Presentation Pet Peeves

[JohnnySmith]

Positioning of a DOG?
Annoying Break-Bumpers?
Logo positionings?
Overusing weird fonts?
Weird colour scheme?

I'd love to discuss some of your presentation pet peeves. For example, I really loathe the BBC Three DOG used during Threetime.
What about yours? (if you have any...)

[Brekkie]

Announcers repeating themselves every 30 seconds or so during a breakdown.

[L1]

Network trails playing out in regions which do not show said network programme. Used to be regular occurence on Border Scotland

[channelbox]

I've always found the current Channel 5 break bumpers quite annoying with the music.

[Matthew]

DOGs in general really, especially on the iPlayer, distracting

[TVenthusiasm]

DOGs on iPlayer and ITV Hub

[AaronLancs]

Not so much a "pet peeve" as such more like "mild annoyance". When certain bits of presentation start to diverge from the "original" / "master" set and are not consistent with maintaining the standard set by what has been established.

This applies to both "normal" branding presentation for channels and news presentation as well.

[From The North]

Double use of a logo in the same screen like this!

https://twitter.com/ITVCareers/status/14...20/photo/1

[scottishtv]

On BBC One, I find it a little odd that the Nations will use exactly the same scripts for continuity announcements as network. I realise it probably makes sense that only one person watches/previews the programme and writes the scripts, but you can often tell when the script doesn't suit a particular announcer's style/delivery. It's often the "excitement" they have for the BBC Three strand that is least convincing.

That said, I realise this is very niche - and most viewers probably don't notice/care.

[JetixFann450]

If, but to name a few...

"BBC 'Free'"
"[insert channel here] is moving..."
"CAH-TEWN-NET-WERK"

Ad breaks during movies
Few minute delay on iPlayer
Ads when pausing on All4.
Content distribution deals (looking at you, Sky and HBO... :roll

[swaggyboi128]

Announcers repeating themselves every 30 seconds or so during a breakdown.

To second that:
Announcers repeating themselves every thirty seconds or so during a breakdown, giving you false hope when the music fades out (if there is music) that the breakdown might be fixed.

[CameronYoung]

Not strictly presentation but as a similar thing was mentioned above - for me, it's that ITV Hub pauses adverts when you switch tabs in your browser, but won't pause the programme when you do that.

Also, when adverts for the next programme take up more of the screen than the credits for the current programme (thinking of ITV here which on my slightly old TV reduces the credits to being barely readable. I don't tend to read the credits much but it's nice to be able to read who's put work into the programme)

[Steve in Pudsey]

Announcers repeating themselves every 30 seconds or so during a breakdown.

To second that:
Announcers repeating themselves every thirty seconds or so during a breakdown, giving you false hope when the music fades out (if there is music) that the breakdown might be fixed.

I'll third that and add - breakdowns on reactive channels where they don't play music, just leave the silent caption up.

And breakdowns with announcers who won't ad-lib and divert from the script, such as the One Show fire alarm where the anno robotically read a generic apology about technical problems, and the various breakdowns within a junction (eg trails failing to play) where the announcer apologises for a "break in the programme".

[James Martin]

The DOG on iPlayer............

[Brekkie]

Not strictly presentation but as a similar thing was mentioned above - for me, it's that ITV Hub pauses adverts when you switch tabs in your browser, but won't pause the programme when you do that.

Also, when adverts for the next programme take up more of the screen than the credits for the current programme (thinking of ITV here which on my slightly old TV reduces the credits to being barely readable. I don't tend to read the credits much but it's nice to be able to read who's put work into the programme)

Not so much on linear TV but I hate how streamers either bounce you on to the next episode before the credits have even started and in the case of the iPlayer cover them immediately with a promo suggesting you watch something else (with a countdown) as soon as a series ends. However much you try and change settings you can't avoid it.