Bloody hell that looks nice. Love the first shot too.
Shame that ABC News channel is no longer in HD.
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They should at least be using the new background loop on the NSW set.
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Love the new set. Hope itâs used to its full potential
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I find it hard to watch the channel
More than 10 minutes. It moves to slow and doesnât keep me engaged. Too many random ABC repeats scattered through the schedule, graphics not used enough, and on screen graphics not used to give enough information for people
Dropping in and dropping out. It still has a slightly amateur feel to it all to me. Itâs just not dynamic for 2020
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You donât see the BBC domestic news channel using heaps of unnecessary graphics, which is a peer channel. The ABC NC has ABC News sensibilities around it. If you want something that moves fast with swoosh sound fx, thereâs 7, 9 and Sky.
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I didnât say unnecessary graphics.
Informational graphics with information. More dynamic. More professional. More engaging. That help tell the story and make it compelling.
It feels a little on the amateur side to me. When I use The NY Times app they engage me with compelling information, graphics and dynamic ways of telling the story.
This is what ABC News should be aiming to do. Itâs televison and 2020 - they have many tools at their disposal to make the news more engaging and compelling.
Itâs happening almost every night on the 7pm news, which is getting bumper numbers
And thatâs not even the best example of their work recently. The NC audience is people who already generally know whatâs going on, the 7pm audience is a daily wrap for a large and diverse group - which is the same as your NYT example. The NC is always going to be a bit scrappy, a fair comparison to your NYT example is the 7pm news.
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Yes ABC News Channel is scrappy I agree. Amateur feeling. I dont watch the 7pm News. I tune in when I can. Iâm sure Im not the only one. They can be doing better - they need to look at 24 hour news channels in France.
You donât seem to acknowledge or understand Australian audience habits. People are tuning into the 7pm news and thatâs where the ABC is putting post of their effort. The evening NC bulletins are using the same explainer graphics. The daytime content assumes a people already know whatâs going on so they donât need the long explainer stuff. Your NYT comparison doesnât hold up for the NC.
Donât understand how you can criticise so much about the Australian media and yet you seem to rarely consume it or understand the various audiences.
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I think it can all be a lot better. Sorry. I consume a lot or Australian media and understand a lot.
I agree with the feeling of the broadcasts feeling slow and dull.
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I think the standard bulletins are great, useful and informative. Very ABC, straight down the barrel, but thatâs fine. I tune in for 30 mins and get up to speed.
Itâs their efforts to create specialised programming where things fall apart. The World is just dreadful, truly the most torturously boring hour of television ever to be broadcast. Poor story selection, no real insight or new reporting, irrelevant. Iâd rather watch a standard bulletin.
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Agree. There has never been a time when news is more intersting relevant or fascinating. That ABC News Channel manages to make it so dry and dead pan boring says something. It should be insightful, compelling, make you think - it does none of these.
Visually it can be so unappealing and static. They design a beautiful new studio that truly looks world class - took them 6 months - so it shows they understand presentation matters.
But then 80% of the time the screen is full of talking heads on low quality Skype cameras for 3-5 minutes at a time. Itâs really hard to just keep looking at that one badly framed low quality image of a talking head for 5 minutes. Really. Additionally some of the people they book and interview are just so flat and nervous on camera, and are hard to watch.
I get Covid and Skype and not having people in studio. But itâs television. Book interesting people who Arte comfortable on TV. Add a try split screen like The Latest with the host, the interviewee in smaller boxed and a large vision box of B roll showing supporting images. Put some GFX up on screen with some stats or extra information that add to the story. Think outside the box. PRODUCE. Innovate. It;'s exactly what the ABC should be doing.
Sorry, but itâs just not well produced TV
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Given the cuts that have come and continue to come, itâs amazing theyâre able to do what they do.
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Agree, itâs been rubbish since it moved to Southbank
The ABC is largely working from home and going into Ultimo for an interview is probably not allowed under NSWâs lockdown laws. Skype is fine during an unprecedented health crisis and not worth risking a $10k fine.
What you want is the ABC to have the news sensibility/taste of a commercial broadcaster. Have you considered you might not be their intended audience?
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Agree with you about The World but on the other hand, reckon Planet America is a pretty good program - itâs insightful whilst being able to (when appropriate) poke a bit of fun at the absurdity of US politics. The fact that the program now has separate ABC and News Channel shows is testament to its success
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Well produced news content is not the sensibility of ABC News? Sorry - public, Ive seen many public broadcasters produce much better 24 hour news channels than ABC. Youâre OK-ING mediocre television saying anything else is commercial. I donât agree.
Iâve been watching ABC News Channel throughout the COVID crisis, and I think itâs safe to say two things:
- KICKIT has no idea what the channelâs purpose is for
- Itâs purpose isnât to be watched for 8 hours in one sitting.
Itâs not a US cable network. Itâs not supposed to provide completely new content each hour. It doesnât need strong ratings every hour. Itâs a channel for rolling news through a crisis and, if thereâs no developing story, a channel for a 30 minute sitting. On the hour, 30 minutes of traditional news, sport and weather. No frills. Back half of the hour is more specialist content and regionally focussed.
Thatâs all it needs to be.
At the end of the day, it wipes the floor in ratings whenever thereâs a big news event. Outside of that, there just isnât the audience to sacrifice $$$ to spend on âbespoke contentâ and KICK-ITâs âNYT graphics.â
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