Yep, they've been using Waze for a while. Nothing special - just a cheap-looking Waze map on screen.
KSAT 12 San Antonio uses an sworn police to present their traffic. (in fact KSAT uses two sworn officers to present their traffic) The hilarious thing the officers have a guns strapped to their hip (Oh Texas... smh), a bit much in any situation let alone on telly at 4:30am to present traffic. I've seen sworn officers presents segments on tv before in uniform, but never strapped. In all seriousness Det. Dart is quite good and easy going style on tv. (Apparently in a previous life he did a bit of radio work) Might be interesting to see a uniformed TFL employee present traffic. Just a thought. (Skip to 1.50 to see Detective Dart present the traffic) (By-the-by KSAT emulated WSVN back in the day and a bit of the tabloid residue still remain even the voiceover from WSVN's famous announcer Scott Chapin remains)
For London Live thats a huge get. Well done to them for doing something actually topical...well in pop culture vein anyway. Something is better than nothing I guess.
For London Live thats a huge get. Well done to them for doing something actually topical...well in pop culture vein anyway. Something is better than nothing I guess.
Hold your horses. Don't give them too much credit because they nothing to do with it as a 'get'. It is purely coincidence. That was an interview for a YouTube show, London Real, they buy in that is made entirely by a third party. London Live purely have the broadcast rights.
Absolutely dreadful. Im sorry his presenting skills are dire. Like he is completely bored and unphased by what he looking at or reading. No it doesnt need the tone of major breaking news, but come on! The painful long pauses. OMG. Not good. If you want your audience to feel the story or information is important or interesting, it must be presented as such. Not in a nonchalant, sleepy-voiced-tired fashion.
That is a positive. Even though the majority of the people who need the info will be on the road and not watching.
Absolutely - this kind of information is most important early in the morning, before people hit the roads. That's why, in the US, travel features much more heavily in the 5-7am local newscasts than the early evening ones.
Ofcom has published 13 responses to its consultation following London Live's request to reduce local original production to 19.5 hours per week. The consultation closed last week.
Channel 4, Channel 5, Channel 6 and London 8 have objected, as have UKTV and all but one of the other respondents. Only STV have offered support.
