I have no problem with The Bottom Line in general, but one thing that drives me nuts is when they put extra long items in there, requiring them to, you guessed it, scroll across the page. Scores I don't mind, headlines I don't mind, but what becomes full-scale stories that scroll AND flip: someone book me a flight to Bristol.
And I also don't mind that big bottom-third thing for that very reason you suggest: when you are trying to make out what's going on in a place without audio, it makes life easier. I know CBS and/or ESPN used to do this quite a lot during football: after a play, they'd show updated stats for the players involved in the play, so fantasy folks would be able to instantly see what happened. On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 3:25 PM, Mark Jeffries <[email protected]>wrote: > Well, ESPN's on in a lot of bars--and the "Bottom Line" score ticker runs > even during the commercials. > > Your reasoning for tickers is also the reason for the over-descriptive > lower thirds that are now common on television news in general (even the > BBC does them on live shots). Fox tried them on the local stations and on > FX's live infotainment shows in their early days (when the channel was > styled "fX"), but they didn't stick until Fox News Channel started using > them (where they've become a major way in how that channel gets its message > across). > > Mark Jeffries > Saints Spotlight Editor > [email protected] > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
