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Paris attacks: news coverage (Sunday)

Updated: Networks are amending their News coverage in the wake of terrorist attacks in Paris.

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Networks are amending their News coverage in the wake of terrorist attacks in Paris.

NINE:

Weekend Today Show will continue their in-depth coverage of the Paris terror attacks from 6am today (Sunday, November 15) and remain on air until 12:30pm AEDT. Weekend Today will go Live into every market around the country.

Karl Stefanovic is then scheduled to report live from Paris for the Today Show from 5am AEDT Monday morning – continuing the Nine Networks comprehensive rolling coverage. Live into all markets.

Joining Weekend Today and Today’s special coverage will be Nine Network Chief European Correspondent, Tom Steinfort as well as Robert Penfold one of the Nine Network’s most senior foreign correspondents. As well as having extensive knowledge of Paris, Penfold has been covering the War on Terror since the September 11 attacks in 2001 and has reported from the conflict zones throughout the Middle East during the past 14 years.

The Today Show have postponed their Gold Coast outside broadcast, originally scheduled for Monday November 16. New date to be confirmed.

SEVEN:

Seven News coverage of the Paris terror attacks will continue with Sunrise from 6am AEDT today, Sunday.

We will cross live to Europe correspondent Hugh Whitfeld who was in Paris as the attacks occurred, and senior correspondent Mike Amor. They’ll be joined by Melissa Doyle from Monday.

Political editor Mark Riley will be live from Turkey where Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will attend the G20 Summit. Seven News correspondent Ben Lewis is in London as it’s now been revealed Scotland Yard has been on heightened security alert in recent weeks.

UPDATE: As the world reacts and unites in the wake of the horrific terror attacks in Paris, Seven News will tonight air a special one-hour live edition, Stand By Paris, at 8pm AEDT on Seven. Anchored by Samantha Armytage in Paris, we will cross live to our team of reporters across the globe to bring you the latest developments, scenes of courage and defiance and incredible stories of survival as more details emerge surrounding the attacks.

ABC:

Rolling coverage on ABC News 24

ABC News bulletin at 7pm Sunday will be one hour, pushing back programming:
8pm Doctor Who
8:50pm The Beautiful Lie
9:50pm Death in Paradise
Check local guides.

24 Responses

  1. A pity Nine still showed the appalling Dora the Explorer on Sunday morning delaying the start of Weekend Today on this crucial news day. Why that show hasn’t been shunted to Go! along with their other children’s shows is anybody’s guess.

  2. Had France 24 English streaming as soon as I heard what was happening – both Sunrise and Today here are delayed an hour so there was no mention of it at first. After about 90 minutes they realised how serious the situation was and switched to the live Sydney feed.

    No mention of it on Channel 10 on Saturday morning. Seems it is merely a shopping and lifestyle channel now flogging ab machines and steam mops.

  3. Seven’s so-called “news special” seemed to be no more than an ITN-voiced piece with pictures that had run everywhere else 12 hours earlier, regurgitated pieces from Mike Amour a day old, and Samantha Armitage with “nothing-to-add” person-in-the-street “interviews”. Why? Nothing new to see…move along.

    2. We switched to a recording after Sunday Night waiting for Quantico to come on (which btw started just after 9pm). There’s only so much “rolling coverage” and repetitive news one can take – my husband was sick of it all on Friday morning after half an hour and put the radio on. Of course it’s important and people need to know, but a five minute news break every hour and an extended news bulletin at 6pm would suffice unless there’s something new to report.

  4. Yep… TEN nowhere to be seen. How embarrassing. I suppose with Foxtel part ownership….it will not get any better…..wanting to push people over to Sky News. Another example of a Lachlan Murdoch ruining a free to air network we used to be proud of. Thanks Lachlan.

    1. So what. What is the point in all the networks providing rolling coverage. Surely using the ABC and one of the commercials is sufficient to ensure the whole country has access. They are all screening the same (overseas provided) footage, largely at the same time. Good on TEN for providing a viewing alternative.

  6. My EPG has updated Sthn Cross (7’s Tas affiliate) to
    8pm Seven News Special
    8.30pm Quantico then normal programming.
    So a news special in and the 8pm reality stuff out?

  7. Whenever a big story like this breaks around the world it reinforces the importance of having foreign bureaus on all continents, not just in London and New York/Washington. Australian journalists in the field reporting events as they happen to audiences back home is what makes network news services credible. Unfortunately, they are expensive and I have always wondered why 7,9 and 10 don’t share the cost of bureaus. The ABC and SBS should do the same. It probably makes too much sense.

      1. While the rest of the world was covering a major international news event TEN was flogging steam mops. Not the first time for TEN and clearly not the last. “When News breaks most Australians don’t turn to TEN”. ABC24 beating any 7 or 10 secondary channels. TEN News given so much credibility even 9 Perth News beat TEN.

      2. I live in Adelaide so my experience was based on my home state of SA.
        I turned on the TV Saturday morning. Flicked over to Weekend Sunrise and I was horrified at the news. First thing (and only thing) i saw from Weekend Sunrise (and indeed Today) was coverage of the Paris terror attacks.
        Weekend Sunrise had rolling coverage through out the day , Today had rolling coverage as well (although was moved to GEM temporarily for Channel 9 to show the Adelaide Christmas Pageant) , but the first thing i saw from Channel Ten on Saturday morning was a infomercial.
        It was clear Ten did not have the resources to interrupt regular programming. If you live in SA and watched Ten yesterday, when was the first time they mentioned the Paris terror attacks?

        I bet Channel 10 lost viewers for Saturday and will still lose viewers today. Even loyal Ten viewers will go elsewhere for this important news.

    2. Good on channel TEN for sticking to normal programming while channels 7 & 9 continued to regurgitate the same ‘news’ for hours. Given the time difference with Paris there was nothing new to be reported after approx 10am Aust time. Extended news bulletins and regular updates as anything breaks by all means but endless rolling coverage is pointless and repetitive.

      1. Given that this news was just “breaking”, with ABC24 first reporting “2 dead” at 9am, there was much to report in the next hours. It was far from the same news for hours. The time difference was irrelevant. It was 11pm in Paris.
        Isn’t Peter Meakin, the ex-TEN, ex-Nine, ex-Seven news guru now with TEN again?

        1. So you got your news from ABC24. Others got theirs from SBS, 7 or 9. What difference would TEN broadcasting have made? They at least provided a viewing alternative – if you can call steam mop infomercials that!

  11. Does the rolling coverage really work anymore on network TV?

    I mean with so many online news services will viewers sit and watch the same thing hour after hour when no new information is being presented. I’m sure the Sunday night shows and news will have all the latest info so why would people waste their Sunday watching such depressing news?

    Also sending reporters to Paris, a waste of money if you ask me, what’s the point of having local reporters if they are not going to use them?

    1. Not quite sure how one can compare Pres. Obama, French President, Canadian PM, Australian PM etc. addresses and interviews live on air to some online service. One doesn’t usually “sit and watch the same thing hour after hour when no new information is being presented” but switch on and off now and then.
      Agree Australian people arriving 24-48 hours after the event is ridiculous, when ABC24 has been drawing on Australian reporters already there. Not always their own but Australians with France24 and other media. Not sure what “in depth coverage” Melissa and Karl will have tomorrow when what’s to be said will have all been said by tonight.
      Some people “waste their Sunday watching such depressing news” to know what’s happening around them. Others waste their Sunday watching cars racing round and round in circles.

    2. I did watch the rolling coverage, and knew quite a few other people who were as well. Admittedly, I was second screening with my socials and other media sites – but yes, my first instinct was to turn on the tv and see what was happening.

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