Another European public broadcaster jumps on the custom-typeface bandwagon, which, I feel, was badly needed in RTVE’s case. It had lost the plot, graphics-wise, compared to many other (especially Northern) European pubcasters. So this is a much-needed and welcome change — similar to countryman Antena 3’s rebrand last year, which also introduced a new custom font.
Just last week, as part of its own rebrand, Nova in Bulgaria also introduced its own quirky custom font, with funky letter shapes. Between the rebrands of RTVE and Nova (BG), 2026 has gotten off to a great start in terms of TV rebrands!
I think the European pubcaster that’s most desperately in need of a big rebrand is RTBF, Belgium’s French-language pubcaster. When others are all introducing custom fonts (or at least paid commercial ones, like VRT, the Belgian Dutch counterpart of RTBF), it’s simply abysmal for RTBF to use Montserrat. Then again, RTBF was never a bastion of good typography — unlike France Télévisions and Switzerland’s RTS, the latter of which introduced its custom type family in its 2023 rebrand.
Here’s some more videos on the Nova (BG) rebrand that cover the large-scale rebrand that it had — barely six months after its biggest competitor, bTV, introduced a much-needed and long-overdue rebrand on its 25th anniversary in July 2025. And here’s the English version of the rebranding press release, from Nova’s English website. This YouTube channel has a lot of videos and idents covering both the Nova and bTV rebrands.
