I could not agree more.
I think the whole forum agrees with you.
are you having a stroke? because your last few posts certainly seem like it.
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Huge difference -
6-7 was already somewhat news / affairs - news often bled over to 6.40
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6.30 is not a switch on point. Itās a flow point
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Has not been plagued by 20 years or failures doe 9 and 7 like it has for 10
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What do you mean?
He means you have multiple spelling mistakes in most posts.
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Are you sure about that?
From what Iām reading, plenty of positive comments about what 10 pumped out tonightā¦
Based on that video, they recap stories they have already covered. Rather then open the news new and tells me what is coming up to get me to watch
Itās a look back at headlines - rather than a look forward or what to see
This is what reality shows do after the break
But Iām certain today and sunrise each hour open the show telling me what I can look forward ri seeing - no what they have covered, right?
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Sorry itās 8am in London and I am in bed no coffee haha. Sorry.
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Nope, itās often a rehash of the last hour when nothing newsworthy happens in between - which happens more often than not.
Exactly. If my understanding of contemporary history in Australian early evening television is correct, there had been some form of current affairs program airing after the main evening news bulletin on Seven & Nine since at least the 1980s. Most nights, the ratings for the 6pm and 6.30pm portions are pretty much the same - one might get slightly higher or lower viewing figures than the other, but thereās not really that much in it.
Ten on the other hand, never really gotten a 6pm program to rate for them (despite trying multiple genres - news, current affairs, gameshows, sitcoms, soaps and of course The Simpsons among them) since their main news bulletin originally moved to 5pm all the way back in 1992.
Again, I really hope this latest attempt at re-entering the 6pm news market with a half hour bulletin works for them. But for 10 News First at 6pm to be truly competitive against Seven and Nine (which I believe it can be, if Ten are willing to be persistent), the transition from the 5pm hour to the 6pm half hour needs a lot of fine tuning and tweaking - even acknowledging that not all viewers are going to be watching the full 90 minutes. Comparisons with the breakfast shows, or even how Nine News Now/Nineās Afternoon News is formatted come to mind.
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People: hey 10 launch late local news
10: we have taken aboard your feedback
People: yay so late local news?
10: yes itās late
People: yay
10: ā¦r than Nine and Seven by 3 minutes
People: ā¦
God I wish I were you.
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Look itās not perfect but itās a step in the right direction. And they finally have news in prime time and more hours of news. Considering where they were this is good. Is it perfect? Noā¦ but Iām sure theyāll tweak as they go along.
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If 10 maintain confidence in this format and persist instead of cutting it after a few months, who knows where we could end up? All the best to them, I actually prefer 10 News over Seven and Nine it comes off less sensationalist in Adelaide at least.
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My thoughts:
Handover:
- Find it very odd how every state does it differentā¦ no consistency whatsoever
- Much prefer Adelaide and Sydney, how they throw straight to the āheadlinesā titlecard from weather and review the top stories (keeps you watching rather than throwing to Jen where the viewer might be deceived into thinking the bulletin is about to finish)
- I really donāt like the whole 10 Daily integration into the bulletins. It was fine for that segment at 5.50, but they really need a dedicated 10newsfirst.com.au website with integration into the bulletins
- ^ This includes the integration of the 10daily.com.au supers when reviewing headlines - in this case, I much prefer Melbourne using the headline graphics vs how Sydney reviewed 6pm headlines with the 10daily super
General:
- Was that finance segment broadcast into every state? If so, they really should opt for local presenters, or donāt show any of the Sydney set at all, the same going for the 10daily segment
- Also if Sydney is going to use the normal headline graphics again, at least use the cold opener!
Guaranteed that they will refine the 90 minute bulletin over the next few months, but so far itās a good start I say 
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Yes content is recycled - but they promote whatās coming up that is new right?
The video I saw for 10 talked about what they had covered in the past - no what is coming up thatās new
I donāt understand your post at all
So none of the 5 stations opened at 6 with headlines and opener and VO?
Even sunrise and today do this every hour
Reading this thread is giving me a headache.
Calm down people
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Finished work late, log into MS and wonder how an extra 30 minutes of news could possibly generate 50+ unread posts since I was last here earlier today. Thought Ten had done something really groundbreaking and reinvented the wheel.
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Meanwhile, I wonder what has happened to that desk they used for Melbourne cup. Surprised it hasnāt appeared in Melbourne.
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