28-05-2024, 10:02 PM
(28-05-2024, 09:08 PM)interestednovice Wrote: I suppose the BBC, in classic BBC “avoiding audience confusion” style, decided that having the main UK-wide programme on a channel called BBC Scotland, but a Scotland-specific programme on BBC One Scotland at the same time, was just too confusing.
They also seem embarrassed about even having the BBC Scotland channel at all, at this point, so it’s hardly a shock that they are trying to pretend it doesn’t exist.
I imagine that, in reality, we will get a generic reminder during the coverage that “viewers across the UK can watch the (main) programme on the BBC News channel” and the BBC Two option will go unpublicised.
The BBC also do not like to draw attention to BBC Scotland being the spiritual successor to BBC Two Scotland because they don’t want to remind people that they’ve axed a service to create it.
The end of BBC2 Scotland is a pain in situations like this. Having the network coverage only on the News Channel isn’t the end of the world, but usual issues about HD on Freeview as well as the convenience of having the main coverage on adjacent channels for flicking between them apply.