The supers will be slightly different depending on the output studio. I just noticed that the interview by Chris Uhlmann (from Canberra) this hour (13:00, 20/4) had the ticker (from Sydney) extending further right than the white super (from Canberra) and the white super from both Sydney and Canberra extends slightly further upwards than the watermark (from MediaHub).
The only thing that annoys me about the alignment, though, is the clock. It’s anchored to the right of itself, not the left, so whenever there’s a thin number it moves to the right when it really should be aligned to the left of the worm.
As well as News.com.au in their article. Poor ABC, even after almost 7 years, the name “ABC News 24” didn’t sink in for viewers, even after its rebrand to ABC News!
Hah, I can’t believe I’ve just read that on the ABC’s page, it’s almost a parody. When you try and jump down too many rabbit holes to find the hottest take, the edgiest opinion, you end up turning your arse inside out.
And this is what I hate about this rebrand, the need to add qualifiers to clarify it’s on the main channel’s bulletin, the TV news network or the radio network.
In this case I found I needed to listen back to the commentary to know that it was on TV rather than perhaps ABC News Radio given that RN is mentioned. I had to check the EPG before posting to make sure. I suppose, now I know.
It’s what I thought as soon as I heard the ABC was going down the same route as the BBC. “The BBC News Channel” “The ABC News Channel” “ABC News on Radio”…
I get that there’s research which suggests that viewers, listeners and readers see those services as part of a larger operation, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t value in having subsidiary brands. The old regime with News 24 and NewsRadio was still very obviously the ABC. My parents still say “I’ll just flick on News 24”.
The problem with the new regime, as @TV.Cynic pointed out, is that it’s less specific. Whereas once upon a time “News 24” denoted specifically on TV, now “ABC News” could mean on abc.net.au/news, livestreaming on Facebook, being broadcast on “News on Radio” or being telecast on “the News Channel”. There’s too much imprecision with “ABC News” and I feel they tried to solve a problem which didn’t exist.