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Oscar Wildebeest on the third Ashes test at Old Trafford.
ADDENDUM: Oh, yes, that reminds me. Apparently someone on ITN news had the gall, after the second Test, to proclaim “has cricket finally become interesting?” Which is a bit like saying, “has ITV finally become shite?”
The Beeb has responded to the complaints I and others submitted earlier in the week.
BBC Three: on-screen identifier:
We are sorry to viewers who found the new BBC Three identifier distracting – it was changed to make it the same as the channel’s logo, which made it slightly bigger.
However, viewers’ feedback is important to us and as a result, the identifier was made softer and less intrusive; from August 10, it will also be smaller.
The story on DOGS was intended to be light-hearted and to encourage discussion on the important issue of on-screen graphics.
On reflection, we feel that we did not quite achieve the right tone and apologise for the offence this has caused some of our users. For this reason we have decided to remove the story from the website.
Rafael at the Observer blog has come up with a lovely turn of phrase to describe Big Brother contestant and erstwhile Labour council candidate Eugene Sully:
He is geekier than the IT support team at a Trainspotters v Star Trek fans maths olympiad.
Naturally, this blog is backing Eugene to win. You can help by texting* the word Eugene to 64404.
Why back Eugene? Not just because he’s geeky, but because he’s the only housemate who isn’t in some way malevolent or malicious – despite Derek Laud’s encouraging him to bitch about the rest of the house. Seeing the other contestants faces’ as Eugene launches into a monologue about radio components or rolling televisions is worth the price of voting alone. Those housemates – which is most of them, frankly – who place looks and clothes above being nice to people deserve to be taught a lesson. And Big Brother fans should appreciate setting the precedent that someone who enters the house halfway through the series can still go on to win.
Go on, text* Eugene to 64404.
…and you can too.
I have for a few years been a member of LogoFreeTV but I’d long ago resigned myself to the continued existence of the digital on-screen graphic (DOG) in the corner of my television – or rather, on widescreen TV, floating in the middle of the screen. These DOGs are apparently intended to let viewers know which channel they’re watching, but since anyone with digital also has an electronic programme guide that tells them which channel they’re on (and, more usefully, the programme), DOGs are redundant.
To add insult to injury, BBC Three News has published a story about DOGs that treats anyone who disagrees with the Beeb’s enthusiasm for them with contempt.
In a world where international terrorism, indiscriminate murder and global poverty are facts of life, you might think people would have more important things to worry about than little logos in the top corner of their television screen.
Alas, no.
Those little graphics displaying the names of all your favourite digital channels – BBC Three, MTV, Bid-Up TV, UK Living – technically known as Digital Originated Graphics (DOGs) are the cause of much consternation among certain viewers.
Just don’t call them geeks who should get a life…
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Of course, if you still don’t like it, you can always complain.
Yes, they provide a link to complain (which others have done before). So let’s do it. Have a read of the whole story and then please join my in complaining about DOGs, and in particular about this gratuitously snide article.
Update: Victory! The story has now been rewritten and is much more balanced and less offensive. Like Sam Beckett, the Beeb have put right what once went wrong.
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