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the eye
http://www.redbeemedia.com/assets/player/m_chaudoir_world.html

The BBC World countdown has now replaced the BBC News 24 one on Red Bee, its a full minutes its 16:9 or 14:9 or whatever lol and theres no numbers! AND FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! its the version we are constantly seeing on screen!
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gregmc
Atleast N24 alternate ... shame about the sfx on the countdown.The swooshes ruin the music. I prefer it to n24s countdown music Laughing just slightly Laughing
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Matrix
gregmc posted:
Atleast N24 alternate ... shame about the sfx on the countdown.The swooshes ruin the music. I prefer it to n24s countdown music Laughing just slightly Laughing


I do have to argee. News 24 is much more powerful as a pres tool.

The BBC World Countdowns. I suppose having one that works is better than having a extra minute of ads/trailers... Bright Side?
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the eye
I only realised the other day that BBC News 24's countdown didn't have an swooshs, and I don't mind them actually, in on version of the BBC World countdown the swooshs sorta go with the music, and its not ruined.
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the eye
Oh yay a 34 second countdown, longest i've seen today. But It was the same old one again lol.

Personally I like this version of the countdown.. http://thetvroom.com/video-12/BE-05-BBC-WORLD-COUNTDOWN-05.rm dunno why, probably because the footage is actually different!!
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eoin
Interesting review by AA Gill of BBC World's news output:

The Sunday Times

He really doesn't hold back!
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on the box
And he is 100% correct in his anaylsis too!
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Bail Moderator
pickle104 posted:
Interesting review by AA Gill of BBC World's news output:

A very intresting read, although..
AA Gill - Times Online posted:
BBC World News makes Fox sound like the sermon on the mount. It’s not just that it’s formatted as a pastiche of mid-Atlantic, visually portentous kitsch, with the strutting Tourette’s of repeated station idents; and that it produces news with all the energy, purpose and fluency of a constipated whippet; or even that the nuggets of content are squidged in between the garish furniture of braindead graphics and pointless graffiti. What was most depressingly sad was the upbeat, vanilla content of its reporting and investigation, as if it was all made by a committee from some timid, people-pleasing global development agency.

a) Try saying that when your drunk b) Does he know that at times BBC World is run by only a handful of people?
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adamcobb55
Can't a gree and let me think... who owns the Sunday Times? oh yes! News Corp. Who owns Fox? that's it! News Corp
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BBC LDN
Bail posted:
Does he know that at times BBC World is run by only a handful of people?


That's completely irrelevant. The fact that it's understaffed shouldn't be used as an excuse to justify why the channel is as bad as it is. Even though there are obvious budgetary concerns, if the channel can't be run to an acceptable standard with a handful of people, then it's probably time to address that problem.
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harshy Founding member
Absolutely right BBC LDN, at the moment it's just not up to the standard of a channel watched by many millions around the world.
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itsrobert Founding member
Admittedly, BBC World is nowhere near as professional as it was in the period of 2000-2004. However, I think that article is a little too critical. The streaming idea really ruined the bulletins in October 2004, but I must admit that I've got used to it now. The only thing I would like back is the proper bulletin close rather than a website plug and quick handover to the weather. But I certainly don't think it's as bad as that article makes it out to be. Journalistically, the channel remains excellent.

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