try saying it's not technical when you're trying to get the /programmes news 24 urls right ;-)
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Matthew Cashmore Sent: Tue 4/15/2008 2:37 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [backstage] Question.. is denuding News 24 of its digits a brilliant idea? Brian - don't think this is the list to get feedback on the image shift of News 24 - this is after all the developer list for the BBC, not a general BBC Discussion list ;-) I'd suggest that you move this to a more relevant list (don't ask I don't know one) or contact News 24 directly via the various paes with 'contact us' links on and I'm sure someone will get back to you. m _______________________ Matthew Cashmore Development Producer BBC Future Media & Technology, Research and Innovation BC4A5, Broadcast Centre, Media Village, W12 7TS T: 020 8008 3959 (02 83959) M: 07711 913241 (072 83959) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Brian Butterworth Sent: Tue 15/04/2008 13:19 To: [email protected] Subject: [backstage] Question.. is denuding News 24 of its digits a brilliant idea? Just a question. On Monday BBC World is going to become BBC World News. This is an excellent idea. In the global market an news channel really needs to the word News in it. Full marks for this, and it's 100% better than BBC World Service Television, which was a laudable but long name without a decent acronym (BBCWSTV). But BBC News 24 is going to get rid of the 24, which has been in the name since Sunday 9th November 1997. Ten years of a channel associated with the number 24. Not only is this 42 backwards... but it has been the mainstay of the channel identity, even back in the Quantel flags and drum days. http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/news/bbcnews24/index.html I know that you, dearest Auntie, have been thinking about this for a year and a half... but, I can't find anyone who thinks it is a good idea - because how do you mention the channel without putting the world "channel" on the end? People are going to say "on the BBC News channel" or "on The BBC News Channel" right now and so on. Not only that, but the 24 has been copied in France (France 24) and Italy (RAI News 24) and lots of other places. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Now, Sky just made a big error with their silly bouncing captions[1].. can someone explain how a channel that has wiped the floor with Sky News should be denuded of it's perfectly sensible numeric appendage? Hoping for a rational explanation... Brian Butterworth http://www.ukfree.tv/fullstory.php?storyid=1107051360 PS: I have my fingers crossed that those titles with the concave satellite dishes that do not reflect the signal won't be there anymore. It's so embarrassing [2] PPS: I also have my other fingers crossed for the new channel to have stereo sound. PPPS: And a HD version. :-D --- [1] http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/mediamonkey/2008/04/monkeys_diary_from_the_mediagu_19.html "*Bouncing into oblivion* Monkey's number of the day: three. The number of days (approximately) that *Sky News*'s "bouncing captions" survived the news channel's latest relaunch before being summarily dropped" [2] But I got an apoology from Panorama.
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