The Newsroom

BBC News Rebrand - This Monday

New look BBC News output from Monday (January 2008)

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Manxy
Jugalug posted:
josh205 posted:
I noticed when Sian mentioned the BBC News website, the image with the globe, which gives us a sneak peak of the new look, wasn't there. It was just red.

How strange.

Well it looks like this:
http://www.rp-network.com/tvforum/uploads/bbc_news_web_graphic.jpg
It's odd as it isn't on the main graphic, but the animating webpages behind it have the new graphic on them.
JO
Joe
Look again. That's how it is normally, just with a smaller window.
BB
BBC LDN
It's not so much that the right-side header image isn't there - it's that the image has been cropped to include only the left three columns.

You'll notice that the 'other top stories'/'also in the news' column isn't featured - this is presumably to ensure that the text (or at least the larger headlines) on the screenshot of the website is vaguely legible; the text on the right-most column is far too small to be legible on most TVs at that sort of size, and all of the pictures in that column are also very small, and so would add nothing to the screenshot, other than a blur of tiny text and indistinguishable images.

If you look at the actual BBC News website, you'll see that the fade to the right ends above the third column, which is where they've cropped it for the main screenshot image.
SO
southwales
BBC News 24 - the 24 bit will be dropped !
MD
mdtauk
southwales posted:
BBC News 24 - the 24 bit will be dropped !

Has this finally been confirmed, if so, About Bloody Time!
CI
cityprod
martinDTanderson posted:
southwales posted:
BBC News 24 - the 24 bit will be dropped !

Has this finally been confirmed, if so, About Bloody Time!


Sorry, nothing I can find online about it, except for a story from almost two years ago,and we've had a rebrand since then.
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Brekkie
They'd be mad to drop the 24 - surely most people refer to it as "News 24" rather than "BBC News" - and I think it's important that the news channel is shown to be just part of BBC News, rather than BBC News itself.


Also makes it much clearer to viewers when they say things like "Coming up on News 24..." - if they're saying "Coming up on BBC News" it's not clear if it's on the news channel or on later bulletins - so in the end they'll probably find themselves referring to it as the "BBC News Channel", which would be hideous!
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bilky asko
Brekkie posted:
so in the end they'll probably find themselves referring to it as the "BBC Newd Channel", which would be hideous!


I don't want to see Peter Sissons on this new BBC Newd Channel.
BE
benjy
Brekkie posted:
"BBC Newd Channel", which would be hideous!


You're right, that would be hideous. Wink

But yes, I completely agree. People would keep on referring to it as News 24 for many years to come. News 24 is a great, strong brand to have.

Oh and also...

southwales posted:
Sophie Raworth to leave BBC News


Posted a few months ago...anyone heard anything more about that?
BR
Brekkie
Damn quotes - never let you deny your mistakes.
PE
peterrocket Founding member
martinDTanderson posted:
southwales posted:
BBC News 24 - the 24 bit will be dropped !

Has this finally been confirmed, if so, About Bloody Time!


Yes.
MD
mdtauk
Where have these announcements been made...

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