[Worzel]

So we should be expecting new titles soon. 

If the roll out is anything like its been managed already, I wonder if we'll end up with new titles but the old music, only for new music to appear 2 months later?

I know the BBC is a huge organisation but I honestly don't understand how ill co-ordinated this roll-out has been over the last 6 days. It's akin to those in charge being asleep at the wheel. At times, you wonder if they actually remember they're producing news for a visual medium here.

But it's not like they're having to produce 50 different sets of titles. Its only a handful... 

- News channel (main titles, close) x2
- 1, 6, 10 (main titles) x3
- Nationals numberless (main titles) x1

I make that a grand total of... 6! (You could actually say 5 if the national numberless just used the channel titles). Even then its just adding the number to the template on 3 of them!

There's also a few other language service channels, like Arabic STILL using the old Gill Sans BBC NEWS logo and titles so they've gone through 2 revamps with no changes made!

It's so, so disjointed with various outlets updated, some not, some bodged. I understand BBC News is a big department but surely coordinating the basic news channel and domestic bulletins to look professional and the same isn't that difficult.

Just shows how good Lambie Nairn were at rolling everything out on the same day twice (in 1999 and 2008) which included the added complication of new nations and regions titles as well. They also coordinated new national and news channel sets to launch on the same days on both occasions.

I remember BBC News did do their own in house refresh in 2003, and I'm pretty sure that was a bit of a mess as well. Didn't the likes of Reporting Scotland not get new titles and ended up using their 1999 LN ones right up to 2008? So the BBC have a bit of history in that department.