Christmas decorations in QLD
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No coverage of the WBBL Cricket final on Nine News Sydney at all.
I would have expected to see something - being the final.
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Disappointing no mention of the WBBL Final
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No cross to the Brisbane news room tonight towards the end of Nine News Gold Coat - perhaps a summer thing? Bruce read some head lines
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maybe other issues, i’ve seen the GC News cross to the Brisbane newsroom during summer for years
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They are doing the same at 4pm. It is because Melissa is solo at 6 and it’s her week off updates.
Have we been through this before? They want to associate the brand with both anchors. They each are reliant on the other for the success of the bulletin.
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Some problems with the screen during Reece D’Allesandro’s report in Brisbane tonight, went back to normal afterwards.
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Long post incoming…
As I’ve said before, one of the main priorities for Nine News Sydney in 2020 (although IMO it really should’ve been in 2019, 2018 and even 2017) needs to be improving their weather coverage.
Ever since Seven brought in David Brown, their weather coverage (which pre-2016 was probably the worst of all four networks for a while) improved with the addition of more forecast locations, a network of weather cameras and the comfort index. Meanwhile Nine’s coverage has largely stagnated since the March 2018 decision to adopt the “Weather Wall” style of forecast presentation that Nine News Queensland had been using for a little while before then.
I’d personally argue that the best weather presenter Nine News Sydney has had on in recent years (even if Sophie Walsh wasn’t on that often) has since moved to London, while the nicest thing one can really say about the presentation styles of Amber Sherlock or Belinda Russell is that it’s better than the absolutely pathetic excuse for weather coverage on 10 News First Sydney. Some will argue that TCN’s weather coverage is “adequate” but I personally think the market’s #1 rating bulletin can and should be doing far better in that regard when there are certainly other elements of Nine News Sydney that leave the other two commercial networks for dead.
Aside from that broken record, I’d probably also say there hasn’t really been a really “WOW!” major promotional campaign for a while - perhaps the last great one was the Early 2018 campaign where former presenters and reporters (among others) spoke about Peter Overton. Having Brian Henderson saying “I respect Pete. A lot.” in one of those promos was a stroke of genius.
In the year Nine is expected to start an exciting new era at North Sydney, I really hope there’ll be a major promotional campaign that respects the legacy/history of their Sydney news service while simultaneously positioning it as today’s main destination for information for a metropolitan area of five million and counting. Even something as simple as…
…should have the potential to tug at the heartstrings of Sydneysiders, if you can make the right use of footage (both old and new), graphics + obviously powerful/emotive music and voiceovers.
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Stolen from Nine and Tony Greig? Please don’t tell me that Brown goes out into Martin Place and sticks his car key into a pot plant.
From:
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David Brown’s car probably has one of those new fangled keyless entry fobs that doesn’t have an actual key.
And that briefcase looks suspiciously like it may have gotten a new lease of life in “Deal Or No Deal”.
I wonder what happened to all the Weatherwall equipment inside it?
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Surprised Nine hasn’t done a cross-platform version of that promo yet featuring their print and/or radio assets alongside the TV shows
I enjoyed Jo Silvagni when she covered 7Melbourne, used to watch the weather update on 7PLUS from Sydney. Had personality and can engage really well with the audience. I’d put her on weekends and keep Amber on weeknights.
Special bulletin right now for Sydney.
No Tipping Point.
Davina Smith and Mark Burrows hosting.
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For the bushfires, impeachment or AFL?
Bushfires
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Another special bulletin in Sydney tonight at 8:35 PM.
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15 minute bulletin.
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