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Design in any field is no more immune from change than the latest trend in fashion, or online social media challenge. That's good, because you want to see the world around us being in touch with how people think or feel today. Television presentation is no different.

Today's idents, at least on 3 of the main channels, all follow the same basic vogue. Deconstructing the longstanding live action tableau with the television logo interacting with the environment. BBC 2 and Channel 4 deconstructing the symbol to components, like a curve or a metallic man made in blocks. Are we due for the next big thing?

Changing viewing habits mean that idents, and linear television as a whole, are evolving beyond the screen in the living room. Idents might just become a 5 second blipverts, ala ITV in the 70s. 

With that being said, what do you want to see in television presentation? Personally, I want an iconic symbol in the centre of the screen.

Thought it would be nice to post a few memories of News 24/BBC News Channel.

I remember this time the fondest. Yes, the graphics were very blocky and a bit over the top - but they animated nicely...

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The best bit of that clip is the headline 'HIP' about a hip operation! Yes, just 'HIP'!!! 

Just announced via the Press Gazette that Dermot Murnaghan is to leaving Sky News this Easter
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As you mention Krypton Factor, that gives an opportunity to pay tribute to Charles Foster, in-vision Granada announcer who provided the Krypton Factor voice over, whose death has been reported this week.

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Mr Granada, in many ways, heard more recently as the voice over on Judge Rinder.



Admin edit: split from Gameshow thread.

Legendary BBC commentator John Motson has died at the age of 77, another sad bit of news for sports broadcasters after the sad news earlier this week about Dickie Davies

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A Spectrum News 13 reporter and photographer were shot at the scene of a homicide investigation in Orlando today - one of the staff members has now died.

More details:

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Quote:TV presenter Dickie Davies, who was the face of ITV sports coverage for more than two decades, has died.

The star presented the Saturday afternoon show World of Sport from the 1960s until it ended in 1985.

The show, a mix of live sport including racing, wrestling and football results, competed with the BBC's Grandstand.

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It does seem as if You've Been Framed! has officially ended production after being on the air for over 30 years.

The repeat on ITV1 just now had all mentions of winning £250 removed and the postal address and web address had been edited out.

Also noticed that it hardly gets repeated nowadays on ITV2.

It's a big shame but it probably nowadays cannot compete with the likes of YouTube and TikTok.

His family have released an official statement on Saturday night UK time to say that Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has now gone into hospice care at home in the US.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/18/jimmy-carter-hospice-care-health?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

They have asked that his privacy be respected at this time.

Couldn't see a thread so thought it worth starting it on more generic terms to invite discussion about how the BBC is set up in various countries.


The BBC have announced this week they're launching BBC Nordic and BBC Nordic+ in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland.    BBC Nordic will be one linear channel replacing BBC Brit and BBC Earth, with BBC Nordic+ the new streaming service to support that.  

Seems the service concentrates on Factual and Entertainment - BritBox is also available in the area, where the BBC is a 50% stakeholder with ITV, so I guess that is where they put the drama.   I don't think there is a nordic version of BBC First.

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Quote:Linear channel BBC Nordic brings together the very best of BBC BRIT and BBC Earth and will replace them in the current channel mix. BBC Nordic+, a new on-demand service will enable viewers to delve deeper into the BBC shows they enjoy from the linear channel and discover new favourites.

With a long-standing history in the five Nordic market, the new channel and on-demand service have been borne out of research into local audiences tastes and the content they most enjoy. They will offer a tailored line up of the brightest factual and feel-good entertainment series from the BBC, making it easier for Nordic audiences to find their favourite programmes and to discover new shows.

Looking further afield and at BBC Select in the US, where the great logo change of 2021-20?? began, and seems they focus only on documentaries too.   And BBC America itself now is nothing of the sort - they screen the Attenborough documentaries all day on a Saturday and Graham Norton on a Sunday night but other than that it's film and reruns of US dramas.