Shane Warne Dead at 52 - Coverage Discussion

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Should be a weekend. People will not be able to come because of school and work.

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Itā€™s too hard to do it on a weekend because the MCG is being used for footy.

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Yeah I know but there must be a day that is free?

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Funerals are rarely held on weekends.

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Yeah so? This is a bit different.

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Funeral will be held in the evening of March 30

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Will be interesting to see what networks do if it clashes with the 6pm news. Or even in prime time.

Reckon itā€™ll air on all or some or only on steam?

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I think that Sky and FSN (and Cricket and maybe even Footy) will definitely air it. Youā€™d think that all three would air it, but if the actual ceremony part was going to start at 6:30, then they might air the first bit on a second channel. It will be interesting as to whether they air it nationwide on the main channels, or nationwide on second channel and in Melbourne on main channel.

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Confirmed by Peter Ford on The Morning Show that itā€™s starting at 7pm.

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Seven will have The Front Bar that night, because of Thursday night footy.

Presuming the funeral is televised live, they should follow it with a national 90 minute Front Bar special, live from the MCG. They may be able to get funeral guests on the show after the funeral.

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52

Iā€™m sure you mean well, buy that sounds like a dreadfully tacky way to follow a memorial service.

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53

Sounds horrendous and not needed at all.

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Itā€™s two different type of environments and just wouldnā€™t work well. From a funeral (formal and reverent occasion) to guys talking about footy (casual, chill). Theyā€™d better off with a news special if anything.

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I like this idea. I donā€™t think itā€™s being disrespectful at all, if anything, a celebration of Shaneā€™s life after the funeral. As you mentioned, there should be some good guests they could get on.

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Going to cost the networks millions in lost ad revenue

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According to the SMH, Nine, Seven, the ABC, Foxtel, Sky UK and the BBC are going to broadcast the funeral, with Sky sending a team to Melbourne to cross to, and to contribute to the pool vision.

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Whereā€™s 10? AGAIN! No floods, no election, no funeral. What a network to missā€¦

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10 - probably rightly - know they are not going to be peopleā€™s first, second or even third choice to watch the funeral. I reckon providing an alternative is good - just depends what they settle on.

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Their name ā€œ10 News Firstā€ surely they need to remove that branding nowā€¦

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