Continued implementation of BBC Reith

Wouldn't that have been documented (for BBC programmes at least) at the time of production so that Playout knew not to squeeze it? Is that documentation not kept or not referred to for the iPlayer version? Of course its far more likely the entire operation is automated.

There's a blog post on the BBC Design + Engineering Medium page that talked about machine learning for end credit detection, which they started as part of 10% time.

https://medium.com/bbc-design-engineering/autonomy-innovation-using-10-time-e04dc7f184e9

Basically some stuff, they have end credit time available (don't know if someone works it out or if it's supplied with the programme when it is first broadcast), and if they don't have that they'll give the AI a try.

Not the first time ever, I'm pretty sure. I assumed it was a deliberate callback to when they used to end with a "songtage" because they had Patsy Kensit's character back from that era.

Have I Got News For You often comes back after the credits for a little extra bit. I've never seen that cause any problems.

This reminds of the "this lady is not for turning"

Here's what German typeface designer Erik Spiekermann (co-founder of Font Shop International) have wrote about the BBC Reith font family:

I like the new @BBC typeface, Reith (on the left). Just wished it didn’t look like a straightened-up version of FFTisa @FontShop pic.twitter.com/jCHykiCbZ2

— erik spiekermann (@espiekermann) November 15, 2019

For further comparison, here are the font families in question, designed by Mitja Miklavčič:
FF Tisa (serif)
FF Tisa Sans

apologies for the reply to an ancient post...


It certainly didn't used to be - when I worked in media management, one of the things I had to do was enter a timecode for the start of the end credits into the playout database. I didn't quite realise the importance of that metadata until I was home watching a programme I'd ingested, and thought that the announcer came in a bit abruptly after the programme. Turned out that the automation had gone by my timecode. I made sure to leave a bit more breathing space from then on.

it must be so hard to design a font that doesn't look similar to someone else's. those are very close.

Why are the ECPs *still* using Gill Sans? Surely that’s one of the easier things to update.

Yeah, the Subtitles tag is still Gill Sans as well.

Subtitles tag in Reith, eh?
BBC One Scotland aired the "Hoopers of Hulme" ident with the "Subtitles" tag in Reith 12 days ago

Yeah, that's Scotland. It's still Gill Sans on BBC One network, at least.

Sunshine on Reith?