Hi,
I have been conversing with [email protected] at
http://mychannellogos.com/ <http://mychannellogos.com/default.aspx> a
rather neat little application that adds icons to the programme listings
in Windows Media Center on Vista (later version) and Windows 7.
I've been trying to persuade him to use "official" BBC logos,
rather than ones that have been badly edited by a three-year old who's
never seen a radial colouring tool before.
The icons need to be 42 wide and 96 high transparent PNGs to
display in the guide. I've done a set (see attached) that are all taken
from the iPlayer pages.
However, despite my sending proof that the BBC logo has certain
constraints, requirements and colourways, the programme creator is
unhappy because they are "too small" and he is unhappy that the BBC
logos are "white out on colour" which doesn't fit with his view of
logos.
As I want them to look right (like I did for DAB!) is there
some internal BBC thing with a set of logos for all BBC channels in
existence for use in an EPG? Then I can tell him that they are official,
and not just "proper"...
Well I'm sure all our marketing people are happy he's such an expert on
logo design :)
There was a branding website - no longer updated - which details the
usage of the BBC logos, however the logos themselves are only available
to download if you're on the BBC network.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/branding/
There's a raft of different versions of the logos for each channel,
including monochrome ones, and two-colour versions. But ultimately if
we didn't our own brand right on the iPlayer pages, what hope would
there be for us?!
