BBC News Channel: Presentation

News 24 is in N9 in order to broadcast the opening ceremony of the World Cup whilst the 1 o'clock news is on.

So the England flags are back on the News Channel countdown, but not as prominent as they were in 2006, in fact there were a few shots that looked generic World Cup, a nice idea for BBC World News if they ever thought of it.

I;m glad theres a 2010 one - this one is still the best! (Probably because that music was always my favourite - the 2006/2007 mix).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV-qrvQiJv0

I apologise if this has already been mentioned (I don't follow this thread) but tonight's 8pm TOTH sequence music actually finished at 00:00 without a 3-second extra sting as before (which I hated, because that meant that the high-pitched beeps came in at 13 seconds, not 10 as they should). It finished at 00:00 with a very quick logo wipe. Much better.

Do you mean the change that happened about a month ago, but then the higher-octave pips start at 9, not 13?

I saw the TOTH at 10 but that was as normal.

It would have been better if they had have used more shots of the stadia in South Africa, instead of endless, repetitive shots of England flags. Very predictable; a variation of shots of South African fans, the country and the different stadia would be much better.

It's being doing that since the beginning of May when the updated countdown sequence and music launched. Much better, as you say.

Looks like they've updated the World Cup countdown since it first aired last week with more images of flags and Ben Brown in South Africa. From 14s to the end of the countdown there is pretty much only England flags and fans. Nice touch by the BBC.

Presumably less so if you're watching in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.

Magoo = Genius.

ROTFLMAO. (And I'm Scottish!)

Yeah just when I thought it couldnt get any worse.....it did! Surely it would have been more appropriate to emphasise South Africa and the tournament (i.e indicating that they are covering it) rather than just England

I remember having similar thoughts in 2006

The News Channel followed the "face the audience" debate with contributions from three politicians at Westminster, playing musical chairs with two CSO positions. It's a shame they didn't have the facility to have all three in the same place rather, it looked a bit disjointed really.