100% correct.
Iām with you, but itās easy to see the other point of view.
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I agree, but itāll be too late in the calendar/ratings year to be worth promoting. Iād be doing what theyāre doing if I was them. Make the most of it for the whole yearā¦
Indeed. Did I tell you Iām celebrating Christmas 2019 this year?
thatās not how a total number works.
Number 1 is year 0 (the first year.) Number 60 is year 59.
like how this is the 21st century, but itās 2018ā¦ not 2118.
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No. Its 59 years, 1 month and 15 days - no moreā¦ No different to saying that Iām celebrating my birthday 11 months earlyā¦
Rick made a subtle sneaky snipe at Trivago on Fridayās bulletin during a preview for a story after the break, regarding them being under fire by the ACC Watchdog due to its ābest priceā claim. You can watch it at the 16:05 minute mark here on 7 Plus before it expires. Perhaps a bad experience? 
https://7plus.com.au/seven-news-perth?episode-id=7NNP18-348
āPlus, āUnder Fireā: The travel website in trouble with the competition watchdog.ā
* Sue reads her portion before the cross back to Rick *
āā¦so they should, Trivago-ā
All the means to celebrate their 60th anniversary for 3 years.
Yes, and precedes that by saying āIn 2019 we mark a milestoneā¦ā ie, in 2019 we will celebrate 60 years. Which is correct.
Donāt understand all the butt hurt over this. The promo could say āIn 2059 we will mark 100 yearsā and still be correct.
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Iām less than enthused about the very bland news retrospective promo, but I presume thereās plenty more weāve yet to see.
Just saying.
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Just joining the āis it 60 years or is it notā conversation because I am boredā¦ the safe way around it if they want to begin celebrations now is ācelebrating our 60th yearā because he 60th year begins the day after a 59th birthday.
The actual 60th birthday is in 2019 so to say āsqueezing 60 years of news into 60 secondsā at this point in the timeline is wrong.
Iām not even sure they had news from day one (does anyone know?). If they didnāt ā60 years of newsā may not even happen for several years.
Iām sure others may have made these same points earlier but like I said I was bored.
And these are of course important matters that must be resolved for the greater good.
I donāt know about QTQ-9, but the guide for the first day of BTQ-7 on @TelevisionAUās brilliant website would suggest that they had some form of news bulletin on the very first day of transmission in 1959: Sunday 1 November 1959 ā BRISBANE ā Television.AU
Surely most stations wouldāve started airing news on either the first or second night of transmission? Iād be surprised if very many waited several years.
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Iām sure youāre right and if, as you say, a TV guide indicates there was a news service, then 60 years it is.
Iām guessing most if not all metro stations offered some sort of news service from day one, but it may have been a different story in regional areas.
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Some people do have birthday weeks/ months hahaā¦even years.
I was awarded a 30 year service certificate for my job DURING my 30th year, not at the end.
We started celebrating Australiaās bicentennial from 1 Jan 1988 not from 26 Janā¦
Who cares really? Theyāre obviously going to celebrate 60 years on more than one dayā¦ who cares if itās before or after?
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So with the āThe Latestāā debuting during the week, do any of expect some sort of mini refresh since it uses a different style to their regular bulletins? If not then, then perhaps for the 7news.com.au website relaunch.
On a side note, I still find it puzzling that they use the 2004-2016 Seven News theme for the 30 second Officeworks insert ads, though Iām glad they do as the newer theme doesnāt have as much oomph that the old one did and grabs your attention, it actually makes you want to watch the News IMO.
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New promo airing in Sydney- I am sure someone can record it. Certainly not their finest.
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This one?
Not the worst promo ever but I agree, not their finest. Iām sure (or at least hope) Nine News Sydney will do something thatās way better than this to celebrate 10 years of Peter Overton!
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I just love it when they use āAustralias No.1ā line to promote a state broadcast that is Number 2. Yes, NSW and VIC have quite a large population. But Seven wouldnāt be number 1 if it wasnāt for WA/SA so they really are stretching it there trying to promote Mark Ferguson.
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Important news!
I think that Seven News (in Melbourne anyway) has new microphone flags with āNewsā in the current font. The previous mic flags were certainly starting to look old.
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