, including those used by RTL in Germany:
Last edited by WW Update on 22 August 2017 11:04am
LL
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I don't know if it's still used, but BFMTV in France have a soft area as used on their early morning bulletin.
HA
The first video has the presenters using very heavy microphones, much like Silvio Santos in Brazil. Few decades later and people use the lapel mic which is smaller.
Here's the granddaddy of them all, NBC's
Today...
...in 1952 (We've already seen this clip of the first-ever Today -- and probably the world's first on-air ticker --, but it's always interesting to see where the now familiar format had its origins):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY4_iv3UbGg
...and in the 1970s:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzDfIalnt8E
...in 1952 (We've already seen this clip of the first-ever Today -- and probably the world's first on-air ticker --, but it's always interesting to see where the now familiar format had its origins):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY4_iv3UbGg
...and in the 1970s:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzDfIalnt8E
The first video has the presenters using very heavy microphones, much like Silvio Santos in Brazil. Few decades later and people use the lapel mic which is smaller.
WW
I wonder why they use handheld mics in the studio.
Heute im Parlament (RBB), Germany, 2017
("Today in Parliament")
Berlin Edition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB8uqEDPHdQ
Brandenburg Edition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r64zypeonU4
Berlin Edition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB8uqEDPHdQ
Brandenburg Edition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r64zypeonU4
I wonder why they use handheld mics in the studio.
MQ
I wouldn't normally focus on this, but what strange wardrobe choice for the male presenter. The tie/blazer while wearing jeans and sneakers seems... incongruous. I'm not saying the guy should wear a full suit, but when you're doing stand-up presentation, a coherent outfit from top to bottom is a good idea.
That said, Puls4's studio is definitely better than the virtual disappointment that Sat.1 offers.
Austrian news opt-out on Sat.1, produced by Puls4, 2017:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMZtWTl-kCo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMZtWTl-kCo
I wouldn't normally focus on this, but what strange wardrobe choice for the male presenter. The tie/blazer while wearing jeans and sneakers seems... incongruous. I'm not saying the guy should wear a full suit, but when you're doing stand-up presentation, a coherent outfit from top to bottom is a good idea.
That said, Puls4's studio is definitely better than the virtual disappointment that Sat.1 offers.