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RTÉ One ident pointer graphics

Posted on 28th November 2020
By The Clean Feed Team
Last updated on 3rd July 2023
Filed under Opinion

Whilst monitoring RTÉ’s output yesterday for the first appearance of their Christmas idents, we got an unexpected surprise in the 6.01pm junction. And it wasn’t a nice one.

RTÉ One deployed a rather large graphic overlay to promote Irish Sign Language coverage of the latest Covid-19 announcement by An Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Micheál Martin, which would be carried live on their Six-One News programme.

The graphic obscured more than a third of the ident. Whilst we understand RTÉ’s desire to properly promote an important public service, did the pointer graphic really need to be as large as that?

Suddenly a ‘Subtitles’ tag in the corner of the screen doesn’t seem quite so bad!

Last time we checked, RTÉ One was still using an in-vision signer on one of their pre-2014 idents (featuring the previous RTÉ One logo) to introduce signed versions of programmes, shown overnight on the channel.

RELATED ARTICLE: Are all these subtitles reminders really necessary?

VIDEO: RTÉ One ident: Explorers. Announcer: Karina Buckley. TX DATE/TIME: 27th November 2020, 6.01pm. COPYRIGHT: RTÉ.

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PICTURED: RTÉ One ident: Explorers. COPYRIGHT: RTÉ.

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