NBN News (2015-Feb 2025)

[KICK-IT]

@portmacman

They would be probably 50k max if they went local, maybe less. It would be a loss maker for them.

50,000 is what 10 news Adelaide rates. Would it be a loss maker too?

[ElCapitanCranky]

@KICK-IT

Too risky.

NNSW is the 4th largest TV market in the country. A 1% ratings share loss across the market would be a few million a year in ad revenue. Not worth risking. We all know a strong local news elevates a whole station

and I agree. It is too risky.

But…

Someone in NEC will be trying to do it. Some bean counter whose only ambition is to please their corporate masters and save as much money for the shareholders as possible would eventually get their way.

[KICK-IT]

@ElCapitanCranky

and I agree. But someone in NEC will be trying to do it. Some bean counter whose only ambition is to please their corporate masters and save as much money for the shareholders as possible would eventually get their way.

It would have the opposite affect. It would lose a LOT of revenue.

[ElCapitanCranky]

@KICK-IT

It would have the opposite affect. It would lose a LOT of revenue.

That would have to be explained to them. I whole-heartedly agree with you, I’m trying to be devils advocate (or advocado, if you’d like to be funny).

[KICK-IT]

I’m sure they know it. Their job is to drive profits. We may not agree with them but they’re not all stupid

[LeighF]

Channel 9 Style (Channel9Style)

[Radiohead]

I would have NEVER noticed the earrings!

[LeighF]

@nbnnews

@nbnnews

[hopejr]

The set is missing the curved light panels at the top above the centre section that it had on 9 News.

[Abesty]

Central Coast reporter Skaie Hull had a report on the 4pm News today:

[Radiohead]

Though I thought she would have used a generic or Nine branded mic.

[LeighF]

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[MarkHD]

Tonight, and last week a few times, the Nine News Sports Break sponsor billboard has leaked through on NBN News at 6.45ish.

Cough could be a re re re rel rela… err… what’s that word again?

[TV-ACT]

REBRANDING!!!

[MarkHD]

The thing that intrigues me is that the VO clearly says “brought to you by KFC Newcastle”

[Jack_BAULCH]

So they have the metro news at 6:00 in my opinion NBN News should be moved to the 5:30 time slot and have a seperate bulletin for each region in Northern NSW. That way they can fit in more local news as Northern NSW don’t get proper 6:00 metro news on NBN and Prime7.

[Tom_TV7]

Again, why change something that is clearly working? NBN News at 6pm is winning and working and Nine wouldn’t rush to change anything for as long as that is the case. NBN News is the metro news for NNSW as it’s a composite bulletin.

[Leo_Puglisi6]

We’ve got it, you keep posting the same thing. But it wouldn’t work. Keep NBN at 6!

[Radiohead]

Agree, I can see a rebrand to Nine News occurring, a change of presenters if the bulletin gets moved to Sydney, but little else.

It would also be more expensive to have separate local bulletins, NBN doesn’t have enough local content for that as it is now.

[SydneyCityTV]

Agreed. Nine would probably be more likely to turn NBN News into “Nine News Local Northern NSW” (with one bulletin for the entire sub-market) before they launched six separate local bulletins!