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Introduction of the 1987 BBC logo

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JA
james-2001
Admittedly that logo probably wouldn't be a problem now in today's world of much higher resolutions.
JA
james-2001
TVMan posted:
Can someone explain how this mess of a logo made it on air? *


Another very iffy example of an indie production using a very off BBC logo!
IN
Interceptor
Neil Jones posted:
Would probably take more time to make the sub masters and duplicate from it than anything else, after all the BBC got burnt when they released a Dr Who video that had issues, so they had to change the way those were done.

Any details?

I know there was some degree of loathing of the BBC amongst Whovians in the 90s (can't be bothered to make it any more but happy to charge £100s for video releases each year), I can't imagine this incident helped.
SP
Steve in Pudsey
I can understand that. In the days before content management systems the choice was modifying a couple of graphics files or editing hundreds of HTML pages
NJ
Neil Jones Founding member
Interceptor posted:
Neil Jones posted:
Would probably take more time to make the sub masters and duplicate from it than anything else, after all the BBC got burnt when they released a Dr Who video that had issues, so they had to change the way those were done.

Any details?


http://www.impossiblethings.net/restorationteam/duplicat.htm
TG
Tim Goodwin1
I remember seeing the old BBC logo on the front of New Broadcasting House in Manchester in December 1997
GE
thegeek Founding member
JAS84 posted:

This is how the logo looked on the next three versions of the website.
https://web.archive.org/web/19961221203254/http://www0.bbc.co.uk/
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This one's a bit of an unfair comparison*, as it's a transparent GIF that's obviously been made for a dark background.

* unless you're viewing this page in dark mode.

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