Tag: Programme Graphics
Current BBC News branding comes of age
The current BBC News package is a direct evolution of the new look introduced in May 1999. Titles and sets have changed a few times, the music has been tweaked and the main news has …
BBC News Channel Observations
A quick comment about a couple of minor events on the BBC News Channel in the last 24 hours. At 9am, the BBC News at Nine decided to break from the tradition of including a …
BBC NI’s The View introduces new virtual set
Updated: 12th September 2019, 10.45pm. A promotion running this evening on BBC One Northern Ireland shows presenter Mark Carruthers in what appears to be a new virtual set for the current affairs programme, The View, …
Newsnight launches new look
The final new look for today – Newsnight. Music by George Fenton.
New look for Newsround
CBBC’s Newsround sported a new look from this morning. Graphic design is by James Mobbs and music by Dave Connolly.
Look North (Hull) reverts to old graphics in error
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 Newsline: Reith and new virtual set
Updated: 25th July 2019. Just over a week since the BBC Reith font was rolled out on national and regional BBC TV news programmes, BBC Newsline continues to rebel, sticking with the old Helvetica graphics. …
Special Newsline titles for The Open coverage
Although BBC Northern Ireland has somehow dodged the rollout of the new BBC Reith graphics (for now), they have introduced an updated set of titles for their late-evening weekday BBC Newsline programme (temporarily rebranded BBC …
Special title sequence for North West Tonight
A few days into the new look, North West Tonight aired special opening titles tonight, featuring the Dianne Oxberry memorial garden at Tatton Park. In the sequence – which adheres to the new titles template …