On 16 November 2012 it was announced ITV News would rebrand in January 2013.ITV reveals first details of major rebrand David Pidgeon, Media Tel, 16 November 2012 On 27 November 2012 it was understood the ITV News at 5:30 would be axed, in favour of delivering content for itv.com and creating a new foreign affairs unit.ITV axes Morning News bulletin Mark Sweney, The Guardian, 27 November 2012 The new look brought forth another rearrangement of signature tune The Awakening, more direct than its predecessors, and a new opening sequence featuring "Big Ben" marking the time for its respective news programmes; it also saw the ITN logo removed entirely, the production slide instead being the ITV News logo with "ITN year" in small type underneath.
