07-05-2024, 08:01 PM
As with most of the recent presentational changes, it ultimately looks a bit better than it did yesterday, but hard to understand why these things weren't done months ago/why things ended up in such a state that this constitutes improvement.
Moving to E was always going to be a plus, purely through dint of the fact nine out of ten people agree it was the better-looking of the two studios.
The Business Today titles are fine - I mean, sure, they are a bit PowerPointy and stock footagey, but a) so were the iconic 'barcode' WBR titles and b) they're far from the worst of the current set or the worst BBC business programme titles ever. Ultimately, it's just a rebadging and I still don't think the oddly scheduled 11' bulletins sit well in the schedule, but it's a net neutral change at heart.
As I've said before, it's good that the channel is stumbling towards or at least trying to get somewhere better, but nearly all of these things should have been decided/fixed pre-launch of the merger and the underlying content of the channel is still far too slowly-paced.
Moving to E was always going to be a plus, purely through dint of the fact nine out of ten people agree it was the better-looking of the two studios.
The Business Today titles are fine - I mean, sure, they are a bit PowerPointy and stock footagey, but a) so were the iconic 'barcode' WBR titles and b) they're far from the worst of the current set or the worst BBC business programme titles ever. Ultimately, it's just a rebadging and I still don't think the oddly scheduled 11' bulletins sit well in the schedule, but it's a net neutral change at heart.
As I've said before, it's good that the channel is stumbling towards or at least trying to get somewhere better, but nearly all of these things should have been decided/fixed pre-launch of the merger and the underlying content of the channel is still far too slowly-paced.