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(May 2011)

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LL
London Lite Founding member


Which was parodied by SNL this weekend.
RK
Rkolsen
Here's a gallery of the new graphics from Newscast Studio:

http://www.newscaststudio.com/graphics/msnbc4/
CY
cyberdude
Here's a gallery of the new graphics from Newscast Studio:

http://www.newscaststudio.com/graphics/msnbc4/

Why can't any other channels (BBC in particular) do such great design in house?
MW
Mike W
Here's a gallery of the new graphics from Newscast Studio:

http://www.newscaststudio.com/graphics/msnbc4/

Why can't any other channels (BBC in particular) do such great design in house?

It's a matter of cost. However I disagree with your statements that this is good design, it's clutter and reminds me of the BBC News 24 astons from 2003 (with a far more 'cute' typeface)
http://www.newscaststudio.com/wp-content/gallery/msnbc-1/NCS_MSNBC-2017_0006.JPG
http://www.eyeofhorus.org.uk/images/photo/04baker/publicity/bt-text-voice/tom-baker-bbcnews24-group.jpg
Everything is far too big, and the main topic/strap is squashing text to fit rather than subtly reducing the font size.

I've also always hated the NBC News logotype, I know it's a personal preference but the typeface is awful, and trapped in the past - to the point I first read it as NBC NEVVS, as it's just shapes flying around their title sequences.
CH
Charles
I don't know if it really matters that much whether it's in-house or not. What matters is how much direction is given from the client. If the client wants something bad or cheap, well, that's what you're going to get.

I would also agree that I don't think NBC News' more recent designs have been that great. They're still better than most of what's on ABC or, oh God, CBS, but NBC News properties don't look as sharp as they did five years ago or so. NBC Artworks used to come out with some really great designs, with this look for NBC owned local stations as one of my favorites:

RK
Rkolsen
Here's a video courtesy of NewsCast Studio showing the open:

8 days later

JK
JK08
New graphics for NBC Special Reports
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MO
Mouseboy33
New Opens just premiered
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VM
VMPhil
Wow, they've been using that old one for years haven't they?
SE
seamus
Wow, they've been using that old one for years haven't they?


Yeah, the old design had been in use since the switch to HD in March 2007.
RK
Rkolsen
Here's a video of the new NBC News special report opening.

NYTV, Mouseboy33 and VMPhil gave kudos
TI
tightrope78
Is it the last bit of the original version of 'The Mission' that's still in use?

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