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Well, the breakfiller is not that bad, particularly because when they make a promo for some special programme or event they always look so bad that they make me wanna switch off the tv and they always put that awful red ident at the end... At least with the breakfiller you have nice music and always something that could be interesting on the screen (time zones, weather, markets...)
Well technically the current breakfiller is the best, my personal fav is the 2000 breakfiller, although it used to look awful when it went wrong!
My point being - is there any real NEED for a breakfiller? The text things
are different, admittely, but easily could be done in a 15 second full screen graphic, like a promo...leaving time for regions to opt in and out whenever they like, as they do now on a 15 second basis?
Breakfiller work two fold. One they further promote the channel and up and coming programmes and secondly allow for regions not taking adverts not to simply fall off the air for 2 minutes. It's worth remembering that wherever possible BBC World will sell slots but when this cannot happen a breakfiller, hence the name, will be used.
Personally, I quite like the various versions although I have to side with Hardshy, generally the whole 00-02 package was fantastic!
Yeah, can agree with that - just find the whole breakfiller a little 'stale' if you know what I mean and would find promos more interesting - even they would give regions the opportunity to opt in and out when they have ads.
But hey, it'll never happen...
Obvisously it's a little stale, as one person so excellently put it, like's like Ceefax for the world...Makes me chuckle. It is a bit drap, but it's worth noting that this is improved, initally it was a text based service, much like the 24 countdown of a by-gone era. And the introduction of video was designed to make it more engaging, but I also suppose it's worth noting the difference in costs between producing several promos and simply editing clips for a breakfiller. I actaully quite like the fact that it can break from serious, silent talking (in the news) to a beat-y, text screen, kinda breaks up the format well and particually when run for a good few minutes and given the opportunity to plug headlines/shows.
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The only real problem I have with BBC World is that bloody breakfiller. It's ALWAYS on! Now CNN do not have this problem.
Surely in its place BBC World could show promos like they used to? Can't say I've seen a promo for programmes on BBC World for AGES! They're cheap to make and can be ran all the time! After all, they are in the bloody breakfiller as it is!
Surely in its place BBC World could show promos like they used to? Can't say I've seen a promo for programmes on BBC World for AGES! They're cheap to make and can be ran all the time! After all, they are in the bloody breakfiller as it is!
Well, the breakfiller is not that bad, particularly because when they make a promo for some special programme or event they always look so bad that they make me wanna switch off the tv and they always put that awful red ident at the end... At least with the breakfiller you have nice music and always something that could be interesting on the screen (time zones, weather, markets...)
Well technically the current breakfiller is the best, my personal fav is the 2000 breakfiller, although it used to look awful when it went wrong!
My point being - is there any real NEED for a breakfiller? The text things
are different, admittely, but easily could be done in a 15 second full screen graphic, like a promo...leaving time for regions to opt in and out whenever they like, as they do now on a 15 second basis?
Breakfiller work two fold. One they further promote the channel and up and coming programmes and secondly allow for regions not taking adverts not to simply fall off the air for 2 minutes. It's worth remembering that wherever possible BBC World will sell slots but when this cannot happen a breakfiller, hence the name, will be used.
Personally, I quite like the various versions although I have to side with Hardshy, generally the whole 00-02 package was fantastic!
Yeah, can agree with that - just find the whole breakfiller a little 'stale' if you know what I mean and would find promos more interesting - even they would give regions the opportunity to opt in and out when they have ads.
But hey, it'll never happen...
Obvisously it's a little stale, as one person so excellently put it, like's like Ceefax for the world...Makes me chuckle. It is a bit drap, but it's worth noting that this is improved, initally it was a text based service, much like the 24 countdown of a by-gone era. And the introduction of video was designed to make it more engaging, but I also suppose it's worth noting the difference in costs between producing several promos and simply editing clips for a breakfiller. I actaully quite like the fact that it can break from serious, silent talking (in the news) to a beat-y, text screen, kinda breaks up the format well and particually when run for a good few minutes and given the opportunity to plug headlines/shows.
I'm sure they are in discussions with Discovery (the distributor of BBC World in the US), but you should definetly call your provider and request the channel. They really are clueless as to how many people want this channel in the US, if not, we would have received it ten years ago along with the rest of the world!