TheRolyPoly 2447 Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 It starts tomorrow. http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/msnbc-has-removed-the-ticker-on-the-bottom-of-the-screen/362054 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16405-msnbc-says-goodbye-to-the-ticker/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius22 122 Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 It starts tomorrow. http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/msnbc-has-removed-the-ticker-on-the-bottom-of-the-screen/362054 Gasp! thats an unusual move. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16405-msnbc-says-goodbye-to-the-ticker/#findComment-201621 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 3307 Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 Eh... should probably be like FNC and have it on during Morning Joe and the primetime opinion shows. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16405-msnbc-says-goodbye-to-the-ticker/#findComment-201623 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightynine 290 Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 They should move that LIVE box to the top of the MSNBC box to give that stock/time ticker some room to breathe. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16405-msnbc-says-goodbye-to-the-ticker/#findComment-201631 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1684 Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 It has stock market info as well. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16405-msnbc-says-goodbye-to-the-ticker/#findComment-201632 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennTV1983 804 Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 The bug needs some more tweaking done to it. It's gotten too crowded to a point where the logo might be feeling claustrophobic. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16405-msnbc-says-goodbye-to-the-ticker/#findComment-201645 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2896 Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 There's definitely a need for more padding. Shrink the MSNBC logo, especially during the trading day. The font size on the black part might be a tad large. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16405-msnbc-says-goodbye-to-the-ticker/#findComment-201646 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwestTV 1232 Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 Getting rid of it is an interesting move, and I understand their reasoning. Maybe it's just me, but often times I find myself paying more attention to the ticker than the actual story on screen. Like the article said, Fox News dayside apparently got rid of it years ago (I never noticed). The bug needs some more tweaking done to it. It's gotten too crowded to a point where the logo might be feeling claustrophobic. There's definitely a need for more padding. Shrink the MSNBC logo, especially during the trading day. The font size on the black part might be a tad large. If they moved the logo more to the right and got rid of that useless dead space it would solve 95% of the problem. Shrink it some and extend the black bar down more and you get the other 5%. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16405-msnbc-says-goodbye-to-the-ticker/#findComment-201650 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newstudent 43 Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 #TwitterKilledTheTicker Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16405-msnbc-says-goodbye-to-the-ticker/#findComment-201652 Share on other sites More sharing options...
atlnews2 591 Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 I say move the LIVE bug to sit completely on top of the white box, then re-center the MSNBC logo in the middle of that box, taking the new time/stock bug into account. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16405-msnbc-says-goodbye-to-the-ticker/#findComment-201696 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Studio B 20 Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Good on MSNBC and I hope CNN and Fox follow because this is addition by subtraction. I think that the tickers are a waste and the picture looks much better without it as opposed to with it. Now with the logo bug, I think the time would look better next to the LIVE bug as opposed to squeezing it underneath the logo but having said that, I like the thought process behind it. So many of these kind of graphics on cable news are too big when they don't need to be (a key reason why I like the naming chyron graphics that Fox uses). Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16405-msnbc-says-goodbye-to-the-ticker/#findComment-201706 Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Block 1566 Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Good for them on dumping the crawl, but I have never understood why it has almost always been impossible for MSNBC to have a decently-designed lower third and bug. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16405-msnbc-says-goodbye-to-the-ticker/#findComment-201711 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4745 Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Keep the L3 clear... Tickers, stocks and all that crap just degrade from the pictures. How often do we see a good shot destroyed because of all the L3crap. TV did just fine before all the graphic overloads, tickers and the other distraction. Example: This week the Mountain View PD released bodycam video of the crazy youtube shooter encounter. The MVPD captioned the video in the normal area...the lower 3rd! Stupid TV stations couldn't figure out how to completely drop the L3 so we could see the captions.... Or those plane crashes where the amateur video guy has the plane crashing in the lower 3rd...so we never see the actual money shot. All the crazy different graphics are real annoying for many of us. #cleanthescreen Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16405-msnbc-says-goodbye-to-the-ticker/#findComment-201720 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TampaBowler 51 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Another change to the bug this morning. [GALLERY=media, 1067]MSNBC Bug by TampaBowler posted Apr 23, 2018 at 7:11 AM[/GALLERY] Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16405-msnbc-says-goodbye-to-the-ticker/#findComment-202104 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 3307 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Another change to the bug this morning. [GALLERY=media, 1067]MSNBC Bug by TampaBowler posted Apr 23, 2018 at 7:11 AM[/GALLERY] That looks awful. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16405-msnbc-says-goodbye-to-the-ticker/#findComment-202108 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1684 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Now they have the issue I have with the Scripps graphics - a logo floating away from the lower thirds. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16405-msnbc-says-goodbye-to-the-ticker/#findComment-202111 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mre29 1537 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Yeah, not impressed. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16405-msnbc-says-goodbye-to-the-ticker/#findComment-202114 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mre29 1537 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 I say move the LIVE bug to sit completely on top of the white box, then re-center the MSNBC logo in the middle of that box, taking the new time/stock bug into account. I like this idea, but I'll add one minor thing: Keep the black bar running the full width of that box, even when the stock bug isn't needed. Maybe even center the time bug, too. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16405-msnbc-says-goodbye-to-the-ticker/#findComment-202115 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5585 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 I think this is a step in the right direction, but I agree with re-proportioning the live and time bars. A good reference point, I present Exhibit A on how it should be done: Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16405-msnbc-says-goodbye-to-the-ticker/#findComment-202120 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Muck 4378 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Another change to the bug this morning. [GALLERY=media, 1067]MSNBC Bug by TampaBowler posted Apr 23, 2018 at 7:11 AM[/GALLERY] I can understand that they clearly want to simplify the look as much as possible, but ... Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16405-msnbc-says-goodbye-to-the-ticker/#findComment-202127 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey 863 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 I first noticed this last night at 10:30 during a live update in the middle of "Headliners" and assumed it was an error. (It still had the previous design at 9:30.) I'm fine with the bug not being inside a box but it shouldn't look like a mistake the way the L3 just ends. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16405-msnbc-says-goodbye-to-the-ticker/#findComment-202176 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Studio B 20 Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 I don't hate it because I am all for cleaner lower third designs, and it brings it further in line with the graphics seen on Nightly News and on the special reports which both have no background behind the logo. That said when the background is lighter, it can be a little difficult to read but having said that, I think the idea behind it is sound. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16405-msnbc-says-goodbye-to-the-ticker/#findComment-202263 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey 863 Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 One thing lost in the updated bug is the show logo's animation when coming back from a break. (The bug would briefly display the show's logo before transitioning to the MSNBC logo.) Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16405-msnbc-says-goodbye-to-the-ticker/#findComment-202336 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 3307 Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 One thing lost in the updated bug is the show logo's animation when coming back from a break. (The bug would briefly display the show's logo before transitioning to the MSNBC logo.) I really liked that about the previous bug. I thought it was a neat trick. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16405-msnbc-says-goodbye-to-the-ticker/#findComment-202341 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew 149 Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 I wish they would update the logo to make it match more with the NBC NEWS logo with the word MSNBC under the peacock. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16405-msnbc-says-goodbye-to-the-ticker/#findComment-202342 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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