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Category: News
ITV Creates: Week 34
The latest ident in the ITV Creates series is by Erin Taylor – a final year Fine Art student at Manchester Metropolitan University. This project for ITV represents Erin’s first commission as an artist.
Look North (Hull) Reverts to Old Graphics
The early evening edition of Look North (Hull edition) today reverted to the old Helvetica lower-third design. As reported by a contributor on the TV Forum website, a ‘Live’ bug also accompanied lower-thirds on pre-recorded …
Intermittent BBC News Graphics Glitch Strikes Again
Since their introduction in mid-July, the new BBC News on-screen graphics have been affected by an intermittent glitch which causes the software to hang. Each time this has happened, the lower-third graphics are removed completely …
BBC Wales HQ Struck Down by Power Cut
BBC Wales has been affected by a power cut this evening. BBC Wales Today failed to appear at 6.30pm and was quickly replaced by BBC Northern Ireland’s BBC Newsline. BBC One Northern Ireland output went …
ITV Creates: Week 33
This week’s ITV idents were produced by Ash Kayser. Ash enrolled on the MA Graphic Arts Course at UWE Bristol in September 2018. The course has provided him with an opportunity to experiment with his …
ITV Creates: Week 32
Led by Course Leader Richard Waring, for the BA (Hons) Fine Art Degree at the Arts University Bournemouth, this piece is a combined effort from students in his class. The first ident for week 32 …
BBC One NI Airs Oneness-less Ident
Bit of a rarity from BBC One Northern Ireland at lunchtime: a Oneness-less ident. Looks like they’ve created a shorter version of one of the Mountain Rescue idents, for junctions that are particularly tight. VIDEO: …
Textbook Handover to BBC News Channel by BBC NI
It’s not often that the schedule provides the opportunity for a tidy handover to the BBC News Channel at the point where BBC One programmes finish for the day. And frankly, it also depends on …
ITV Creates: Week 31
The latest ident design from ITV Creates is the creation of 18-year-old Brandon Saunders. Although he has spent a lot of time working with digital mediums, he has a great amount of respect for and …
Bizarre Playout Decision by BBC Two
At 11.30am today, BBC Two and the BBC News Channel were showing a special news programme, covering Boris Johnson’s first appearance at the despatch box as Prime Minister. At 12.15pm, whilst Boris Johnson was in …