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BE
benjy
They seem to be having a few problems with the live/location bug - there is no LIVE text (just an empty red box), and it was on-screen all through a report just then! Also, now the location text is all in capitals...
HA
harshy Founding member
Yep I was watching Zeinab Badawi at 9.00 GMT on World, she kept on talking on top of the thunderclaps, and no visuals with astons either, I think the gaps between the thunderclaps are too short.

Looks like WBR has different version of the main BBC News graphic, where Business Today has no veriation at all!!!!
ME
me
benjy posted:
They seem to be having a few problems with the live/location bug - there is no LIVE text (just an empty red box), and it was on-screen all through a report just then! Also, now the location text is all in capitals...

They seem to be using the it without the live text when it is an as-live pre-record, which looks rather silly to me.

The location text seems to jump randomly from all-caps to just capitalised too!
IT
itsrobert Founding member
harshy posted:
Yep I was watching Zeinab Badawi at 9.00 GMT on World, she kept on talking on top of the thunderclaps, and no visuals with astons either, I think the gaps between the thunderclaps are too short.

Looks like WBR has different version of the main BBC News graphic, where Business Today has no veriation at all!!!!


The bongs on the World vamps are 5 seconds apart, just like all vamps have been since 2000 - so it shouldn't be a problem for the presenters. Zeinab always crashes the headlines though!
HA
harshy Founding member
I guess it was because of Zeinab presenting that the thunderclaps felt too short! Smile
MD
mdtauk
Is there any captures of the BBC World Channel Idents, not the BBC World News titles.

Could someone run me off some images, as I am preparing graphics for The TV Room's coverage of BBC World.
HA
harshy Founding member
I would help but sadly no capture card, sorry.
MO
Moz
Why don't they ever use the Breaking News sting?

I must have seen about 10 Breaking News's since relaunch and only one has had the sting?

They should use it for every BN!
ME
me
Moz posted:
Why don't they ever use the Breaking News sting?
I must have seen about 10 Breaking News's since relaunch and only one has had the sting?
They should use it for every BN!

Er, I've seen it about 5 times whilst watching on and off already. It should only be reserved for really quite important news imo.
SR
Sir Richard Rotcod
Interesting blend of countdown pictures and Dateline London trailer sound at 0100
IN
intheknow
Moz posted:
Why don't they ever use the Breaking News sting?

I must have seen about 10 Breaking News's since relaunch and only one has had the sting?

They should use it for every BN!


The policy regarding the Breaking News sting seems to be that it is only used when a story is first reported and the strap with the info comes up, and it is only used if the presenters are in-vision when the strap comes up. Otherwise, if the breaking news strap comes up during a report or other segment, no sting. I can see why, you'd have people complaining that reports and other features are being ruined by globes and orange/red graphics flying over the screen.
FO
Foxpresident
Sorry... but well was not sure where to put this...

but did anyone know that BBC has now launched a 'behind the BBC NEWS - online site' at BBC.co.uk

i've just found the link from news 24's site.

BBC NEWS : About BBC News

www.bbc.co.uk/aboutbbcnews

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