ABC News (Channel)

Interesting, since when has Ros presented the lunchtime bulletin from the News Channel set? I thought it used to come from the Sydney set?

Agree, I absolutely am beginning to love the synth of the theme. I do think it’s a bit weaker than the old theme.

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It’s been from there since at least January.

Media Bites has released their response video regarding their little blooper post of Natasha Exelby going viral around the world: https://youtu.be/5L2x-PDf8Vw

WIsh ABC would launch a news channel MPEG4 HD simulcast.

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Using the News 24 watermark during the 1pm news update

The full ABC News bulletin featuring Natasha Exelby’s big blooper! The blooper is at the 15.30 mark.

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The majority disagree as does my OCD which can’t handle the misaligned sizes. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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I think the reason why the clock is squished is the original graphics weren’t designed for safe areas (or they were, but the flipper & clock were afterthoughts):

The designs from the BDA Creative page don’t follow the safe areas:

So the ABC squished the clock and moved the flipper up slightly to fit within the safe areas:

This could be fixed by shifting all the graphics up (I also made the flipper text bigger so it matches the size of the old flipper & shrank the headline text):

Also here’s an alternative design for the clock:

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Breaking News - including more than just “breaking news” in red headline.

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I get they’re going for simplicity, but the colour palette, the multiple fonts, massive text, and squashed clock just end up looking like an (average) mock. Kind of reminds me of a movie or TV show that needs to incorporate news graphics and does a cheap rip off job - works for what it is, but just doesn’t look polished.

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More presenter Idents


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The news update at 1pm today used the old News 24 watermark:

Viewer Advice graphic:

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I don’t get why the top super needed to have anything other than breaking news, it clearly says everything you need to know in the one below it. The additional wording adds so much more red than what is needed and makes it look cluttered.

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If you ask me, that “Breaking News” super looks like a poor mans version of Nine News’ current “Breaking News” super! :confused:

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I don’t know why they have the shadow effect on the text given everything else seems to be minimalist. Overall it is a mess - the red is far too bright and the lack of a flipper means there is a huge wasted white mass at the bottom of the screen.

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Weekend Breakfast using the same opening graphics and music as the weekday show:

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that looks terrible, it’s out of alignment!

That 24 logo would be mediahub stuffing up

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Weekend Breakfast caps:
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It’s not much of a news presentation without a news ticket. Such long stretches between news to have to wait to find out the morning’s main stories - better to switch to another network and read their ticker.

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