20-03-2024, 10:55 AM
(19-03-2024, 09:22 PM)Rhys j Wrote: Disagree that the new filler is good.
It doesn't look good, the transition is strange, i.e., "Around the World and across the UK this is BBC News", little transition into BBC theme song, and some text and images.
There's no context of what's happening, like why are we going from a presenter, to a theme tune and powerpoint slide of news??
And then we break out of this filler very abruptly, "You're live with BBC News".
It's awkward, it's not polished, and I think it looks and sounds worse than Around the UK.
There's no reason why the presenter can't just read it out.
Or if they want to keep the section, just close and open it properly with the closing and opening titles of the program. That would work well, like they used to do on BBC World News before and after an ad break.
Totally agree. The fact that the BBC News channel is now regularly cutting to what amounts to a slightly prettier ‘Pages From Ceefax’, and some see this as an improvement, is a sad indictment on the state of the channel.
It feels like something they’ve had to cut to due to a technical problem or a fire alarm. I bet there are some viewers who think there’s been a breakdown.
Is there a reason why the presenter can’t read a brief roundup of UK stories whilst the international feed goes to an ad break, as they used to do during the overnight simulcasts?