New BBC Singapore studio

Al Jazeera English is looking pretty tired, especially with the orange ticker and the dated colour schemes of the Doha set. The tinkering with the astons didn't help either. However, I do think the titles still have life in them. Nonetheless, the whole AJE look has aged remarkably well for something introduced in 2006.


As for BBC News, I do feel like it's time they at least gave the titles a refresh. Most of the stuff which changed with the move to NBH (ticker, straps and sets) is fine though.

Refresh How?

If you're talking about a 2007 style refresh where the Network titles were drastically changed, but the branding remained almost identical with the crazy ear shape logo... fine... You effectively retain the now 7-year-old and incredibly-strong international brand.

If you mean a 2008 style refresh - more like a rebrand - then absolutely no.

I think the BBC News titles and music need to change too.

Recorded version of Newsday (with a rather awful recorded strap) with BBC World News graphics and ticker going out on the News channel at the moment.

They also seem to be using those overlaid text graphics that were appearing in the BOTH headlines for the top story in Singapore, rather than having graphics on the screen as they would in London. It looks odd.

They returned after the break at quarter past.

Before they returned live at 00:15, we in the UK watching on the News Channel did get some sort of World News commercial break (instead of the usual This Week in History), complete with an ad for African programmes sponsored by Africa's Standard Bank:



Ooops.

Newsday today was live at 23 and 01UKT with 00 recorded! I wonder why there was the issue! It's also strange hearing Mishal Hussein saying live from our studios in Singapore and London with a recorded banner!

Busted (for going against the Charter by mistake).

Must be teething problems. Does anyone know if preceding back half hour was recorded for World News viewers?

Also does anyone know why the recorded back half hour of World News America doesn't carry the recorded strap?

The recorded strap vanished on the NC after the x15 break during the midnight bulletin.

As has been stated, the 00:00 hour resumed live at 00:15 - the full hour was not recorded, merely 15 mins played out "due to technical problems".

We've scene Rico Hizon holding the Autoscript/Autocue controller for his TelePrompTer but I'm curious why is it needed during Newsday? From what I've read the studios are connected via fiber and there's be minimal delay between sending video back and forth. Autocue offers a product where one prompter operator can control the output boxes to different locations like Singapore and London with minimal 60ms latency. This product just seems like it would be easier to use than having the talent operating their own promoter.

I only bring this up because I read an article about CNBC's new San Francisco bureau where they are connected to the main studio in New Jersey via two 100 Mbps fiber optic links. Everything in that bureau can be remotely controlled and operated by either local staff or the staff in New Jersey. They also have the ability to send back all eight camera feeds to their HQ.

I'm over thinking this and finding a solution to problem that doesn't exist.