Comments on: Be more with PBS.

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 02:52:18 +0000

I’ve emailed the presentation dudes and dudesses at TVNZ here in New Zealand asking them to consider something like this PBS look next time they refresh TV One’s identity.

The current look is dull as dishwater and is a step backwards from some of their previous efforts, such as this awesome extended TVNZ One ident from mid 2000s pre-widescreen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN7973mE-oI

Kia Kaha Aotearoa!

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 02:43:26 +0000

Thanks heaps mate! Ever heard of the Icelandic singer Jonsi? Check out his songs Go Do, and Animal Arithmatic. Awesome stuff!

By: Bill Green

Bill Green — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 02:51:54 +0000

Song is “Driveway” by Great Northern, from the album “Remind Me Where The Light Is.”

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 02:37:52 +0000

Anyone know the name of the song in that middle montage video?

By: geha714

geha714 — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:00:50 +0000

Great look by PBS.

The News Hour will change look as well. Here is a preview of what is coming on Monday, including a new name: PBS News Hour.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/media/july-dec09/pbsnewshour_12-04.html

By: Dude

Dude — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:44:39 +0000

Beautiful indeed.

By: AndyOZ

AndyOZ — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:51:37 +0000

these are beautiful and elegant…australian channels would do well to note these wonderful idents and broadcast designs

By: Bill Green

Bill Green — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:01:04 +0000

All three of the local stations I watch (WIPB in Muncie, Indiana; and ThinkTV 16 & 14 in Dayton, Ohio) have updated their graphics – though what that means varies. None of the stations I’ve viewed are using the awesome lower thirds showcased in the demo reel – WIPB just uses plain text, and ThinkTV uses a color-cordinated stripe that slides in, giving it a very powerpoint-esque feel. At the same time, none of the stations are taking advantage of the custom font across the board, nor are they using the Accordion Fillers. I have seen the 5 second versions after some newer programs as a network ident, but I see the old 2003 idents just as often since stations often play old programs off tape, and never update the branding. Heck, I just saw the Election 2008 Promo while watching Antiques Roadshow.

Ultimately the problem is the decentralized nature of PBS, since the network has essentially zero control over branding, content, or programming on individual stations – much like the UK’s ITV networks in the 80′s and 90′s, but worse. The fact that many affiliates are small non-profits with limited resources doesn’t help, either.

By: jstar

jstar — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:24:16 +0000

It’s actually quite interesting to see such a difference between American corporate broadcasters such as ABC, NBC, CBS and Public PBS in their graphical packages. While the large networks have a distinctive “American” feel to them, PBS has one that is very much different – American as well, but much more “humanistic”, somewhat similar to SBS’s “My Story” or many other European public broadcasters’ packages.

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:30:43 +0000

If only the local PBS affilites would get their acts together and update their graphics. My two local stations are still using the 2001 and 2005 PBS packages respectively.

By: Chowchillah

Chowchillah — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:12:51 +0000

About time they changed it, the old one was getting pretty old and dated.