That’s the question. Did it actually go to air or was it recorded internally? There is no detail to it.
It went to air as the late night replay. My memory of it is that MediaHub had the replay cued to the practice opener rather than the actual opener. After a while they went to the WIN breakdown slide and eventually got things aligned and crashed into the bulletin part way through.
There was press coverage of it at the time, even internationally. Mediaite had a summary of the Sydney Morning Herald’s report. https://www.mediaite.com/online/why-did-this-news-anchor-announce-tonight-im-going-to-sound-like-a-drunk/
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Brilliant - thank you for that. So that indeed does make it a blooper then!
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Apparently Sunnyvale gets WIN…
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See:
WIN Network is planning to slash dozens of jobs at NBN News, with internal documents revealing a restructure that would strip the regional television operation back to a fraction of its current size.
The proposal, outlined in internal documents seen by Mediaweek, would cut journalist numbers in Newcastle alone from 10 to 4 – a reduction of 6 full-time roles in a single newsroom. Camera operators in the same city would fall from seven to three.
Across the broader network, the plan would remove around 10 journalist positions and nine camera operator roles spanning newsrooms in New South Wales and the Northern Territory.
I don’t understand this bit from the article:
Network 10 ties deepen
Two new “Journalist TEN” roles appear in the proposed structure – one sitting under the State Editor/Executive Producer, another under the Chief of Staff – pointing to a tighter content-sharing arrangement with Network 10, which sits alongside NBN News under the Birketu-controlled WIN Network.New positions also include a State Producer/Lineup role and a full-time Social Media journalist, while two NXT Operator/Studio roles would replace the outgoing MEX operators as part of a technology platform upgrade.
I don’t quite get what this connection to Ten means. Does this mean WIN will continue to provide local news updates to Ten in NNSW, for instance?
And if thats the case I wouldn’t have thought WIN would need to have 2 dedicated journos for this?
If presenting it is part of that role then it would make sense? AFAIK the presenters for the updates don’t pop up elsewhere for WIN, so if they are basically splitting writing/presenting that would be two.
I wonder why it’s structured like that? Having two dedicated journos for noodle updates seems very inefficient now that they have a robust (but slashed) team at NBN.
Must be worth it to them if 10 is paying them to produce it. Paying the salaries plus a small profit. Must be cheaper for 10 than bringing it in house. I think win also handle ad sales for that market.
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I also imagine that the journos on the rip and reads are getting paid significantly less than those working for the flagship WIN News bulletins.
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I presume the Darwin news updates will be similar to that?
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God help us all
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From the Seven Tas thread,
For some reason, WIN got a replica made of the Nine metro style desk for Tasmania before production ended down there, but you’d never see any of it on air because it was always close up on the key.
Perhaps they can steal bits from the Nine Darwin set now they own it.
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What set? Wouldn’t it be long gone?
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And probably not much point given Darwin will likely just be updates and close up presenter shots too.
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I’m pretty sure it’s in Wollongong now.
In Darwin they still have a set but it’s not the same as before. It’s sparsely used nowadays though. I won’t be surprised if WIN does away with the Darwin set. I hope not though
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IIRC, all they have in Darwin itself is the large set screen from their former studios on Blake Street? Now relocated to their offices in the CBD.
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