New short promo for meteorologist David Brown in Sydney with new look graphics as seen in other recent promos, promoting his excellence in the field which is definitely well-deserved
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According to the EPG for next week, the same week Adelaide starts its local afternoon hour at 4:00, Perth will also get an hour of local afternoon news supposedly like Adelaide. Nothing has been officially confirmed but if you look at Perthâs EPG, the 4:00 news hour is not split in two like it usually is and the description says âLive from the Channel Seven Perth studios, the latest local, national and international news, plus sport and weather updatesâ so this sounds very promising!!
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Hopefully the extended bulletin will be a lot more polished than the current 4.30 Bulletin, because it feels quite rough, and most of the stories just tell us to âtune in at 6 for the full story and the reasonâ and itâll sometimes just cut to an ad with no transition. Frankly, all of Perthâs Bulletins need revamping, the formatâs feeling quite tired, and more could be done with current Virtual Set, than just using Tosh.O esque backdrops. 
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Presuming that Perthâs Afternoon News will run for a full hour next week, I think we can safely presume that the current semi-national edition produced in Sydney will be localised a bit for us on Monday.
In that case, Iâd probably expect the presenters to remain the same (Ann Sanders for News, Jim Wilson on Sport & David Brown for Weather) and the cross to CommSec for the finance report to continue as well.
Obviously Iâd expect the content to be localised with more Sydney-focused content to compete with Nine News Sydney at 4pm. The ââŚbut first, hereâs whatâs happening in your local Seven News at Sixâ window around 4.45pm would probably continue, so Prime7 and any other affiliates who might carry this bulletin but not Sydneyâs 6pm news will be able to insert their own content in lieu of the Sydney News Update & Sponsored Traffic Report.
Presentation wise, probably mostly the same as it is now but with a localised backdrop (but something thatâs different to the 6pm liveshot) and a localised titlecard.
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Apologies for the double post, but I think this is the promo youâre referring to:
That endtag shot looks like it was recycled from the promos that aired in February 2016 when David Brown officially became Seven News Sydneyâs main weather presenter, looking a little outdated now with the desk!
Also, very dodgy picture quality (even moreso than the usual upconverted SD to HD weâve come to expect from many elements of Seven News) for this competition promo that aired during an ad break here in Sydney tonight! 
I donât know if itâs because they didnât render the file correctly or whatever else, but the picture quality was so bad that you couldnât even read the competition terms & conditions in the 2nd pic!
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Would be good if they used there other city Sky cam for the afternoon news
After watching it last week, it was pretty much all Sydney stories anyway but then again it depends on the news day
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Can confirm from Monday Perth will Have a 1 hr news at 4 pm live
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Would that also mean the âLive from our Sydney headquartersâŚâ intro will be heard at the start of the Sydney afternoon news?
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Melbourne and Queensland both use a unique opener for their afternoon bulletins rather than the full 6pm spiel (âFrom Melbourne, this is Sevenâs Afternoon Newsâ and âThis is Seven News Queenslandâ).
I think they will keep things fairly generic in Sydney. Maybe a new backdrop and titlecard at some point (probably not next week though if we are being realistic) but without too many local references. There doesnât seem to be the same sensitivity about it here because I think most viewers assume the bulletins come out of Sydney regardless of the local/national branding.
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Where did you officially hear this confirmed? Is there now an article somewhere talking about it?
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Howard Gretten news director in perth twitted
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@WATV Thanks for that.
Also, a different globe background was used for the first few stories of the Early News this morning before the other perhaps more ugly one returned.
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Please do away with that ugly globe.
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Looks like the old globe with just the brightness turned up. (More emphasis on the âsunâ)
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Hopefully theyâll be improvements than just a 30 minute bump-up, because Nine Live Perth is the more superior Afternoon News Bulletin at the moment, offering more than just sneak peeks of whatâs in store for the 6pm News. Hopefully they enhance the viewing experience come Monday.
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Perth needs a smooth opener like Sydney with the music continuing. Perhaps some standing presentation, a full sports segment atm itâs just 2 mins before the weather and of course a better backdrop .
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Howard has a lot to answer for of late.
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Hopefully weâll see Monica presenting it.
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