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I think you're seriously overestimating the scale of the changes. All of the animation is identical, and I think it's fair to say that there have been no hardware changes, so I suspect it's very much wishful thinking to expect anything to change on the National, given that all that's really changed are a couple of font weights and some colours.
I think comparing these relatively minor updates with the complete and total radical overhaul of The Guardian is a nonsense, though I appreciate that you're feeling in the dark a bit given that you've not seen the changes.
The specific changes are:
Change of headline bar font to a thinner weight
Colour of ticker background changed to white with black text
Ticker mast now black with white text for all titles
Removal of BBC SPORT ticker mast
Larger BBC logo on Tower; no repositioning of complete stacked logo, hence the slightly disproportionate appearance
And I think that's pretty much it.
The Guardian was completely changed - from the font and layout right down to the size of the paper itself. The only thing that remained in tact was the journalism itself. The Guardian's overhaul could be likened to the new look for N24 in December 2003. Today's updates are nowhere near that level of change, despite being immediately noticeable.
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And I agree - the panda banter (or lack of it...!) was very amusing. Complete silence apart from occasional "awww" noises from Simon, which continued until Carrie said "Simon is particularly articulate on pandas today." More silence ensued, before Simon reeled off some bulletpoints, to which Carrie countered "this is such useful information that you're giving to us". A few more seconds of near silence as Simon tittered offscreen, before Carrie chimed in with "...and that's why we're RTS News Channel Of The Year", which was met with much giggling from Simon, and from off camera as well. The laughter continued for another 30 seconds, fuelled by almost inaudible comments from off camera, by which point Simon couldn't control himself enough to hand off to the weather. The last we saw was both Carrie and Simon giggling, along with more laughter from around the set, before we were rudely transferred to the weather.
All good fun.
Moz posted:
Please can we have some captures?
EDIT: Well while we wait for the captures, and based on the information so far, I'll say this: The Guardian recently had a bit of a make-over, and one big change was the new font. It's a lot finer than their previous 'blocky' font, and initially I thought it lacked impact. Now however, I've grown to love it. It really does stand out as it's clear and neat. Less is more, as they say. Perhaps the reason people aren't liking the new News 24 font is because they're 'used to' the old one, and it looks strange. Same goes for the larger BBC (I've always thought they should make that bigger as it used to be hardly visible).
I presume these new graphics will be introduced across all BBC One news as well now so it all fits together?
EDIT: Well while we wait for the captures, and based on the information so far, I'll say this: The Guardian recently had a bit of a make-over, and one big change was the new font. It's a lot finer than their previous 'blocky' font, and initially I thought it lacked impact. Now however, I've grown to love it. It really does stand out as it's clear and neat. Less is more, as they say. Perhaps the reason people aren't liking the new News 24 font is because they're 'used to' the old one, and it looks strange. Same goes for the larger BBC (I've always thought they should make that bigger as it used to be hardly visible).
I presume these new graphics will be introduced across all BBC One news as well now so it all fits together?
I think you're seriously overestimating the scale of the changes. All of the animation is identical, and I think it's fair to say that there have been no hardware changes, so I suspect it's very much wishful thinking to expect anything to change on the National, given that all that's really changed are a couple of font weights and some colours.
I think comparing these relatively minor updates with the complete and total radical overhaul of The Guardian is a nonsense, though I appreciate that you're feeling in the dark a bit given that you've not seen the changes.
The specific changes are:
Change of headline bar font to a thinner weight
Colour of ticker background changed to white with black text
Ticker mast now black with white text for all titles
Removal of BBC SPORT ticker mast
Larger BBC logo on Tower; no repositioning of complete stacked logo, hence the slightly disproportionate appearance
And I think that's pretty much it.
The Guardian was completely changed - from the font and layout right down to the size of the paper itself. The only thing that remained in tact was the journalism itself. The Guardian's overhaul could be likened to the new look for N24 in December 2003. Today's updates are nowhere near that level of change, despite being immediately noticeable.
..........
And I agree - the panda banter (or lack of it...!) was very amusing. Complete silence apart from occasional "awww" noises from Simon, which continued until Carrie said "Simon is particularly articulate on pandas today." More silence ensued, before Simon reeled off some bulletpoints, to which Carrie countered "this is such useful information that you're giving to us". A few more seconds of near silence as Simon tittered offscreen, before Carrie chimed in with "...and that's why we're RTS News Channel Of The Year", which was met with much giggling from Simon, and from off camera as well. The laughter continued for another 30 seconds, fuelled by almost inaudible comments from off camera, by which point Simon couldn't control himself enough to hand off to the weather. The last we saw was both Carrie and Simon giggling, along with more laughter from around the set, before we were rudely transferred to the weather.
All good fun.
