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BBC News Rebrand - This Monday

New look BBC News output from Monday (January 2008)

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AC
aconnell
I doubt that World News America will change. Good to see that World News Today hasn't changed that much. Will the rest of the files (beds, stings) be put on the forum by someone who works at BBC or who has the new packages? I'd love to hear the rest of them come Monday.
PE
Pete Founding member
peterrocket posted:
It's the 2 minute English regions closer / extended theme.


why do they need a two minute close? and why is it so fantastically over the top?
DA
Davidjb Founding member
Phen posted:
I wonder why they chose to go back to a 90 second countdown, presumably for the BBC News channel? I thought they considered long countdowns a waste of air-time?


Well we don't know for sure yet that they have! Maybe a 90 second version has been created but it might not be used. On the other hand with most of the News 24 & National News bulletins now coming from the same studio & gallery it might be an idea to run longer countdowns into National News bulletins to allow extra prep time in the gallery etc?
AC
aconnell
It might just be a mix of headline bed and closer to make an end credit bed. The Five News and News at Ten music have the same sort of thing.
PE
Pete Founding member
I notice those countdowns use some of the original 1999 music near the start
EO
eoin
spotlightsouthwest posted:
peterrocket posted:
The music has changed quite a bit over the past few weeks - Infact the titles delivered on digibeta have had to be re-dubbed due to a change in the music for several regions

Just look at the English Regions sequence and you'll notice it's tune has changed from the BBC London version that's been published.

It is interesting to see Reporting Scotland and Wales today have inherited their old theme from the 1999 titles, where as Newsline appear to have inherited a version of the national titles.


Perhaps one of them is Newyddion? (535-538)

Well Scotland, Wales and English regions are easily identifiable. 536 doesn't seem to take cues from either the current Newsline or Newyddion music so it could be either. But I'd imagine it's Newsline.
EO
eoin
Hymagumba posted:
I notice those countdowns use some of the original 1999 music near the start

Yup and whilst it adds amazingness to the N24 one it kinda adds to the general confusion that is the World one.

I think the new N24 and World countdowns are Lowe's best and worst work, respectively.
PH
Phen
Well if that 90-second version is the new countdown for the news channel, at least we know that the frames will almost certainly be numbered in the new/altered visuals because there's an extra second at the end.
MW
Mike W
Ahem, BBC Regions Open http://www.davidlowemusic.com/cgi-bin/adminfiles.cgi?fa=play&fileid=535&gname=productfiles
EO
eoin

Ahem, two pages back.
PE
Pete Founding member
aconnell posted:
It might just be a mix of headline bed and closer to make an end credit bed. The Five News and News at Ten music have the same sort of thing.


good point. with N24 in the same studio i'd presume the regions will have to do their own closes in the style of the nations.
M
M@ Founding member
Lowe has in the past released special members only remixes. The countdowns we've discovered feature so many elements of the past countdowns that it's my guess that these too are special remixes and not the new music.

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