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RE: BBC News Channel/BBC World News Merger - cando - 01-04-2023
- Samir Ahmed asks if there's a 24/7 UK breaking team, it doesn't save much money then... Paul didn't give a direct answer.
There wasn't for the last 20 years.....lol
RE: BBC News Channel/BBC World News Merger - Worzel - 01-04-2023
(01-04-2023, 12:53 PM)thomalex Wrote:Nothing like transparency? Heh!(01-04-2023, 11:28 AM)AJB39 Wrote: It’s interesting to read the replies to this tweet. They reveal that many people are completely unaware of the impending changes to the News Channel and that this is what he is referring to. Some of the repliers think that he is retiring and that it is an April Fools.
Outside of here I wouldn't have thought many people are really aware of it so not a surprise, it's all been kept hush hush.
RE: BBC News Channel/BBC World News Merger - bakamann - 01-04-2023
We probably would not be surprised if Ofcom suddenly releases a statement one day, saying that they were not satisfied with the new BBC News channel and how disjointed the channel is.
RE: BBC News Channel/BBC World News Merger - Radio_man - 01-04-2023
(01-04-2023, 11:28 AM)AJB39 Wrote:(01-04-2023, 10:42 AM)Rolling News Wrote: https://twitter.com/thehuwedwards/status/1642098279511908352?s=46&t=nItkK3o_QY1O0nRGLinrgw
It’s interesting to read the replies to this tweet. They reveal that many people are completely unaware of the impending changes to the News Channel and that this is what he is referring to. Some of the repliers think that he is retiring and that it is an April Fools.
(01-04-2023, 11:33 AM)ginnyfan Wrote: It's the same with replies to many other BBC presenters that have tweeted similar farewell BBC NC messages. Most people are totally unaware of what's happening.In a way, this shows that how the merger has been handled has been a success from the point of view of not wanting viewers to notice what is happening. The changes have been gradual since last September. Familiar NC faces have been presenting the joint service this past month.
Also, it seems like there was some sort of a farewell event for BBC NC people, last night. Several tweets from yesterday mentioned it, I'm not sure if that third photo Huw posted is from last night or something old.
On Monday some regular NC viewers who don't read forums like this might wonder why there are new presenters on air, but what else will really change? Even the name of the channel is the same from Monday.
(Although UK viewers will rightly wonder why on earth they are getting a radio phone-in on a TV news channel in the mornings when it's launched.)
If anything, the viewers who have had the most change have been World viewers. They've lost all of their old branded programmes, haven't seen any of their regular European daytime anchors for the last month, and now get much more UK-focussed news and content.
RE: BBC News Channel/BBC World News Merger - damian - 01-04-2023
(01-04-2023, 12:53 PM)thomalex Wrote:I live in New Zealand and a few weeks back the merger was reported on a few news websites down here. Quite irrelevant down here apart from the ones who watch bbc world news. It was mainly an article about their cost cutting and job losses though.(01-04-2023, 11:28 AM)AJB39 Wrote: It’s interesting to read the replies to this tweet. They reveal that many people are completely unaware of the impending changes to the News Channel and that this is what he is referring to. Some of the repliers think that he is retiring and that it is an April Fools.
Outside of here I wouldn't have thought many people are really aware of it so not a surprise, it's all been kept hush hush.
RE: BBC News Channel/BBC World News Merger - Moz - 01-04-2023
(01-04-2023, 11:45 AM)chris Wrote:(01-04-2023, 11:32 AM)Frances Wrote: But I guess some viewers might noticed that some packages are being repeated more frequently than before.
Such as Victoria Gill’s sewage report was shown in almost every hour - usually the 2nd half hour - from 9am to the Ten. Previously these packages is usually put firstly on the One or the Six.
Another example is the indictment of Donald Trump. The first package was on air for the first time at 7am during Breakfast, then there was an updated version on the Six, but the exactly same version is still being aired in this hour - it has been 17 hours since the report updated, and 26 hours after the first package came on air.
That’s a problem between the network bulletins too. I can barely tell the difference between the 6 and 10 - they don’t even try to hide it with different presentation or presenting teams.
Completely agree. Would be so much better if there were different presenters, a slightly different look (darker for the Ten) and updated packages.
RE: BBC News Channel/BBC World News Merger - graemedsheridan - 01-04-2023
Ben Boulos on Instagram says that something exciting is happening on BBC Breakfast om Monday. New studio?
RE: BBC News Channel/BBC World News Merger - Joe - 01-04-2023
Why do the 6pm and 10pm need to be different?
RE: BBC News Channel/BBC World News Merger - Kojak - 01-04-2023
(01-04-2023, 09:37 PM)Joe Wrote: Why do the 6pm and 10pm need to be different?You’d be surprised at how many people watch both bulletins. (Same goes for the 6.30 and 10 on ITV). It would thus make sense for the two bulletins to have at least slightly different agendas.
RE: BBC News Channel/BBC World News Merger - DTV - 01-04-2023
(01-04-2023, 09:42 PM)Kojak Wrote:Plus, even for people who aren't watching both, having slightly different focuses - typically domestic social affairs for the Six and politics and international news for the Ten - adds a selling point to the respective bulletins.(01-04-2023, 09:37 PM)Joe Wrote: Why do the 6pm and 10pm need to be different?You’d be surprised at how many people watch both bulletins. (Same goes for the 6.30 and 10 on ITV). It would thus make sense for the two bulletins to have at least slightly different agendas.
Also, on the point of different agendas, I recall that one of the British Election Studies (87 or 92) asked about people's perception of ideological leanings of various newspapers and TV/radio programmes - including the BBC's Six and Nine O'Clock Newses - and there were a small but not insignificant number of respondents who thought that one BBC bulletin was biased towards one party and the other leant in the opposite direction! How much of that was genuine feeling and how much was 'not bothered, random answer' was difficult to work out.