Developing BBC News (UPDATED)

With BBC News in danger of being moved online, I've explored how this could be done. My response would be to create an 'On Demand' service. BBC News On Demand offers a huge selection of reports, interviews, analysis, clips from the archive, plus detailed headlines uploaded on the hour, every hour. BBC One national bulletins would still come from the newsroom, but using the updated graphics I have created. Shown in the images below is how the headlines uploaded to the web would look:









Updated regional graphics (Spotlight used in this example):





News On Demand webpage:



Plus a look at how this design could be implemented into the news channel in it's current format:



As always, constructive criticism is always appreciated. I decided to focus on getting the stills correct first, before starting work on a video. Thank you for the taking the time to look .

The text in general is a tad too small and I'm neutral on the font choice itself. IMO, the teal colour looks rather fugly as the new 'News division' colour and looks too similar to ITV News.

Also how would the opening titles work with the new color scheme, along with the studio recolouring which were originally designed to work with red?

Firstly, that font is not serious enough for the main BBC News logo. I'd suggest a completely different one, as this one is overused on this forum.

I think the BBC News logo should be moved to the top left, scrapping the hashtag.

The gap between the strap and the ticker looks odd, considering it's not like at the top. The text on your ticker also looks a bit tight.

The bit above the strap (where the logo is currently) could become like GMB with "Breaking News" "Developing Story" or the topic of the report "Ferguson Shooting". This would then leave the strap for info about the story.

The header on the website looks very similar to ITV News (which I know already looks similar to BBC website!) and the colour does not help that. I'd day move the On Demand part next to the news and make the grey bit a ticker.

Overall this is not too bad. The design is OK but needs some improvements, such as the font and colour.

This doesnt feel like one mock, but two disparate mocks so i've commented/rated them separately.

BBC News 'On Demand' service...
I for one am sceptical about BBC News being 'in danger' of moving online. Its far more likely to be scrapped entirely or replaced by a UK region specific version of BBC World News than moved online. Unlike BBC Three which seems to have retained its identity as an online only service, the whole idea behind moving BBC News Channel (which is predominantly live programming) online is utterly ridiculous and tantamount to abolishing it.

Whilst there are rumours of a possible move online for BBC News they are just that, rumours. There is no sense of what the end result will look like, how will it retain its identity, or how it will fit in with the existing Audio and Video content already present on the iPlayer and on the BBC News website.

At this stage the BBC News On Demand service is not an existing product and thus you have failed one of my basic requrements by designing graphics for a product of your own creation.

1/5


BBC News Bulletin & Regional graphics...
Whilst not particularly ambitious or interesting, what you have presented is graphically good, clean, tidy and the teal fits fine with BBC News branding - which you havent adressed so i'm assuming the overall BBC News branding will stay the same. BBC Alba's 'An La' used to use the same colour (maybe still does idk). I dont have a problem with the font, but if you choose to use it in future you should probably redraw the W so it no longer looks like two overlapping Vs. (I see BBC NEVVS) The 'VV' style W is something that i would avoid completely as it looks horrible in every application.

The text is probably a bit on the teeny side and they look to be a bit too close to 16:9 safe areas. I'm assuming you've decided that - like Sky News - people with 4:3 tvs can just lump it.

Currently 2/5 - Can possibly be improved with time, more explanation of your mock, more images and animations.

Really appreciate a colour scheme that doesn't involve red. This looks nice and like that you've taken a possible (sadly realistic) premise and are running with it. Needs some text info to be present in the clips screen, even if only covering the selected clip.

As an aside the BBC News app really does needs an overhaul - I'm surprise it hasn't yet been bought in line to the now fairly standardised look across the iPlayer, BBC Sport app and iPlayer.

P.S. Hate that W where the middle parts cross over.

The colour scheme is almost ITV News though isn't it?

There is glimpses that the style would be good if the fonts and colours are changed.

Thank you all for the feedback, I have looked through each response carefully and will take all feedback on board for v2.

However, one thing that won't be changing is the colour. Teal is a refreshing change from the dull red BBC News has been using for 15 years. ITV News use two shades of blue as their two main colours; BBC News would use a blue colour, but with a silver colour as the secondary colour. It might be slightly similar, but it wouldn't cause problems. (Especially if the silver colour was more prolific in the design - something I will work on)

For v2, I'm going to look into animations, re-drawing the W that has the VV appearance and adding more information onto straps.

If you're adament about not using red, I would suggest more of an actual blue colour, as opposed to the green/teal is it is terribly similar to ITV that it seems potentially detrimental to the BBC News brand.

I would say it's quite a bit lighter than what ITV use - blue might actually clash more. I don't think it particularly matters - both used blue in the 90s while Sky News and BBC News have both had a dominant red and white colour scheme for years.

Stick with your vision Aaron - the fact some members can't handle it probably means you're on the right track!

I like this. The fact you've included the 'News on Demand' webpage picture shows that you've really put a lot of thought into how this would be implemented across the board. Like the teal, like the font, (bar, if I'm being picky, the 'W'). Nice work, mate.

Thank you Brekkie and DavidWhitfield, I really appreciate it.

I'm always keen to take on feedback and make changes, but not to the point where I don't like my own work.