TV or not TV?

National Geographic, along with its Magazine, Website and numerous other ventures, is also the proud owner a T.V channel filled with weird and wonderful documentaries. The subjects of these specials range from a close look at the legal marijuana business in California, to a week in the life of some deeply paranoid people from the northern states preparing for the Apocalypse. A fine mixed bag of the strangeness the world has to offer.

There is a section of Nat Geo’s website called ’Nat Geo TV’ in which it has photos, blurb and schedules advertising what’s on going to appear on the channel over the next few days. The descriptions of what are on offer are thorough and there is an ample amount of videos to be perused; but unfortunately this is the first section of the website in which I’ve become a little confused about what’s going on.

It seems that a variety of videos from different corners of the site have been thrown in together in a sort of haphazard fashion. There’s no real rhyme or reason to the bunch of videos available, it’s difficult to tell if one of the videos is a taster for something that will appear or NatGeo TV or just a random upload. So far it’s the first part of the site that hasn’t adhered to the policy of “balanc(ing) high impact visuals with uncluttered typography”. The whole thing is quite cluttered, fairly confusing and the visuals had an impact akin to a left-hook off an eight year old.