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RE: BBC News Channel/BBC World News Merger - W. Knight - 01-10-2022
Probably best to put it here.
First blood of the BBC cutbacks: World radio output, specifically Persian, Arabian, Hindi and Chinese languages.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/sep/29/hundreds-of-jobs-to-go-as-bbc-announces-world-service-cutbacks
A sad one for me, as a listener of the weekend Cantonese podcast. It was hard to find (relatively) impartial news reporting from where I live, after what happened in recent years, and its closure means one less option to listen to.
RE: BBC News Channel/BBC World News Merger - thePineapple - 01-10-2022
(01-10-2022, 05:28 PM)W. Knight Wrote: Probably best to put it here.
First blood of the BBC cutbacks: World radio output, specifically Persian, Arabian, Hindi and Chinese languages.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/sep/29/hundreds-of-jobs-to-go-as-bbc-announces-world-service-cutbacks
A sad one for me, as a listener of the weekend Cantonese podcast. It was hard to find (relatively) impartial news reporting from where I live, after what happened in recent years, and its closure means one less option to listen to.
It is a shame. In this statement, the BBC acknowledges "we are in tough financial circumstances and have had to make difficult decisions."
Perhaps the most stark reminder that this is all caused by the Government's repeated withdrawals of funding from the BBC.
https://twitter.com/BBCNewsPR/status/1576198353624256512
RE: BBC News Channel/BBC World News Merger - JamieD - 01-10-2022
Is it just me that gets a bit mad hearing about this? Not mad at the BBC, but at the government who are ultimately in charge of the funding. This is further 'soft power' we are losing by not allowing the BBC to be able to run these services. Yes, tough financial choices need to be made sometimes but they're often made at the expense of the bigger picture.
I'll stop the rant before I get too political and maybe I'm being too nostalgic for an era of media consumption that has already long gone, but it seems the BBC is being cut to bits.
RE: BBC News Channel/BBC World News Merger - Frances - 02-10-2022
(01-10-2022, 05:28 PM)W. Knight Wrote: Probably best to put it here.
First blood of the BBC cutbacks: World radio output, specifically Persian, Arabian, Hindi and Chinese languages.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/sep/29/hundreds-of-jobs-to-go-as-bbc-announces-world-service-cutbacks
A sad one for me, as a listener of the weekend Cantonese podcast. It was hard to find (relatively) impartial news reporting from where I live, after what happened in recent years, and its closure means one less option to listen to.
[color=#333333][font='Open Sans', 'segoe ui', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]Does BBC Chinese still have radio output after its Mandarin shortwave service closed? Or they mean the Cantonese show Newsweek 時事一周 which already moved online?[/font][/color]
RE: BBC News Channel/BBC World News Merger - W. Knight - 02-10-2022
(02-10-2022, 01:23 AM)Frances Wrote:They don't now, as RTHK banned BBC World Service per the Chinese authority's orders in 2021. Newsweek is their only programming, and the host hinted it's nearing its end:(01-10-2022, 05:28 PM)W. Knight Wrote: Probably best to put it here.
First blood of the BBC cutbacks: World radio output, specifically Persian, Arabian, Hindi and Chinese languages.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/sep/29/hundreds-of-jobs-to-go-as-bbc-announces-world-service-cutbacks
A sad one for me, as a listener of the weekend Cantonese podcast. It was hard to find (relatively) impartial news reporting from where I live, after what happened in recent years, and its closure means one less option to listen to.
[color=#333333][font='Open Sans', 'segoe ui', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]Does BBC Chinese still have radio output after its Mandarin shortwave service closed? Or they mean the Cantonese show Newsweek 時事一周 which already moved online?[/font][/color]
https://youtu.be/dc1KvajpoMk?t=118
RE: BBC News Channel/BBC World News Merger - bbctvtechop - 02-10-2022
This is my area of work. Colleagues - editorial and technical - are devestated and angry.
The interesting thing for me (and what it maybe says about global media/news consumption, global economies, and society) is how different regions of the world are being treated.
BBC Arabic Radio is closing, leaving only a TV and Online service.
Meanwhile, BBC Somali TV is closing, leaving only Radio and Online.
A less talked about aspect is those services which are remaining open but not in London - including Swahili TV which moves to be produced and presented from London. However its sister programme, English-language Focus On Africa, will have journalists producing stories in Kenya/Tanzania and the diaspora, but still being technically made by crew in London (unsure whether the presenter will be in Nairobi or London).
RE: BBC News Channel/BBC World News Merger - TJTSW - 02-10-2022
One question I have about the merger is that will bbc.co.uk or bbc.com be mentioned ?! Or will that just be left to on screen graphics depending where your from will be one or the other, but I’ve herd the presenters mention other one or the other depending when you tune in, so wondered if one or the other will get replaced ?
RE: BBC News Channel/BBC World News Merger - Frances - 02-10-2022
(02-10-2022, 09:28 PM)TJTSW Wrote: One question I have about the merger is that will bbc.co.uk or bbc.com be mentioned ?! Or will that just be left to on screen graphics depending where your from will be one or the other, but I’ve herd the presenters mention other one or the other depending when you tune in, so wondered if one or the other will get replaced ?
IIRC bbc.com has ads but bbc.co.uk doesn’t.
RE: BBC News Channel/BBC World News Merger - Radio_man - 17-10-2022
Why on earth is BBC World News taking a simulcast of the broadcast of the emergency statements from the House of Commons this afternoon? You could be forgiven for thinking that the merger has happened already.
Isn't BBC WN supposed to be an international news channel, not a news channel broadcast from the UK that's focussed on the intricate details of UK politics?
RE: BBC News Channel/BBC World News Merger - ginnyfan - 17-10-2022
Because it's big news in the UK and UK is the base country of BBC and a very important country in the world. UK-centric news was always big on BBC World and will be even bigger with the merger. It's quite clear really....