Seven News (Regional Vic/NSW/ACT/WA)

Thanks for that summary NQCQTV2. That’s probably why Prime goes with its own national/international bulletin in NSW regions where it has a local news service. Much easier to control the flow, pacing and story selection that way…

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Friday’s “Prime 7 News North Coast” was live across the region with no fewer than 4 live crosses and also access to 7 network reporters. Solid effort here from Prime7

Prime7 News North Coast

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I’m guessing that Prime7 News North Coast was actually a live bulletin on Friday? Because I think it’s usually pre-recorded!

In any case, it was a very good effort to still get reports and live crosses coming out of Lismore at a time when Prime7’s offices in the region were flooded. It was also good to see use of Seven reporters in the region, but by far the biggest highlight was Lucy Langtry’s live crosses including those brief interviews with the SES Assistant Commissioner and Lismore’s mayor.

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Thats good to see.

NBN should have done something similar in making the Northern Rivers window as the “live” one and made the Newcastle one as the prerecorded one, but as far as I know, it was still prerecorded.

I’ve caught the ‘local’ version of Prime7 news twice now since they relaunched, both times they had “live” crosses to journalists (in the newsroom) - even if its fudged, it gives the news a little bit more vibrancy.

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Not a fan of that weather man to be honest, his delivery is distracting.

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He’s so annoying,
Anyway, just saw a promo about the Salvation Army, had Kenny and the Weather guy talking. BTW, these bulletins, in my opinion is the best local bulletin my region (central West) has ever had. It feels more vibrant, with crosses, camera angles, banter etc. Kenny does a great job, infact he’s probably the best local presenter I’ve seen for ages.

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Here’s the promo:


<img src="//mediaspy-org-s3.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/c/4/c44442a3857a0a3657f8c650f545963e0a01bcf2.jpg" width=“300” height=><img src="//mediaspy-org-s3.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/6/3/634efdd8180054fbe7ff3c8c39c3fbf147140ab6.jpg" width=“300” height=><img src="//mediaspy-org-s3.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/9/1/91baa99a4a2d9b0dd74050009d612e6a7ee95011.jpg" width=“300” height=>

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Prime7 should have also done live news on Sat and Sun into the northern rivers - with the extent of damage and the significance and size of this story.

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Guy Fenton was so much better :frowning:

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God no. He was too busy checking himself out in the monitor.

I think that Karl Lijnders is an OK weather presenter & meteorologist. Would I say that he presents the forecasts exactly like David Brown? Of course not, but I’d definitely say that some of Sydney’s news bulletins have worse weather presenters!

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Amber Sherlock (aka Mrs Jacket), Belinda Russell, Tim Bailey etc?

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There’s another version of the disaster relief promo:


<img src="//mediaspy-org-s3.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/0/1/019f9f406302b5aaeffb38f9943994457bdab344.jpg" width=“300” height=><img src="//mediaspy-org-s3.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/a/e/ae01d1b2c12f9942bbc7daadf85ebef79c449829.jpg" width=“300” height=>

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And here’s caps from 7mate where the graphics look to be in HD:
<img src="//mediaspy-org-s3.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/8/6/8600e2f434e922c3ae4575c2492546578195cd9c.jpg" width=“300” height=><img src="//mediaspy-org-s3.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/d/c/dce4efa1bf02d92e28b649752e83d8049af1d1d0.jpg" width=“300” height=>

Also HD weather graphics on 7mate:
<img src="//mediaspy-org-s3.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/d/2/d23a43389209ec217415368bc9f2a6959f7d2c3f.jpg" width=“300” height=><img src="//mediaspy-org-s3.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/b/f/bfd47bea6a6a194a3db0d9c778e2efbd002e0258.jpg" width=“300” height=><img src="//mediaspy-org-s3.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/7/a/7aa67e9deebbe3e1b5087d1ca7d68baa832cb093.jpg" width=“300” height=><img src="//mediaspy-org-s3.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/4/a/4a8a423993f325bdcc5c4c0c14135e5ecec97b1d.jpg" width=“300” height=><img src="//mediaspy-org-s3.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/4/b/4bcb82ae2839c46cc43270c50188869f8a564588.jpg" width=“300” height=><img src="//mediaspy-org-s3.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/b/3/b3028645e8106903acbfd042b1593c3f7e739037.jpg" width=“300” height=><img src="//mediaspy-org-s3.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/f/5/f5e0181542496d258e11018c4256bb18ed00a1fc.jpg" width=“300” height=><img src="//mediaspy-org-s3.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/e/6/e6ac8f3e7533f76d2f1b22aea9755f2665d9b648.jpg" width=“300” height=><img src="//mediaspy-org-s3.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/8/8/88afe7d700da778c6b5ccbee717301de13515f08.jpg" width=“300” height=><img src="//mediaspy-org-s3.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/d/e/dede083a266990bf91e81d25914125cc11dcc61c.jpg" width=“300” height=>

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Was that from one of those weather updates with the awful music and no voiceover?

Yeah, I remember seeing one of those on 7mate Coffs Harbour when I was up North.

Of course I know that it’s production music from a library, but I’m sure I’ve heard that used as background music on a fishing show or something before!

I think the new weather guy is great. He knows what he is talking about and adds his own unique touch to the bulletin.

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He’s a meteorologist, so of course he is great. From what I have seen of him, he adds credibility to the regional news team which I personally think is a very strong team already.

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Kenny Heatley & Natalie Forrest presented the local bulletins last night. (07/04/2017)