TR
Renaming Kindle “Amazon Reads” wouldn’t improve the product image or the Amazon brand, just as renaming “iPlayer” as “BBC Play” wouldn’t really help either.
Just like iTunes is a way better brand than Apple Music and literally anything else would have been better than Apple TV+.
Of course knowing the BBC, expect the rebrand to BBC Me in a few weeks.
The all-important bit that mentions whose catch-up platform it is (i.e. the BBC's) being rendered as easily expendable in this way, is the opposite of what any brand sets out to achieve.
Renaming Kindle “Amazon Reads” wouldn’t improve the product image or the Amazon brand, just as renaming “iPlayer” as “BBC Play” wouldn’t really help either.
Just like iTunes is a way better brand than Apple Music and literally anything else would have been better than Apple TV+.
Of course knowing the BBC, expect the rebrand to BBC Me in a few weeks.
AS
Asa
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You joke but pre-launch names floating around included BBC iMP (Interactive Media Player) and MyBBCPlayer. Dodged a bullet there.
As said on the last page, a recognised standalone sub-brand is worth its weight in gold. I can’t see BBC Sounds ever reaching the same level of familiarity or admiration. Guess it keeps the marketing people happy by forcing you to say the “BBC” part though.
Not much to say about the pink BBC logo, apart from it’s an awful and unnecessary change.
As said on the last page, a recognised standalone sub-brand is worth its weight in gold. I can’t see BBC Sounds ever reaching the same level of familiarity or admiration. Guess it keeps the marketing people happy by forcing you to say the “BBC” part though.
Not much to say about the pink BBC logo, apart from it’s an awful and unnecessary change.
JF
There are some cases where a coloured BBC logo works better instead of pure white, such as Exhibit A where the whole area is just snow.
TI
I guess this is a good place to place this...
More iPlayer acquisitions. Pretty Little Liars, Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2020/pretty-little-liars-fresh-prince
More iPlayer acquisitions. Pretty Little Liars, Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2020/pretty-little-liars-fresh-prince
LW
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SH
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Got a secret, can you keep it?
Swear this one you'll save
Better lock it in your pocket
Taking this one to the grave
If I show you, then I know you won't tell what I said
Cos two can keep a secret if one of them is dead
JO
I suspect it's to bulk up iPlayer's content.
Interesting for the Beeb to pick Fresh Prince up considering they haven't aired it in over 16 years and it's been on a plethora of digital channels (and maybe a brief spell on Channel 5?) ever since.
I suspect it's to bulk up iPlayer's content.