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ITV Weather Cock-up

(October 2004)

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Inspector Sands
ohwhatanight posted:
Surely this generic breakdown graphic would look so much better than what was currently used?

http://members.lycos.co.uk/ohwhatanight/itvweathergraphic02.JPG

It would appear in a similar fashion to the annoying things like this at the end of programmes on a Saturday night on ITV1!


Surely the point is that if they've got technical problems they're far more likely to be able to broadcast a simple white typed caption than a flashy multi-coloured animated one
OH
ohwhatanight Founding member
Inspector Sands posted:

Surely the point is that if they've got technical problems they're far more likely to be able to broadcast a simple white typed caption than a flashy multi-coloured animated one


Really?

Surely a graphic is just a graphic generated by a simple bit of machinery, regardless, of how polished the graphic may look?
And there must be the same number of button presses to get the boring, squashed, white text on screen as there is for the coloured blue graphics? Surely?

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