Easily fixed, use the 1986-2005 theme with a 2005-present theme signature and insert some local imagery on the wipes and there’s your authoritative part of the 7pm news.
Something is going on with the news channel set. The white frames around the screens are not lit, the colouring is off on the loops and some of the larger set panels are also not backlit at the moment.
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After the weekend’s weird lighting the news channel set looks to now have the same sickly yellow and green lighting as the NSW set has. Looks crap.
Sometimes graphics go from one extreme to another.
Apologies for the foxhound in the background, it’s walk time.
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Aint no tri-tones in what I’m hearing?
What annoys me is when they don’t get the timing right on the transition, resulting in a bit of a rhythmic clash
The laugh reaccs perfect that image.
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Pretty much the only reaction Barnaby gets these days.
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We’re getting to that point if the year where we should hear soon if there will be any changes to the NC next year. With News Corp clearly investing quite a bit of money it’s pretty important they stay fresh.
I think Breakfast, Mornings, Midday and Afternoons are fine as they are - although I note the BBC NC just relaunched their Midday and Afternoon slots to be more fast paced and off the cuff.
Evenings and Nightime on the ABC NC are a mess. The Drum is boring (ever since they moved it from 6pm on the NC it’s been crap) and it’s ugly as sin. It’s time it was axed.
The World is dull, poorly made and is right when they should be running a normal domestic-world news mix bulletin with a recap of politics should be running.
We know Stan Grant will have a new show at 9 o’clock.
I reckon they should launch two flagship bulletins at 6:00 and 10:00 anchored by Beverly O’Connor. Call it ABC News Tonight, Australia Tonight, something like that. Keep it fast paced with a good recap of the day in politics and a decent amount of world news. This would put a serious news competitor in place against the commercial news at 6 and go some way to replace Lateline.
Presentation wise, the Sydney set needs a refresh but I don’t have the confidence that they won’t mess it up and we’ll have another crappy Southbank and NSW set disaster. They need to get the pros in and get two sets made for Ultimo and Southbank. It should be far more versatile than the current pres and use the galleries and stuff both Ultimo and the new Southbank studio has access to.
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ABC News will show the BBC interview with the newly engaged Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at 8.30pm AEDT tonight.
For 2018
ABC NEWS
Summer Drum
Monday 1 January at 5.30pm on ABC TV / 6.30pm on ABC NEWS
Offsiders: Summer Edition
Sunday 7 January at 10.00am on ABC TV / 11.30am on ABC NEWS
That set is now showing signs of ageing. Its done well for almost 8 years.
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Agreed. Also a couple months back it suddenly get really dark and drab and was never restored? Maybe it was a lighting change or something. But it’s never looked worse.
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Definitely need to fix the lighting, the backdrops look washed out and dull. Other than that it’s still looking fine compared to what some of the others are using cough Seven *cough.