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BBC News Channel: Presentation

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Newsroom
Looks like someone has missed something at bbc.co.uk!




BBC News (24) Listings
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welshkid
Moz posted:
Anyone else getting this on BBC News website...?

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(i.e. top aligned and dark blue!)


Yep, also getting this
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Worzel
Already a complaint on air about cutting away to Prince William and Harry, great start!
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ZiggyShadowDust
Worzel posted:
Remember people... it's the first day - they'll probably tweak things as the did last year with the graphics, give them time to bed in.


What could they do. Move the ticker to the left hand side? I ask what is wrong with a simple clock, with a DOG in the top left corner?
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Ant
Is anyone else having problems with the Sky EPG on BBC News? My one still seems to be stuck on 'Breakfast'.
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benjy
The new full-screen graphics are nice. The studio looks better than I expected, and the joins in the screen have been improved massively, but it's going to take some getting used to. I agree with David Cameron!

The straps remind me hugely of a set of mocks I made, probably around 2003. Unfortunately I think I deleted them a while ago because I thought they were boring and old-fashioned...

I do like the way the Breaking News straps work, but otherwise, utterly uninspired. The layout and colours are fine (although there's too much grey), but they need to animate more like BBC Arabic's, and have a bit more substance to them. Bland is the best word I can use to describe them.

I feel like we've gone back in time with the Gill Sans. It really does look dated - it may have intrinsic links to the BBC, but that certainly is not reason enough to use it for a news channel. It looks particularly awful on full-screen graphics when they seem to be keen on using a very heavy weight.

Current verdict....it looks nice, but some things have gone backwards instead of forwards!
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Newsroom
That was odd...

No countdown and Carrie time checked us telling us it was just after 9.30.

??

Edit - My iplayer has been on a loop! Smile
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benjy
Oh and the old TOTH bed used to feel much more fast-paced. I don't know why they changed that.

I do like the resolve of the countdown, though.
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calum141
Like the minor tweaks in the sound and love the new graphics however I dislike the set. It's boring and the backdrop is dull too. I'd prefer clouds or the skyline of London. I am from the North, not London, btw. Just nice to see something else instead of a blurry fake newsroom.
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chris
Well I was wondering how long it would take them to make the thunderclaps sound messy by not restarting the vamp in time with the music. Turns out it was the second TOTH...
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Jonny
Newsroom posted:
That was odd...

No countdown and Carrie time checked us telling us it was just after 9.30.

??

Don't know what you were watching Laughing
20" worth of countdown and usual TOTH headlines at 10am.
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welshkid
Newsroom posted:
That was odd...

No countdown and Carrie time checked us telling us it was just after 9.30.

??

Edit - My iplayer has been on a loop! Smile


whoopsy Laughing

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