ITV News 2013 Rebrand

I beg your pardon? No need to be rude. I was only clarifying that exact same point.

I really really like this. I love the juddery animation with the logo that jumps in time with the music. It's one of those moments that I feel an anticipation of, and want to see. If that makes sense to some, as I hope it will.

Really like the set. I like the 3D depth of the screens in the background, and (I assume as I've only seen the clips) strips of light which appear to have good parallax in the opening view. The colours are good.

Yep, I heartily approve.

Who is the voiceover? I've heard her somewhere before

In that case I apologise, it came across as if you were point scoring. Once again sorry if this wasn't the case.

I must echo the previous positive comments - a truly great improvement on what we had before. The studio looks fantastic with that backdrop, and a return to a more formal presentation is really appreciated.

The only major thing for me is the volume of the bongs. They need to be louder or punchier, because at present it feels as if they blend into the bed. I'm not too keen on the bong at the end of the closing theme, but I'm sure I'll get used to it.

The music itself is a lovely modern take on the original NAT theme, and I really love that headline bed. I'm really glad they've reintroduced the iconic Big Ben with the hands on the relevant time. Some nice differentiation for each bulletin at last!

A couple of family members remarked that the female voiceover sounded a bit like a TomTom... might take some getting used to but it sounds fine to me. And I'm glad there's less of gap between "ITV News" and "at 6:30" - the gap sounded quite odd with the last voiceover.

Apart from the bong issue, it's all looking fabulous. Can't wait to see how it looks for NAT tonight.

No sound throughout national weather on ITV Granada HD this evening.

The Wales newsreaders now say 'This is the national news of Wales from ITV News'

I'd imagine "Hello this is ITV News, on Lookaround this evening" and on the outro "goodbye from Tyne Tees & Border" is one big branding turd.

Only problem that was with Border.. looked/felt slicker but a mess of a branding. Lookaround for 15 mins, Tyne Tees and Border for last 15 min on the plasma.

FULL LOOKAROUND PROGRAMME
PT 1


PT 2

Didn't they used to say that in the 90s? (Minus the ITV News bit?)

Calendar have had extensions to both sides of the set, essentially making it longer/wider

And the news wall in in the newsroom. Those cupboards that we saw on Friday have been painted/covered in black