BBC News Channel Presentation - 21/03/16 onwards

Well, it’s the only one in that example that is actually in use as intended so of course it looks the best.

Perhaps it would be an idea to wait until it actually launched before passing judgement rather than basing opinions on a few errors where templates have got muddled up therefore preventing things from working correctly.

It's like reviewing a car but using a damaged model that fell off the transporter and has had the engine removed.

Come on Pete, that’s not fair. It’s actually more like reviewing a car which has just had a slight scratch. What we’ve seen is - more or less - how the new graphics are going to be.

If I were in charge of those templates, I would be ironing out some of the concerns brought up by feedback from these slip outs of new graphics.

Ok. These are not the new graphics. They are the results of unfortunate mistakes - and are current format straps in the Reith style. The vision mixer wasn’t in Reith style and the formatting for the new straps is different. As I’ve said in the Reith thread, it’s very challenging to test and prove a whole new look in a 24/7 live suite of galleries. It’s not just a case of changing a font setting somewhere. I have spent all day working on Reith templates, importing code, exporting projects, downscaling, and designing from scratch on incompatible kit. There are many colleagues across the BBC doing the same and we’re all working very hard to make it happen. I know it seems like progress is very slow and it’s a shame that things have leaked onto air before they are ready but it’s not worth pulling it all apart before it’s actually properly on air.

Rant over.

With the exception of the masking on the live bug that needed the right profile fixing on the mixer ... it was the Reith graphics as they will appear on 15th.

Given a few tweaks, I think the graphics can be made to look better.

The straps and the animation was right. The formatting was not. And yes, the masking was also wrong. So it’s not the whole picture. That’s all I’m saying. There’s a lot of changes coming to the studio graphics, full frame graphics and so on, plus a few new ideas elsewhere, so there’s a bit more to it than some black straps.

I'm watching the NC but Reith did not appear tonight on the Ten. It seems like it's own appearance on BBC News was short lived for now.

Given what @deejay has said about the challenges of testing in a live environment, etc. it’s obvious these aren’t the finished product.

That said... @mdtauk is spot on. Little tweaks here and there and it’s a world of possibilities. Excellent mock!

A further reason to believe what was seen was a cock up - a certain Mr Cook of this Parish appears to be on holiday at moment, according to his Twitter posts.

I can't believe a new look would launch without the Creative Director for the Six and Ten being present.