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That question always baffled me, as ITV News use the exact same astons on the National News bulletins and the Regions. If they can do it - shouldn't be that difficult for the BBC to implement.
I also notice that the BBC regions graphics just fade on and off screen, whereas the News channel/National astons 'wipe on and off' as it were.
Also, since Breakfast revamped (and during the Breakfast regional bullys) I've noticed the regions seem to have different clocks on screens in different positions all over the place, some have a black clock, red clock, orange clock, some have BBC LOOK EAST, BBC POINTS WEST on screen, some don't. Doesn't seem very uniform for a 'look' that was supposed to be the same across the board. It can't be that difficult to get all the regions graphics to look the same.
Why are there two different versions of essentially the same super on the same system? I always assumed that the Regions and Nations had graphics that were slightly different (principally in the kerning, leading and size of the text) because they were using different (more limited? inferior?) equipment to the Television Centre studios - but this suggests that there are actually two distinct designs, and I'm a little unclear as to why.
Why shouldn't BBC London or any other region have the same-size typeface and identical character and line spacing as the National, NC and World News? I thought the point of the 2008 revamp was to introduce maximum commonality to BBC News output wherever practical, and to only offer distinctiveness through local branding.
The two different main super designs seems like a bit of an arbitrary distinction - the kind of thing that most people won't notice, but which somebody at some point must have had a reason to put into effect. I'm just completely at a loss to understand what that reason is at the moment.
Why shouldn't BBC London or any other region have the same-size typeface and identical character and line spacing as the National, NC and World News? I thought the point of the 2008 revamp was to introduce maximum commonality to BBC News output wherever practical, and to only offer distinctiveness through local branding.
The two different main super designs seems like a bit of an arbitrary distinction - the kind of thing that most people won't notice, but which somebody at some point must have had a reason to put into effect. I'm just completely at a loss to understand what that reason is at the moment.
That question always baffled me, as ITV News use the exact same astons on the National News bulletins and the Regions. If they can do it - shouldn't be that difficult for the BBC to implement.
I also notice that the BBC regions graphics just fade on and off screen, whereas the News channel/National astons 'wipe on and off' as it were.
Also, since Breakfast revamped (and during the Breakfast regional bullys) I've noticed the regions seem to have different clocks on screens in different positions all over the place, some have a black clock, red clock, orange clock, some have BBC LOOK EAST, BBC POINTS WEST on screen, some don't. Doesn't seem very uniform for a 'look' that was supposed to be the same across the board. It can't be that difficult to get all the regions graphics to look the same.
