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It’s a bad job when the presentation and overall package from 15 years ago is better than the offering we have now.
I don't know why the 2005 look has so many fans, franky it was far too over the top and is exactly the kind of excess that they needed to get rid of to be honest. It was ridiculous for a news channel to be so focused on such things.
We are now however at the opposite extreme. They certainly needed to tones thing down, but now it feels like they've just kept going and going and the brakes have totally failed and the cars gone way past it's target location.
The 2010 look was the best era for me,, the straps were at their when they went down to the one line straps across all HD/SD feeds, which was about half way through that look.
I just think the 2005 era “drama” provided by the music, presentation style, graphics etc went well with the channel’s aim at the time to provide rapid-moving rolling news coverage. The dramatic music and TOTH “voice of god” added to that sense of drama and anticipation to keep viewers hooked and waiting for more.
Nowadays the actual *content* is still good. The journalism is often great, and perhaps better than it used to be in 2005. But the way it’s presented audiovisually now is dull and monotonous. Maybe that doesn’t matter for the average viewer so long as the journalism is good quality, but to my eye it just feels like they’ve given up on everything else and are happy to keep things a bit drab and plain.
The Sky News Thread
Sky News Today, 15 years ago.
https://youtu.be/j1sLANkOLdA
It was somewhat OTT, but distinctive from the BBC and a good alternative.
Compare with Sky News Today today...
https://youtu.be/j1sLANkOLdA
It was somewhat OTT, but distinctive from the BBC and a good alternative.
Compare with Sky News Today today...
It’s a bad job when the presentation and overall package from 15 years ago is better than the offering we have now.
I don't know why the 2005 look has so many fans, franky it was far too over the top and is exactly the kind of excess that they needed to get rid of to be honest. It was ridiculous for a news channel to be so focused on such things.
We are now however at the opposite extreme. They certainly needed to tones thing down, but now it feels like they've just kept going and going and the brakes have totally failed and the cars gone way past it's target location.
The 2010 look was the best era for me,, the straps were at their when they went down to the one line straps across all HD/SD feeds, which was about half way through that look.
I just think the 2005 era “drama” provided by the music, presentation style, graphics etc went well with the channel’s aim at the time to provide rapid-moving rolling news coverage. The dramatic music and TOTH “voice of god” added to that sense of drama and anticipation to keep viewers hooked and waiting for more.
Nowadays the actual *content* is still good. The journalism is often great, and perhaps better than it used to be in 2005. But the way it’s presented audiovisually now is dull and monotonous. Maybe that doesn’t matter for the average viewer so long as the journalism is good quality, but to my eye it just feels like they’ve given up on everything else and are happy to keep things a bit drab and plain.