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Final day of the dancers, new thread coming tomorrow (May 2006)

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PC
Paul Clark
Inspector Sands posted:
Revolution posted:
Well, hopefully Red Bee Media can produce better idents compared to that smooshy ITV 1 Ones.


If it's them who get the commission of course Wink


I think I may have heard somewhere that Red Bee had actually been chosen, so....
GR
gregmc
Paul Clark posted:
Inspector Sands posted:
Revolution posted:
Well, hopefully Red Bee Media can produce better idents compared to that smooshy ITV 1 Ones.


If it's them who get the commission of course Wink


I think I may have heard somewhere that Red Bee had actually been chosen, so....


Yeh, Busy Bee got the contract.
AS
Asa Admin
gregmc posted:
Yeh, Busy Bee got the contract.


But Inspector Sands already knew that so, hmmm...is someone implying Red Bee have since 'lost' the contract?! Confused
PC
Paul Clark
Asa posted:
gregmc posted:
Yeh, Busy Bee got the contract.


But Inspector Sands already knew that so, hmmm...is someone implying Red Bee have since 'lost' the contract?! Confused


But supposing they have 'lost' the contract (for the sake of this question, not that they have), who else would be in line to take on the rebrand?
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seamus
SOmeone else in this forum came up with an idea with a red telephone booth put in random places with timelapse photography. Imagine a booth on giants causeway, picadilly circus, etc with people zooming around it. That would be cool
IS
Inspector Sands
Asa posted:
gregmc posted:
Yeh, Busy Bee got the contract.


But Inspector Sands already knew that so, hmmm...is someone implying Red Bee have since 'lost' the contract?! Confused


I didn't know that - or maybe I did, but forgot.

No conspiracy.... just cock up
IS
Inspector Sands
seamus21514 posted:
SOmeone else in this forum came up with an idea with a red telephone booth put in random places with timelapse photography. Imagine a booth on giants causeway, picadilly circus, etc with people zooming around it. That would be cool


Not exactly modern and forward thinking though is it
JE
Jenny Founding member
Moz posted:
Just shows really how little you know about it. For a start you've not noticed that the balloon WAS a globe, so it was only the advent of the dancers that ended many years of one of the most well known brands in television history.


It was a very watered-down version of the globe concept, though.
SP
Spencer
seamus21514 posted:
SOmeone else in this forum came up with an idea with a red telephone booth put in random places with timelapse photography. Imagine a booth on giants causeway, picadilly circus, etc with people zooming around it. That would be cool


That wouldn't go down well with viewers in Hull. Wink
CH
chris
Jenny posted:
Moz posted:
Just shows really how little you know about it. For a start you've not noticed that the balloon WAS a globe, so it was only the advent of the dancers that ended many years of one of the most well known brands in television history.


It was a very watered-down version of the globe concept, though.


To tell you the truth, I hated the globe, but when they brought out the balloon, it was much better! It wasn't as bland.
SP
Steve in Pudsey
Spencer For Hire posted:
seamus21514 posted:
SOmeone else in this forum came up with an idea with a red telephone booth put in random places with timelapse photography. Imagine a booth on giants causeway, picadilly circus, etc with people zooming around it. That would be cool


That wouldn't go down well with viewers in Hull. Wink


Build a continuity booth at Queen's Gardens and let Levy opt out of every junction with a local anno with a white phone box on the symbols Wink
MA
mattlock
Work of Artifice posted:
I've never understood why so many forum-ers are so negative about the dancers. I really quite like them.

In fact, growing up, I always hated the globe (in any of its incarnations). It's a UK channel, and a "general purpose entertainment" channel.

A picture of the entire planet is the kind of logo that would suggest that one or more of the follwing things might be true of the channel - it's available internationally, it's a rolling new channel or it's a National Geographic type niche channel.

In other words, a globe as a logo said nothing about the channel. I'm not saying that the hot air balloon or dancers are brilliant, but they're an improvement on the globe IMHO - not least of all because they have a accompanying jingle. The fact that BBC1 still had CAs talking over complete silence as late as 1996/97 is astounding. It was SO old-fashioned.


Unbelievable. Quite literally, unbelievable. I think it's time I emigrated.

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