Tuesday, 1 December 2009

BBC News - The History

The British Broadcasting Corporation, more commonly known as the "BBC", is the longest and largest running broadcaster in the world, providing services to BBC radio as well as television channels such as the BBC News, BBC Parliament and BBC World News.






BBC News is also making increasing efforts to keep up with advances in technology and have begun introducing mobile services to mobile phones and PDAs. Desktop news alerts, e-mail alerts, and digital TV alerts are also becoming ever more availiable to BBC fans.

BBC Television Centre at White City, West London.
Ratings figures show that during national crises such as the 7 July 2005 London bombings or a royal funeral, the majority of the UK audience turns to the BBC's coverage as opposed to its fellow rivals such as ITV News or Channel 4.

Which is a testimony to the detailed coverage of stories that the BBC provides.

Sky News - The History

Sky News is a 24 hour international news broadcaster with an emphasis on UK and international news stories.
The service places emphasis on rolling news, including the latest breaking news.

Currently broadcasting from a news centre in London. Sky News started broadcasting on 5th February 1989 as part of the then four-channel Sky Television service. The channel currently has seven UK bases each with their own correspondents and reporters and the channel also has a wide range of resources provided by its parent company News Corporation such as reporters from Fox News Channel. When major breaking news reaches the SkyNews room, it has more recently started to change back to the presenting style with two presenters anchoring.

In March 2000 Sky News Active was launched, a 24-hour interactive service providing headlines along with other services such as the weather, the top story of the day and showbiz on television demand.
Sky News is owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation via his holding in British Sky Broadcasting. Murdoch said of it in March 1992, when he was the full owner:

"Taking nothing away from CNN which has done an outstanding job, I would point out that Sky News, the Fox news service and the News Corporation's combined reach - which have together over three thousand journalists spread over every continent and every country - leave us with an army of news gatherers second to none both with regard to their access to news and ability to bring news from anywhere into people's homes"






ITN

ITV News is the name of the news programmes on the British television network. It was brought by Independent Television News (ITN) in September 1955 and is still currently under the same management. ITV news is extremly well known for its well informed news coverage on some of the most horrific and intriguing news stories to date. ITV news has also produced some of the most well known news reporters of the 21st century such as...

Alastair Stewart





Sir Trevor Mcdonald ( knighted in 1993 for his contribution in the success of ITV 1993, he was awarded an OBE in the Queen's honours list)


ITN also owns and produces the channel 4 news and has done since 1982. The week day presenter is John Snow and Krishnan Guru-Murthy

Wednesday, 18 November 2009

Channel 4 News

This opening sequence of the Channel 4 News, shows pictures of the stories that they have reported in the past, as well as some of the reports that are going to feature on the programme that follows.







Wednesday, 4 November 2009

BBC News 2008



This opening sequence used by the BBC is very modern and pictures a constant, moving 3d globe. By using the globe as the main focus of the title seqence the viewers are given the impression that this programme is going to cover topics that will effect all areas of the world.





ITV News Revamp 2009







ITV have recently changed the theme tune and opening sequence of their news programme, the new sequence reflects a modern feel which is more likely to relate the younger audiences that ITV are trying to appeal to.






In comparison to the 2009 revamp sequence, this ITV news opening sequence is considerably basic. This opening sequence is based solely on one of the capitals most famous land mark buildings, Big Ben. Having this as the main focus of the title sequence quickly makes the viewers aware of the origin of this news report.

News Logos

I am going to begin my research by looking at different logo's that news channels have used in order to promote their programme.



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ITN News