TV News Research

CBBC Newsround

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- Newsround is broadcast on the CBBC Channel

Sky 613// Freeview 70

- Newsround is on every day, the schedule for Newsround is: 

Weekdays

7:40am - 5 minutes 

8:15am - 5 minutes

4:25pm - 5 minutes

6:55pm - 5 minutes (but not on Fridays)

Weekends

8:55am - 2 minutes

9:55am - 1 minute

10:55am - 1 minute

11:55am - 5 minutes

1:55pm - 6 minutes

- The Newsround presenters are: Ricky Boleto, Martin Dougan, Ayshah Tull, Jenny Lawrence, Ore Oduba, Helen Skelton and Hayley Cutts

- In 2009 the average viewing figures were 226,000

- Newsround has won numerous awards such as; International Emmy Award for Children&Young People, British Academy Television Rediffusion Star Awards: Harlequin

- The logo for Newsround is a green 'n' and 'r' entwined 

- Here is a Newsround episode

- CBBC was launched on the 11th of February 2002

- CBBC is owned by British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS)

-CBBC is famous for being a children's television channel

This is the CBBC logo

- Tracy Beaker is one of the popular shows on CBBC

- CBBC used to be called Children's BBC until they found a way to shorten it resulting in CBBC

- CBBC's sister is Cbeebies which is targeted at even younger audiences

The target audience for Newsround are children aged 6-12. I think the gender is 65% - 35% F/M. As this channel is available on freeview I think it is suited to any social class because you don't need to pay to watch it. The level of education doesn't matter because the language is not hard to understand.

30/08/14- Roald Dahl missing chapter found, Smokejumpers battle US forest fires and air guitar championships.

I think the editor chose these stories because as the news channel is aimed at kids and Roald Dahl was an author for kids books, the viewers would be interested to hear about one of the most famous children's books Charlie and The Chocolate Factory also as most of them have read it themselves. I think he chose the smokejumpers because the videos of the people jumping out of the plane will captivate the audience also the images of the brightly coloured dust falling will make the children intrigued to know what its all for. Lastly I think the author chose the air guitar because its a very fun and imaginative thing and watching the contestants race up and down the stage pulling the wildest faces and having fun with an object that isn't actually there will add some humour and a fun vibe to the news and give the kids something to enjoy watching. 

31/08/14- EU's warning to Russia over Ukraine, Girl gets accepted into ballet school, Steve Backshall's new TV show and Naughty Swans

I think the editor chose these stories because even though this is a children's news program it is still important they know what is going on in the world around them so the editor might have chosen the EU's warning to Russia news story to help the children stay updated on the more important matters in life. I think the ballet story was chosen because its something some of the audience can relate to also because it will encourage the children to follow their dreams. As the viewers watch newsround in between their scheduled shows, most of them have seen the CBBC show starring Steve Backshall so as well as the editor giving them news about the outside world, he/she is also updating them about the new things happening on CBBC. I think the Swan story was chosen because its a funny story and the videos of swans biting people's bums will make the kids laugh and keep them interested and also ends the Newsround on a good note. 

01/09/2014- Too Much Red Meat, Football Transfers, Andy Murray, Eruptions on Sun, Strictly Come Dancing Line-Up and Chitbatman

I think the editor chose Too Much Red Meat because kids like eating junk food such as burgers so news like this will keep them tuned because it relates to them. As many people are following the football and the tennis its good that they can keep informed about it on Newsround, proving that Newsround can also handle sports news and that they cover all types of news. I think the Eruption On Sun was chosen to help calm people down because kids get scared easily and in the article it mentions that the eruptions are not headed towards earth, this will help to put children's minds at ease. Strictly come dancing is a popular topic at the moment so audiences will want to hear about it and their favourite celebrities that will be featured in it. Chitbatman lightens the mood and helps show there is always good in the world, this once again ends Newsround on a good note.