Mali hostage crisis coverage

BBC News and World on simulcast now in Studio E with Annita McVeigh

David Eades has joined in Studio E

I find it interesting that their online stream in their app does not have the pushback and the chyrons are white and not red.


Web Stream / App:



BBC World:



Also the World feed had the pushback sidebar when the Web Stream didn't.

Stephen Sakur is with Annita McVeigh in Studio E now.

The last TOTH on World News played out with the ticker over the titles, and no BBC World News box appeared during the newsroom pan.

When did these graphic start go coming into use? Last Friday or this week?

Wow something marginally different than the normal graphics. The current BBC graphics IMO are so far past is expiry date....

In what way? Yeah, they're not perfect, but they look fine and do the job. They're animated, but not overly so, and they're consistent in the way they're used, so apart from coming up with a completely different style (which isn't going to happen, and doesn't need to anyway), I don't know how you'd go about making them better.

As I said IMO (in my opinion). I didnt say they arent functional. But IMO I think there are fresher animations and nicer fonts available than whats used. I now find these stale and boring. Some of the graphics being used by other pubcasters across Europe are IMO feel fresher and modern without being over the top and flashy (NRK comes to mind). These were clean, modern and different when they launched, so many channels around the world have copied the red and white globe and similar astons, its no longer unique. Not saying the signature BBC red colour needs to change, but strictly from a presentation point of view they are boring to me now.

BBC doesn't have any money to spend at the moment on flashy idiot-pleasing irrelevancies.

Now, now... No need for name calling.