News First (Sky Open NZ)

[TV4]

@OnAir It must be time for a topic Name Change?

[NaruTVMock]

News First update

The music is the same.

[theGradyConnell]

@NaruTVMock

News First update

Why is the First graphic over Eric’s shoulder blury

[SA_TV]

Looks cheap, but I mean so did Prime News.

time for a rename of this thread?

[Michael_Eccles]

ewww it’s giving late 2010s with a mix of nbc night news

[NaruTVMock]

[Brownshoes]

Yet still better than 1 news

[LiamP]

Don’t like how they went with pink but otherwise a decent graphics update.

[nztv]

I don’t love it but don’t hate it either. It’s probably had the $$ spent on it on it that you would expect for a low rating channel. 1 NEWS on the other hand…!

[Akash_Prakash]

Newshub, should and will be the winner with their relaunch package i think.

[Nicholas]

Funnily enough the supers give me Seven News vibes from the previous package.

Not bad, but not great.
The pink is just terrible though. A disgusting colour to use for the channel and news.

[PaddyTePou]

When Prime News became what is now known as News First, the graphics now utilise the same font as Sky instead of Newshub or Three.

[NaruTVMock]

News First at 5:30 - Montage [23rd August 2023]

Here is the video montage

[TVGeekNZ]

Im loving the new look but a little surprised that the weather graphics werent updated to suit

[DJPizarro]

I don’t think it’s a bad revamp overall. Glad they kept the news theme, and i like the graphics.

[Leo_Puglisi6]

@DJPizarro

I don’t think it’s a bad revamp overall. Glad they kept the news theme, and i like the graphics.

Echoing this, not a big fan of the pink but it’s not that bad

[medianz]

I don’t mind the graphics either. I also think the pink is a nice accent colour on the dark blue and it’s different to the generic/cliche colour palettes used by most news programmes (i.e. Reds, Blues, Whites, Greys).

Though I did hope the music would change, even a “newer” version of the LBC theme would have been nice. And I am disappointed the same voice talent is still being used … I have to mute the promos whenever I hear them!

[damian]

Calm down haha

[PaddyTePou]

@TVHead

Sky Open is an awful name. Sounds like a sports channel. Sky Prime, Sky 15, Sky Showcase. Anything else.

What about Sky Bravo?

[NuStraya]

• Love, love, LOVE the new backdrop. Very European.
• Don’t care for the ‘News First’ wordmark constantly hanging over Eric’s shoulder. Why does that need to be there when there is also a News First bug in the bottom right corner?
• Straps look good - that is the look 1 News really should have gone for.
• Surprised the music has been kept but I guess it does the job, lol.
• The pink: what were they thinking? I know it matches the Sky Open branding but it does not suit a news bulletin. At least only the intro is pink.