TM
They won't change the skyline, it's what global viewers apparantly want.
Weird. I would think a newsroom backdrop works best for an international audience, because its more geologically and geopolitically neutral.
Back at Television Centre, World News made almost no mention of them coming from London.
That actually looks quite nice, it'd be great if BBC World News could use it, the skyline backdrop is feeling tired.
They won't change the skyline, it's what global viewers apparantly want.
Weird. I would think a newsroom backdrop works best for an international audience, because its more geologically and geopolitically neutral.
Back at Television Centre, World News made almost no mention of them coming from London.
JD
JDN
That actually looks quite nice, it'd be great if BBC World News could use it, the skyline backdrop is feeling tired.
They won't change the skyline, it's what global viewers apparantly want.
Weird. I would think a newsroom backdrop works best for an international audience, because its more geologically and geopolitically neutral.
Back at Television Centre, World News made almost no mention of them coming from London.
I like the skyline backdrop, but would like the newsroom balcony view if it was live and unedited.
NY
They won't change the skyline, it's what global viewers apparantly want.
As per the viewers that participated in BBC Global Minds, that is.
That actually looks quite nice, it'd be great if BBC World News could use it, the skyline backdrop is feeling tired.
They won't change the skyline, it's what global viewers apparantly want.
As per the viewers that participated in BBC Global Minds, that is.
IT
They won't change the skyline, it's what global viewers apparantly want.
Weird. I would think a newsroom backdrop works best for an international audience, because its more geologically and geopolitically neutral.
Back at Television Centre, World News made almost no mention of them coming from London.
They did occasionally refer to London. Usually at the end of bulletins "that's all from the BBC World newsroom in London for the moment".
itsrobert
Founding member
That actually looks quite nice, it'd be great if BBC World News could use it, the skyline backdrop is feeling tired.
They won't change the skyline, it's what global viewers apparantly want.
Weird. I would think a newsroom backdrop works best for an international audience, because its more geologically and geopolitically neutral.
Back at Television Centre, World News made almost no mention of them coming from London.
They did occasionally refer to London. Usually at the end of bulletins "that's all from the BBC World newsroom in London for the moment".
JD
JDN
CNNI uses a Atlanta skyline as their generic show's backdrop, BBC uses a London skyline, and AJE used to use Doha. I suppose it's that or a digital background full of empty chairs.
There doesn't seem to be any imagination anymore. Sets seem to have to consist of a recorded view or a digital newsroom these days.
There doesn't seem to be any imagination anymore. Sets seem to have to consist of a recorded view or a digital newsroom these days.
RK
I can't stand the digital newsroom backdrops. NBC adopted them for Nightly News and MSNBC's Miami bureau - they are a long loop (30 minutes) of the real newsroom from Los Angeles that's been edited to show the correct location branding. The Miami bureau a corner LED tile wall that I kind of assume was designed to look like the screened porches that are prevalent in Florida (to protect mosquitos and other bugs from coming in). Before the Miami bureau used a loop taken from the ground showing the waterfront and condo towers in the back and it looked good, However it was soon replaced with the Los Angeles newsroom where the header now says "NBC News Miami" and some branding that was edited in on the computer screens. End of my rant.
I kind of like it when the background may show different landmarks from different cities all meshed together. That however is rarely successful.
CNNI uses a Atlanta skyline as their generic show's backdrop, BBC uses a London skyline, and AJE used to use Doha. I suppose it's that or a digital background full of empty chairs.
There doesn't seem to be any imagination anymore. Sets seem to have to consist of a recorded view or a digital newsroom these days.
There doesn't seem to be any imagination anymore. Sets seem to have to consist of a recorded view or a digital newsroom these days.
I can't stand the digital newsroom backdrops. NBC adopted them for Nightly News and MSNBC's Miami bureau - they are a long loop (30 minutes) of the real newsroom from Los Angeles that's been edited to show the correct location branding. The Miami bureau a corner LED tile wall that I kind of assume was designed to look like the screened porches that are prevalent in Florida (to protect mosquitos and other bugs from coming in). Before the Miami bureau used a loop taken from the ground showing the waterfront and condo towers in the back and it looked good, However it was soon replaced with the Los Angeles newsroom where the header now says "NBC News Miami" and some branding that was edited in on the computer screens. End of my rant.
I kind of like it when the background may show different landmarks from different cities all meshed together. That however is rarely successful.
DT
There aren't really many choices for backdrop though. There's Skyline, Newsroom or Branding. The BBC currently utilises all 3 for various programmes and has used both branding or newsroom since at least the early 1970s - though they did go through, what Charlie Brooker described as, an 'optical illussion' period in the 1980s.
CNNI uses a Atlanta skyline as their generic show's backdrop, BBC uses a London skyline, and AJE used to use Doha. I suppose it's that or a digital background full of empty chairs.
There doesn't seem to be any imagination anymore. Sets seem to have to consist of a recorded view or a digital newsroom these days.
There doesn't seem to be any imagination anymore. Sets seem to have to consist of a recorded view or a digital newsroom these days.
There aren't really many choices for backdrop though. There's Skyline, Newsroom or Branding. The BBC currently utilises all 3 for various programmes and has used both branding or newsroom since at least the early 1970s - though they did go through, what Charlie Brooker described as, an 'optical illussion' period in the 1980s.
IR
It's not much better on BBC One. In the first half of the programme the captions were haywire (no logo in the titles, before eventually popping up randomly during a report; captions failing to appear or appearing at the wrong time and then sticking). Now they appear to have given up entirely - no graphics (astons or Live bugs) whatsoever...
There is no graphics including the ticker coming up at all on the NC while showing the NAT. The transparent logo didn't appear with the intro either.
There were on as normal during OS with Ros Atkins.
There were on as normal during OS with Ros Atkins.
It's not much better on BBC One. In the first half of the programme the captions were haywire (no logo in the titles, before eventually popping up randomly during a report; captions failing to appear or appearing at the wrong time and then sticking). Now they appear to have given up entirely - no graphics (astons or Live bugs) whatsoever...