Re: Oz Tv - relative speed of newsreaders

by Bradman Tue 05 May 2009, 04:54

Mick! Get with the program. I'm on a sixties trip here (well I was ten during the Tet offensive) and want nothing but sex, drugs and rock and roll. Horrie mis-spoke, probably.

by Mick Sawyer Tue 05 May 2009, 04:57

Bradman wrote:Mick! Get with the program. I'm on a sixties trip here (well I was ten during the Tet offensive) and want nothing but sex, drugs and rock and roll. Horrie mis-spoke, probably.

Peace, out!

by horace Tue 05 May 2009, 05:04

hi there peacenicks...

i think the rate refers to the speed of the autocue but cannot remember the precise technical term ...the guy that told me this works in news production...he was matter of fact about it and not having a go at the bills or the worsties.

by Bradman Tue 05 May 2009, 05:12

I think it's still crap and a right royal wind up but hey. I'm cool man.

by horace Tue 05 May 2009, 05:29

positively polar qm3...no it was not a wind up

by Bradman Tue 05 May 2009, 05:48

It should have been.

by horace Tue 05 May 2009, 05:55

sorry...sometimes the truth is difficult to handle....mind you the national network concerned was TEN

by Bradman Tue 05 May 2009, 06:03

Ten, Nine, Seven. Mea culpa.

Do you actually think it matters?

by G.Wood Tue 05 May 2009, 06:06

Bradman wrote:Ten, Nine, Seven. Mea culpa.

Do you actually think it matters?

It depends on if you choose your news provider by the quality of the totty that does the weather

by horace Tue 05 May 2009, 06:17

sage remarks from RD and qm3

by eowyn Tue 05 May 2009, 06:17

embee wrote:
horace wrote:A friend works for a national tv work and assists produce the news.

Apparently each network sets a desirable speed for newsreaders that varies according to the state that gets the broadcast.

Unsurprisingly there are differences between States...the reading rate for each State (quickest to slowest) is as follows -
Vics 14
spivs 13.5
barrels 13
bills 12.5
worst australians 12

Tass gets a feed from the mainland (as in everything else)

14 what?

Words per minute. Puts everything into a proper perspective when you realise that.

by embee Tue 05 May 2009, 07:14

horace wrote:sorry...sometimes the truth is difficult to handle....mind you the national network concerned was TEN

That's strange ....Ten's Perth News is read from Spiv Central ...

by G.Wood Tue 05 May 2009, 07:19

Hence the need to get them to slow down so the westies can keep up

by embee Tue 05 May 2009, 07:27

Maybe it's because less bad shit happens in WA so they have to pad out the half hour before the sports reporters do their 20 minutes of Eaglewank and Dockerdamning and the weather dude comes up a new word for "Perfect"

...They could read it at Spivspeed and then just show an hour of the Simpsons

by skully Tue 05 May 2009, 07:30

Slow news day cricket-wise obviously.

by G.Wood Tue 05 May 2009, 07:40

embee wrote:Maybe it's because less bad shit happens in WA

That would certainly be the case with neither Benny or space ghost in the state

by Bradman Tue 05 May 2009, 07:51

Maybe it's because less bad shit happens in WA

I think I went there earlier, along with trying to explain to them that they owe us a living.

I didn't have a big enough piece of wood though so the message probably lost something in translation.

by G.Wood Tue 05 May 2009, 07:53

Bradman wrote:

I didn't have a big enough piece of wood though.

that explains the complex

by Bradman Tue 05 May 2009, 08:02

You say?

by G.Wood Tue 05 May 2009, 08:05

Just dial it back a bit man

by Bradman Tue 05 May 2009, 08:11

"There's some bad acid floating around". Bragging rights to the first person who can nail that quote. Extra points to anyone who can post the clip.

by embee Tue 05 May 2009, 08:23

Woodstock

by taipan Tue 05 May 2009, 08:24

I think MB's hit the nail here.

by Bradman Tue 05 May 2009, 08:29

Well farking Dohh! He hasn't nailed the clip though, and to tell you the truth I don't have any idea.

by taipan Tue 05 May 2009, 08:31

I have it on video if that's any help.

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