BBC News Channel Presentation - 21/03/16 onwards

Just worth remembering it's mdta exploring ideas rather than the actual look - and would be great to see mdta doing a full on mock once again as they're usually brilliant.

I agree I'm not so sure, but going serif would be quite current considering what others are doing. However being quite current now also means it becomes quite dated quite quickly - but it would be nice to see them do something a little more creative with the brand. Definately think it's time for revolution rather than evolution.

There all very good ideas..

Also I’m not sure where to put this but the PBS underwriting announcement on Beyond 100 Days that occurs during the open globe animation sounds horrific. It’s monotone and horrible sounding - almost as if it was recorded over the phone.

It may have how the station who provides the underwriting announcement, KCET Los Angeles (a former PBS station) may have recorded the video. KCET is the syndicator of BBC World News bulletins and World News America

KCET provides the other BBC shows that air on PBS Stations and while Beyond 100 Days is a direct PBS show with their logo animated at the beginning of the show. KCET’s underwriting announcement is much more professional.

I understand that, and it's always great to see mocks being done. While the mock is done well, I'm just not sure it looks quite right for the BBC.

I think something that doesn't look "BBC" is probably exactly what the BBC needs now. It's certainly what they got in 1999.

Seeing the Serif font in use in those experiment images, from that video - I just thought I'd toy around with it for the logo and programme branding.

It is probably more likely to remain in Gill Sans, as a flagship brand. I'd be happy just with fresh on-screen presentation, even if the globe and rings motif remain essentially untouched. I would like something more vibrant and playful typographically, which BBC Reith seems to be designed for.

BBC Reith sounds like it will be around for several decades, based on how it was talked about in the video.

Here's the official guidelines...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gel/guidelines/typography

Those are the guidelines for on-line content - not broadcast AFAIK...

I looked on YouTube and saw something really surprising that would never happen in the US. The BBC posted on YouTubewhat amounts to a four minute unedited excerpt from Piers Morgan’s interview with President Trump. As a liberal I couldn’t bear to watch it. But it appears that it’s unedited based on the time from the GMB clock versus the time duration on YouTube. Would something like this air on BBC unedited?





Normally in the US big interviews like this would only contain excerpts and a usually a maximum time limit of about a minute or two. With big interviews certain excerpts that maybe newsworthy (and cause viewers to tune in) will be provided ahead of time with a large logo saying “exclusive”. I’m not sure how the networks distribute the preview clips ahead of time.

Also was this interview considered a production of ITV News/ITN, Good Morning Britain (as their EP looks to have produced it) or just the ITV network. I ask because I imagine if it was done by ITV News there may be stricter journalistic standards (not that any were broken as I can’t see the entire broadcast).

ITV Studios Daytime produced it, the overarching arm or ITV Studios that looks after GMB, Lorraine, This Morning & Loose Women.

Umm, Keep your friends close, but your enemies even closer