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BBC News Channel lower-third fail

Posted on 27th August 2019
By The Clean Feed Team
Last updated on 3rd July 2023
Filed under Bloopers

We’re really not going out of our way to find fault with the new BBC News on-screen graphics but the number of times that we happen to stumble upon an issue really makes us wonder how often these glitches are happening.

Most of the on-air problems that we’ve witnessed to date have been similar – the lower-thirds freeze and have to be removed. They usually reappear after 10 minutes or so – presumably following a reboot.

Today’s incident was a little more interesting. It looked as though the ticker was experiencing an issue initially. The story headline/summary text was then removed, followed by the programme title.

The entire lower-third then animated off screen, before the story headline/summary text reappeared, minus its dark grey transparent background:

VIDEO: BBC News Channel: lower-third issue. TX DATE/TIME: 27th August 2019, 12.54pm. COPYRIGHT: BBC.

Lower-thirds were back to normal in time for the BBC News at One.

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PICTURED: BBC News Channel: lower-third issue. COPYRIGHT: BBC.

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