Tonight finance was a separate segment with Chris Kohler, much like ABC does:
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Nine News Melbourne has been doing this for a while.
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Interesting. 7news in Melb only has a finance report when itās relevant. They donāt just do finance every night at the same time like the old days.
Chris trying to do a modern form of what his dad does maybe
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Iād say that Chris has added a lot to the Melbourne bulletin.
He now also presents the housing and auction report on Saturday nights, among his other stories throughout the week.
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The F bomb appeared on screen -TWICE - on Nine News Sydney tonight.
I donāt know how they missed this.
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Interested to hear some thoughts on Nineās graphics now that it has been a good 2 months since the relaunch.
I do much prefer the cleanness of these graphics from the previous package.
The two-line logo has grown on me quite a bit too.
The only thing that really bothers me is the intro music still being very out of place. (Needs a new theme!).
Nine News Melbourne really should go back to the networkās white theme on the set. The blue is alright, but it just stands out like a sore thumb for national bulletins.
Iād also say that the bulletins need some new standardised voiceovers.
Some localisation in titlecards would be nice.
Regionals need a simpler backdrop too. (And to add, donāt zoom in so much on the presenters, but instead show off parts of the set like QLD.)
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I find the openers/title cards to be far too simple. At least the previous package had some depth to it (even though it was just globes and rings swirling). They could easily re-design the curves and incorporate some globe element to it to enhance it.
I like the rest of the package though. Simple, clean, cohesive and very vibrant despite the choice of dark blue. I think it works quite well. Though they should still change āalertā to updates. Alert just screams sensationalism.
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The Sydney skyline shot behind Georgie was a lot tighter tonight. Iām wondering if the ābug boatsā operation underway in the harbour has something to do with that? Would the usual shot have been too much of a distraction for viewers?
Also, the daylight saving tease to the ad break had shots of clocks going forward instead of backwards. Confused the hell out of the person I was watching the news with.
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I think it looks a bit cartoony TBH and the āswooshā sound effects for Live, Breaking and Exclusive cards seem really out of place.
I do like the new backdrops though.
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Looking back at what was Nineās old graphics, the new ones are much of an improvement. Itās clean and makes everything look much nicer, however as @Tom_TV7 said, the previous package had more depth. IMO I think the graphics on the live crosses could be improved, look somewhat out of shape (the old ones were better). And the backdrop on the Morning News and Early News arenāt better. They were much better when they had the old backdrop. Furthermore, @Tom_TV7 youāre right. Every time Alert appears in the form of a regular news update it does bug me. Apart from these suggestions, everything else looks a ton better.
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Monday 6 April-
Early News bulletin didnāt air this morning due to Today starting earlier to broadcast the Queenās Address on Coronavirus.
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I still donāt like the new graphics. Nobody knows where 9 news is coming from or what area it represents. Thereās no background pictures of the city / area the bulletin represents in the opening intro themes. The previous openers were so much better than the present ones.
Surely by now though viewers know what they are watching and where its based from.
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And you would be able to find out from the headlines anyways, if the stories are relevant to your local area.
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Although itās nice to look at, Iām pretty sure I donāt need photography of Sydney in the Opening Titles to figure out that Iām watching Nine News Sydney.
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Can we get a countdown clock for when the countdown clock gets its own show?
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Is it a countdown or countup clock? Iād like to see some counting up.
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Surely enough demand for Nine to continue a late news past coronavirus. Sunday - Thursday. 30 minutes at 9:30pm. Would have to out rate whatever is usually on. Doubt the 6pm newsreader will want you hang around for it though.
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