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Update: More about the who, what, why of the rebrand here.
Australia’s national broadcaster has relaunched the branding of its flagship ABC1 with a focus on elevating the entertainment value of the channel.
ABC1 has had a number of looks since this site first started some six years ago. Starting with the Everyone’s ABC look, followed by There’s More To.. in 2005 and It Begins with 1 in 2008, and now this…
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8 replies on “First look at the new ABC1 idents and branding.”
What’s the big deal with these? Looks like something created in the 80’s… They aren’t that amazing, are they? Did they run out of money?`
Think bored. Think ABC.
Daphne, are you aware that the ABC is a public broadcaster?
They don’t have a lot of spare money to throw at idents which serve no commercial purpose at all.
The ABC1 logo is an improvement over its previous incarnation.
But the whole ident concept feels same old, same old.
It’s a little bit like NHK’s Satellite Channel BS1:http://goo.gl/DLWtO
all very well for the ABC to clam these as new image, but last night the image did not have ABC, just number and the logo.
Also perhaps every Channel should be made to reduce their size – eg WIN is huge and/or fade them out from time to time.
Much, much better than the previous 3D + Verdana look, though the new 1 looks ugly. About time they switched the watermark, however – the updated version looks better.
And yeah, while the idents do seem a little generic, the typography and animation are at a much higher standard than previous years. I don’t mind the sliding text either (eg. on the signposts and promos). I wish they did away with the horrendous horizontal logo though…
As a public broadcaster. there is always much to be had from a minimalist, clean look. It’s called taste. I wouldn’t want the BBC to be all garish, for example. You expect a certain level of quality and standards from a national public broadcaster.
I actually like this. They’re now like idents for a commercial network, which I think is a good thing as the ABC has been trailing behind for many years. It’s simple, different and it works.