[Allanbuzzy]

Just caught up on Newswatch. Very bland and basic presentation, which all seems to revolve around a spinning gradient filled circle. Whilst they kept referencing changes to the studio, they haven't even bothered to update the BBC News stickers on the glass surrounding the studio, so that still uses the old GIll Sans 'blocks' logo.

It's a shame that all of the branded output on the news channel now uses various shades of red, rather than before where you had blue for 'The Context', orange for 'Impact' and yellow/green for 'Focus on Africa'. Red is the BBC News brand colour, but that doesn't mean every single programme's branding needs to use it. Just makes everything rather bland.

So does The Catch-Up, but my theory has always been that it was meant for the new BBC News channel this entire time, rather than just only being on BBC Three, given it's over reliance on red, as opposed to BBC Three's green, and the fact it feels more like a contractual obligation snuck in during filler on the UK BBC News feed.

Kind of a shame a lot of programmes have lost their unique colours for the deliberate attempt to make everything look consistent with the BBC News brand. It's like someone will have a heart attack if BBC News just so happens to use pink over red. I'm all for simplicity over complex design, but these new intros feel sorely lacking, like they need something to add to it, especially with how bombastic and full of life these intros have in their music.