The stopwatch is rather tacky.
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Shep Smith did the same segment on Fox Report years ago
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Noticed a few different camera angles/presentation styles in Brisbane tonight.
Eg. Sarah standing in front of right hand screen; sweeping camera at intro of Steve Titmus by presenters.
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There were a couple of shots looking slightly down as well.
Found the sun reflecting of the buildings distracting early in the bulletin.
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I actually quite like this shot - makes the set look less empty that it actually is
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There was a story where Max used this screen too
These new angles are an improvement. The set dose not look stretched with half the floor space taking up the screen
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This angle is nice but these screens feel too high up. They really need a riser. It would make such a difference to the floor emptiness.
Good set design makes such a huge difference.
Melbourne’s set is very similar with no floor elements, but I actually prefer it over Sydney’s set.
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A follow up to this. Some how I was suggested a “Jane Bunn fan page” on Facebook this morning. Seems the smutty comments continue on a dedicated page. Unbelievable.
Seven News extended for an extra 2 minutes in Sydney and Melbourne to cover minute of silence.
Brisbane bulletin opened with the coverage.
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Adelaide’s local 5pm bulletin returned today.
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A really awkward and long closer on Seven News Adelaide tonight.
Good to see a full clean closer for a change.
The Australian interview with Seven’s national news director Ray Kuka
How Seven’s news chief plans to beat Nine after ‘interesting period’ of disruption
Although his passion is for storytelling, he concedes the ratings tell an important story too, particularly when it comes to commercial news and current affairs.
“Obviously, I want to win every one of them – I hate losing – and I want Seven to maintain its place as the nation’s most-trusted television news sources,” he says.
“But the ratings are actually more important than who came first or second because what they really reveal is whether you’re resonating with the viewers and sharing the right stories, and that’s something we need to be doing every single night.
“That’s why the ratings matter and that’s why we need to be the best in them … because it proves we’re the best when it comes to connecting with our audience.”
He is heading into his first full year in the job after replacing Anthony De Ceglie last May, following a short-lived 13-month reign punctuated by largely self-inflicted headlines about internal network dramas and the much-derided decision to include nightly astrology readings and comedy skits in the prime-time news bulletins.
As far as Kuka is concerned, those days are long gone, along with the games and gimmicks.
Instead, he maintains Seven News is poised to reach more viewers than ever before, after posting substantial year-on-year growth across both its free-to-air and online streaming services, and his sole focus is “leaning into” what he describes as the network’s enduring strengths: its in-depth newsroom experience and must-watch news exclusives.
Perhaps notably:
“we do have a lot of work to do in the metro markets – and that’s because we went through a pretty interesting period where our momentum got disrupted and we started putting things in the news that really didn’t belong there, and we lost of a lot of viewers because of it..”
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Unless you’re stewart for quality, Seven Adelaide’s closers are somewhat distorted as they peak (but also don’t at the same time)
I believe Seven Melbourne broke into programming around 3.00pm this afternoon, then ran with news right up until 4.00pm
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For what?
Fire and Heat coverage in Victoria
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Ah, good job.