ACT bulletin now has some nice local footage in the opener.
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Was there any hint of âchangeâ tonight? ie: newsroom crosses etc? Or is ABC News that light on local content? 
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Such a pity⌠Redbeeâs version is so much more polished.
The news openers look very cheap for what should be the networkâs most important product.
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No crosses to the newsroom, and no hintâs or anything. Given the pics posted in the broadcast facilities thread, we do know that there is a new set in the TV studio, so they havenât shipped the current set over (thank god).
However, you are right about them being light on local news. Whatâs the point of having two newsrooms in Sydney if you arenât going to cover more than 2-3 local stories.
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I wonder which bulletin will get localised images next? A couple of bulletins have gotten localised imagery since the relaunch so it must happen sooner or later to all of them
Looking forward to the ABCâs next internal review stating that their is massive disconnection between the newsroom and news studio and its clearly not working having both separated from one another.
What a waste of money this is.
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This also made it to the Victorian bulletin. Bad bad bad. Not sure how it comes close to meeting their brand style/templates. Not hard to chuck in one of the shapes allegedly drawn from the logo and put a crop of the MCG in that.
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Noticed the clocks reappeared a few days ago, and they started using the original headline super graphic with the blue boarder again. But back to the clock-less and basic headline straps tonight. Does anyone at the ABC check these things?
On another issue, Victoria seems to put out fewer Stateline reports than other states. Melbourne and Victoria deserve a better ABC than this.
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What is this abomination lol
The location titles coupled with the headline super make it look too crowded and busy
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Been long enough to call this whole change a disaster. Itâs hard to read, at times confusing and just looks ugly and non-authoritative
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Apt for ABC News under Justin Stevenâs management!
it has been ballsâd up on every aspect, I donât think I have seen or heard anything desirable from the whole thing.
Victoria still running the wrong opener some nights. You have to laugh itâs so sloppy.
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The location strap and the story strap need to be different colours (or at least different shades). The two boxes should be the same size. They need to either go minimalist like Al Jazeera or shrink the boxes and have a bit more background. At the moment it just looks claustrophobic. Looks far too busy (even though it isnât!).
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Iâm still not convinced that the music and the opening graphics actually suit each other. Itâs hard to explain, but the music sounds so grand and important, yet the graphics look so cheap and plain.
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you are spot on.
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The ABC spent $818,164 on the upgrade, including $65,000 on graphics, $37,000 on branding, $32,000 on travel for training and implementation. The bulk of the cost â $683,000 â went on fees paid to third-party design firms.
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The cost of the new graphics had been revealed by The Guardian Australia following a FOI request.
The ABC spent $818,164 on the upgrade, including $65,000 on graphics, $37,000 on branding, $32,000 on travel for training and implementation. The bulk of the cost â $683,000 â went on fees paid to third-party design firms.
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Hopefully they kept their receipt, because for what they spent, itâs hard to justify the end result.
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Itâs hard to compare, given I donât think we know what it cost eg. Nine to do a similar refresh they had earlier this year ⌠if that had cost them say $2 mil, then $818k mightnât seem too bad after all.
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