Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

Sky News no longer 4:3 safe

  • 12-08-2013 2:12pm
    #1
    mackersdublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,471 ✭✭✭


    Just noticed this morning, that Sky News has now moved it's time and DOG etc to the corners, so it's the same as the HD channel

    Hopefully BBC News will do the same


Comments

  • #2
    munchkin_utd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,921 ✭✭✭munchkin_utd


    thats actually fairly decent news for me as its about my most watched channel. Unbelievably its available on my cable network in Germany with most adverts substituted by small news articles for the international market.

    heres what it used to look like before the change just for reference.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNG8HmhcrxY


  • #3
    spank_inferno
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,892 ✭✭✭spank_inferno


    I only noticed that with their breaking news being on the one line rather than squeezed up into two.


  • #4
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 12,074 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    The biggest change though is that during sports bulletins it now takes on the look of Sky Sports News, imitating it so perfectly that only the presence of the Sky News DOG and ticker (and ommission of SSN's time/date) distinguishes the two. That will confuse some casual viewers I reckon!


  • #5
    radiowaves
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,089 ✭✭✭radiowaves


    This is bad news for the thousands of public places using this channel on old 4:3 screens.

    Any progress is to be welcomed though.


  • #6
    mackersdublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,471 ✭✭✭mackersdublin


    UPC changed the ratio on their analogue version of Sky News yesterday to 16:9

    Setanta Ireland is also now 16:9 on UPC analogue


  • Advertisement
  • #7
    lertsnim
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,841 ✭✭✭lertsnim


    icdg wrote: »
    The biggest change though is that during sports bulletins it now takes on the look of Sky Sports News, imitating it so perfectly that only the presence of the Sky News DOG and ticker (and ommission of SSN's time/date) distinguishes the two. That will confuse some casual viewers I reckon!

    Yes. It caught me out last night.


Advertisement