BBC has defended their new logo, after a wave of backlash claimed it looks extremely similar to the previous one.The new logo, revealed last week online but first launched on US streaming service BBC Select in February, features a smaller font and slightly larger gaps between each of the three grey blocks containing a letter of the broadcaster’s name.In a statement obtained by Metro defending the design change, a BBC spokesperson said: “We are simply using our own font – which we own the intellectual rights to – to tidy up the blocks when we update content or BBC products.“It would be wrong to suggest that the costs of the design of the blocks was significant.”Many on Twitter explained that the new logo would allow the broadcaster to use.
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