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BBC News Pres: 2022 - Present

I agree that Huw is essential for BBC at this point and the whole coverage of Queen's death has proven this once again. Yes, there are others who can do a good and great job but let's face it, Huw Edwards is now that senior, experienced, familiar figure the BBC always had and needed, to cover the most important, historic moments and events.

BBC better find a way to keep him, and hopefully he's seen how others who left recently have crashed and burned, so he should be careful as well. Working for the state broadcaster is on another level compared to random radio gigs, podcasts or big money news channels.
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It's obvious that Huw Edwards is off to itv and Good Morning Britain, as has been reported over the last few months. Given his BBC contract is up in March, he can join them just in time for their umpteenth April refresh.

(18-09-2022, 08:02 PM)CF1 Wrote:  It's obvious that Huw Edwards is off to itv and Good Morning Britain, a programme he loves, as has been reported over the last few months. Given his BBC contract is up in March, he can join them just in time for their umpteenth April refresh.

Sure. Obvious.
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(18-09-2022, 08:02 PM)CF1 Wrote:  It's obvious that Huw Edwards is off to itv and Good Morning Britain, a programme he loves, as has been reported over the last few months. Given his BBC contract is up in March, he can join them just in time for their umpteenth April refresh.

Oh yes, I remember him saying that on the Ten a few weeks ago. "That's BBC News at Ten, I'm away to GMB and it's now time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are."
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(18-09-2022, 07:41 PM)ginnyfan Wrote:  I agree that Huw is essential for BBC at this point and the whole coverage of Queen's death has proven this once again. Yes, there are others who can do a good and great job but let's face it, Huw Edwards is now that senior, experienced, familiar figure the BBC always had and needed, to cover the most important, historic moments and events.

BBC better find a way to keep him, and hopefully he's seen how others who left recently have crashed and burned, so he should be careful as well. Working for the state broadcaster is on another level compared to random radio gigs, podcasts or big money news channels.
There’s no doubt that if Huw does decide to leave, it would be a loss. That said, the BBC is bigger than one man — and any career decisions he makes will be right for him and that’s something that will be immensely personal.
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Back to normal on bbc world news with the branded programming, interesting when anything happens this is usually the first thing to disappear and with that policy it means bbc news channel viewers will have no chance to see these branded programmes on occasion.

(20-09-2022, 12:08 PM)harshy Wrote:  Back to normal on bbc world news with the branded programming, interesting when anything happens this is usually the first thing to disappear and with that policy it means bbc news channel viewers will have no chance to see these branded programmes on occasion.

The branded programmes are dropped when there is breaking news or a single story dominates for a few reasons, such as...



[*]On an ordinary day, they are targetted to particular regional audience(s). If, as with Ukraine or the Queen's death, you have a single main story for all audiences, there isn't really much point in targetted bulletins.
[*]The programmes are all pre-planned and structured. With multi-day news stories, like Ukraine, there isn't much point in planning a bespoke bulletin and programme-specific features if it is just going to get thrown out of the window by latest developments.
[*]During developing news events, branded elements like beds and titles aren't used as much and the studio is rarely in-vision. The branded elements are, therefore, somewhat redundant.
[*]Also during such stories, presenters generally only change over when it is possible/organic rather than when their scheduled shift ends.
[*]A key reason behind having branded bulletins in the first place is so they can charge particular advertisers a higher rate. During these kinds of events, standard advertising schedules are massively disrupted.
[*]And, most importantly, during a breaking news situation, the priority is to deliver the news accurately rather than to ensure that the right branding is used. The only branding that needs to be front and centre is the BBC part. You don't want to dilute the 'you are watching the BBC' element with extra (often more generic) brands.


It's also not really odd that NC viewers don't see these programmes. Unless it was a very slow news day in the UK and there was a major pre-planned event in Asia, there would be no justification or purpose for the NC taking a programme like Impact, a news bulletin aimed at evening Asia Pacific audiences.

It should also go without saying that the only NC viewers who actually care about what colour the studio is lit are the few hundred members of forums like this - the average viewer is likely to be wholly unphased (and at best bemused) by seeing a BBC News studio lit in teal rather than red and white. This isn't to say branding doesn't matter, but rather that I do not believe many NC viewers would feel they are missing out by not getting to see the full possibilities of LED lighting.
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Yeah you are right DTV it’s just amazing just how different these bbc news channels are actually are for the time being, one is like the multi coloured dreamcoat.

Anyone else noticed that the countdown is currently almost entirely Ukraine focussed?

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(18-09-2022, 09:21 PM)Matrix Wrote:  
(18-09-2022, 07:41 PM)ginnyfan Wrote:  I agree that Huw is essential for BBC at this point and the whole coverage of Queen's death has proven this once again. Yes, there are others who can do a good and great job but let's face it, Huw Edwards is now that senior, experienced, familiar figure the BBC always had and needed, to cover the most important, historic moments and events.

BBC better find a way to keep him, and hopefully he's seen how others who left recently have crashed and burned, so he should be careful as well. Working for the state broadcaster is on another level compared to random radio gigs, podcasts or big money news channels.
There’s no doubt that if Huw does decide to leave, it would be a loss. That said, the BBC is bigger than one man — and any career decisions he makes will be right for him and that’s something that will be immensely personal.

I believe the current talk is that he might leave the news, but continue as a presenter for elections and other big occasions (like royal events). Certainly, I can't see him turning up on GB News or TalkTV any time soon!
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