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The Sky News Thread

(October 2019)

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ST
Ste Founding member


DV
dvboy
Oh and it's in HD, looks like there is no SD counterpart.
CW
CraigWills
London Lite posted:
Yesterday's England football match with the racist Bulgarian 'fans' is a classic reason why sport and mainstream news combine.

Football in particular sells well overseas, so also counts as business news. Think big money transfers or a football club going into administration.

Bar Sportsline at the weekend, bulletins are usually short and those which do crossover are newsworthy.


Although, saying England’s football team facing racial abuse is a reason for sports news bulletins is like saying a racist incident at an arena is a reason for music news bulletins. The two aren’t linked. The appalling abuse faced by England in Bulgaria is worthy of its own time in any running order, any news ed worth their salt shouldn’t have that confined to sports news. I didn’t see sky that evening so I’m not sure how they covered it.

I think the days of Sportsline having a 30 minute slot on Saturday/Sunday are a bit outdated with Sky having its own sports new channel and especially when linear viewing is down overall. I think sports bulletin should feature (and lets face it for commercial broadcasters it’s a sponsor opportunity as is weather - which is why both aren’t going anywhere) but length of bulletins should be done to the news agenda within sport and outside of sport.
SO
Switched On
Ste posted:




Brexit free means jacket off Laughing

I assume its just packaged reports, no lives? It could really just be a 15 / 30 minute recording on loop until something big breaks?
KK
KolonelKlink
London Lite posted:
One of my friends who has Sky isn't happy that they have to pay for HD just to watch Brexit free news.

Likewise.
UB
UBox
Can anyone find the link to watch this?
LO
Londoner
Could Sky be using this as an opportunity to test some of the practical and technical implications of outputting two news channels from their facilities in advance of the new international service?
BB
BBI45
Londoner posted:
Could Sky be using this as an opportunity to test some of the practical and technical implications of outputting two news channels from their facilities in advance of the new international service?

If this was to lead to anything more permanent, I'd much rather see a TV service comparable to LBC London News or 1010 WINS in the U.S., in which you have a rolling news cycle of 20 minutes.


(Obviously not likely to happen, but just a thought)
AJ
AJ
BBI45 posted:
Londoner posted:
Could Sky be using this as an opportunity to test some of the practical and technical implications of outputting two news channels from their facilities in advance of the new international service?

If this was to lead to anything more permanent, I'd much rather see a TV service comparable to LBC London News or 1010 WINS in the U.S., in which you have a rolling news cycle of 20 minutes.


(Obviously not likely to happen, but just a thought)


Anyone remember when Sky News pretty much used to be a 15 minute wheel of news for a large part of the evening, and people hated it on here?
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WA
watchingtv
Sky News in 15minutes every 15minutes - it was the news wheel!
IT
itsrobert Founding member
The ITN News Channel was based on the same idea. I've never been able to understand why that format never caught on as I quite enjoyed it. I think someone quoted a stat earlier that on average people watch Sky News for 11 minutes. That's exactly what a 15-minute repeating format would cater for. Back when the ITN NC existed, I quite enjoyed being able to dip in for a quick digest while BBC News 24 was live at some sort of press conference for ages.
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WW
WW Update
BBI45 posted:
Londoner posted:
Could Sky be using this as an opportunity to test some of the practical and technical implications of outputting two news channels from their facilities in advance of the new international service?

If this was to lead to anything more permanent, I'd much rather see a TV service comparable to LBC London News or 1010 WINS in the U.S., in which you have a rolling news cycle of 20 minutes.


(Obviously not likely to happen, but just a thought)


CNN Headline News also used that format. While the flagship CNN channel covered long-formed news, Headline News stuck to a fixed 30-minute wheel with news, business, sports, and lifestyle news in predetermined blocks.

Here's a promo from the 1990s explaining the difference between the two formats:

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