Comments on: Welcome ABC1….. bye bye ABC TV!

By: barrie

barrie — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:33:00 +0000

I hate the new watermarks. They take up too much space and should be opaque not coloured. It looks like they are trying to please everyone by having two logos but who cares about the squiggle. If the squiggle was so loved they should have renamed the channels “squiggle 1″ and “squiggle 2″ Why is there such a big gap above the squiggle watermark? It would be much less annoying if there at least wasn’t a gap. I’m emailing the ABC today

By: The Human Dree

The Human Dree — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:44:00 +0000

I think the days of assigning a channel in your TV by a designated number is over. Its been years since I gave 2,7,9,10,28 etc those actual numbers on my box.
Back in analogue UHF days, sure, but not anymore.

By: Alex45

Alex45 — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:07:00 +0000

I was just a TV director, so in essence I have a bogan’s brain.
Just what medicine were the lads down at the ABC when they decided to call their majority ABC Channel 2, ABC1.
It defies intelligence, commonsense, and clear thing.
As ABC Channel have the most viewers, it’s just simple commonsense you make your major frequency eg Channel 2, ABC2.
Buggered by their logic, if there is any. Luckily there’s no law for stupidity.

By: John

John — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:14:00 +0000

I just watched a program on ABC2 today. In my opinion, I like ABC2′s banana background better than the blue background that ABC1 has. What a shame that the ABC decided to change the ABC2 slogan at the last minute. I quite liked “Bring Out The 2 in You” better.

By: The Human Dree

The Human Dree — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 07:16:00 +0000

Then that makes me the only person not stressed!! I can live with that

By: neonkitten

neonkitten — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 06:53:00 +0000

Dree, you seem to be making a career out of disagreeing with me just because you can. It’s already tiresome.

No, I wasn’t over-reacting – I mean, look at those watermarks. They’re a disgrace, and if you can ignore them, you’d be the only one, I’m willing to bet.

By: eastsydneyboy

eastsydneyboy — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 06:43:00 +0000

What’s the point of complaining?

ABC management just don’t care. They forced the original watermarks on us, and ignored all the complaints. Why should it be any different this time?

By: The Human Dree

The Human Dree — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 06:37:00 +0000

I got no problem with it, five minutes into a show you forget its there.

By: reubot

reubot — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 05:39:00 +0000

The position of the ABC2 watermark is entirely inappropriate.

By: Stan

Stan — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 04:52:00 +0000

The watermark is too big. They’ll have to make a decsiion what are they going to keep. I just saw it on ABC2. Like 10 and 9, they’ll make a decision based on people’s feedback. I wonder why people at ABC lack any imagionation to create something that everybody would like.

By: The Human Dree

The Human Dree — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 04:29:00 +0000

wow, Miss Kitten was over-reacting!

By: pietro99

pietro99 — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 03:31:00 +0000

There will be screams about the new logo I just saw on ABC1, and letters to parliament no doubt.

Interestingly no watermark the useless HD channel and 'ABC kids' on the new ABC2.

Early days I suppose.

By: Kyrale

Kyrale — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:26:00 +0000

http://www.abc.net.au/tv/newtv/

By: neonkitten

neonkitten — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:14:00 +0000

"the logo to appear next to ABC1 with a blue background and ABC2 with a yellow background"

Uh-oh. I have a Bloody Great Big Obnoxious Opaque Watermark Half Way Across The Screen feeling...

Guess we'll know in a few hours.