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TV presenters pressing on screens pretending it’s the internet

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LatentPhase · 02/04/2019 21:23

Don’t they just look absolutely daft, ‘clicking’ on icons before cutting to reports or graphics.

What was so bad about, ‘this report from Jenny Journalist’?

Or am I just a grumpy old woman 👵🏻

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Bezalelle · 02/04/2019 21:39

I don't think I've ever seen this, apart from on This Time with Alan Partridge. Does it happen in real life TV shows??

Miltonroad · 02/04/2019 21:45

All the time on sky sports particularly showing replays on football

SparklesandFlowers · 02/04/2019 21:49

I saw it happen on, I think, BBC recently. Everything had the letters 'OS' on it, so not sure exactly. But it was just like the Alan Partridge show, with a big screen and someone tapping on the Twitter symbol, or a photo of a politician, or whatever, to start a short video report or display some text. It was so odd and totally unnecessary.

AssassinatedBeauty · 02/04/2019 21:59

The sports analysis software is real software that is interactive, and I would bet the software used on the programme @SparklesandFlowers saw is real too.

BarbaraofSevillle · 02/04/2019 22:12

BBC have started doing it. Looks bloody ridiculous, all that to-ing and fro-ing.

Can't they use a remote control?

BarbaraofSevillle · 02/04/2019 22:13

Or get someone behind the scenes to do the clicking.

nickknowleshalfateacake · 02/04/2019 22:17

It's on Robert Peston show on ITV, very Partridge

DishingOutDone · 02/04/2019 22:17

Life imitating art?

VickyBHF · 02/04/2019 22:19

Outside Source in the BBC News channel at 9pm have been doing it for a while.... I think it’s real isn’t it?!?

LarryGreysonsDoor · 02/04/2019 22:20

I saw it happen on, I think, BBC recently. Everything had the letters 'OS' on it, so not sure exactly.

That’s is the BBC news programs Outside Source. They do it like that because in normal day to day stuff they are reporting using emails, twitter etc and their source.
However at the moment they are talking about Brexit and it doesn’t make as much sense.

DanielRicciardosSmile · 02/04/2019 22:21

I'm not sure exactly what you're referring to, but I have seen on Sky Sports them use the "skypad" which I'm 99% sure has touch controls.

AssassinatedBeauty · 02/04/2019 22:23

Details of the software/hardware used by Outside Source here:

www.kenziko.com/News/?cat=4

Namechangeforthiscancershit · 02/04/2019 22:27

I don't think there's anything pretend about it is there?

But I like how all our minds went to Alan Patridge!

EstrellaDamn · 02/04/2019 22:39

I tweeted about this once and the presenter of Outside Source replied, saying it may seem gimicky but it's targeted at the younger audience who prefer their news delivered in a more bite-size, choppy format.

I watch it in a different light now and quite enjoy it. Although you can't beat C4 for news coverage IMO.

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