“On Assignment” reminds me of American news affiliates who have a nightly special feature, it would be interesting to incorporate it as a segment of the 6PM bulletins, or maybe even The Latest.
On another note, it’s a nice little feature for the site banner to be localised to each metro capital. Hobart and Darwin get a presenter-free banner.
Channel Seven Melbourne Pty Ltd breached the Commercial Television Code of Practice in Seven News and Sunday Night episodes broadcast on 5 July and 5 August 2018.
An Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) investigation has found broadcasts containing mobile phone footage of alleged schoolyard bullying invaded the privacy of several children.
‘Public interest issues, including school bullying, can, and indeed should, be explored on news and current affairs programs. In this case it was inappropriate to disclose children’s personal information,’ said ACMA Chair Nerida O’Loughlin.
The licensee exercised some care by not naming the children and attempting to blur their faces, however the footage was highly sensitive as it identified children engaged in anti-social and violent behaviour.
‘Broadcasters must exercise special care when dealing with children. It is not good enough for broadcasters to assume that footage is in the public domain and can be broadcast just because it is on social media,’ said Ms O’Loughlin.
The ACMA has requested Seven remove copies of the mobile phone footage from its website and social media pages. Seven will also bring the breach to the attention of its staff and include it in future code training.
The ACMA considers these will be appropriate responses by the licensee to this breach under the co-regulatory framework for commercial television broadcasting.
I’d really like to know if the Brexit countdown clock made a reappearance since SydneyCityTV took this screenshot seventeen days ago. What happened when the clock ran down to zero? Did confetti and balloons fall from the rafters and did Fergo let off a party popper and blow into one of those noisy blowout party favour things?
Mike Amor mentioned a podcast was now available at various outlets at the end of the Melbourne bulletin this evening, not sure if it’s this one (The Lady Vanishes).
Not entirely sure what purpose the location selector serves other than localised site banners? Article content on the home page doesn’t seem to change (yet). And there’s the separate “Local News” tab with each state/territory anyway.
Melbourne is now having Jane walk and talk while the camera zooms in on her during her weather preview. Nice that it doesn’t zoom all the way in to the screen.