15-08-2022, 12:20 PM
Couple of things: no region is double headed anymore. We went through a fairly painful exercise in ‘rationalisation’ a few years back on that front.
Secondly, I think there is a bigger context this needs to be set in. The BBC, rightly or wrongly, is preparing itself for a day when the primary concern is income. Some will argue that should be/ is already but the merger is a clear indication that the World outcome is where the commercial opportunities lie.
It has been a torrid few years and there is genuinely quite a demoralised attitude but I can see how these measures at least keep the idea of *a* news channel on the table, albeit with a slightly uncertain editorial focus.
Secondly, I think there is a bigger context this needs to be set in. The BBC, rightly or wrongly, is preparing itself for a day when the primary concern is income. Some will argue that should be/ is already but the merger is a clear indication that the World outcome is where the commercial opportunities lie.
It has been a torrid few years and there is genuinely quite a demoralised attitude but I can see how these measures at least keep the idea of *a* news channel on the table, albeit with a slightly uncertain editorial focus.