31-12-2022, 09:51 PM
(31-12-2022, 01:54 PM)bbctvtechop Wrote:(31-12-2022, 01:50 PM)Keith Wrote: With the merger in general I think the best hope is for a u-turn on the weekday daytime proposed changes. Ideally allowing for UK opt-outs between 9am and 6pm on weekdays. Currently weekdays 7pm to 6am is almost already a simulcast, and will be more so once The Papers ceases.
I think utilising their international studios overnight makes sense. It means they can save money by only pay those staff normal daytime rates, instead of overnight pay / rest time. Additionally, compared to even a decade ago high speed fibre internet presumably makes it easier to connect and work with international studios.
Hopefully the idea of a simulcast of 5 Live as a UK opt-out has/will be dropped. Doing that for just BBC Two would be better. However, also putting it on the news channel is bad, as if nothing else it means in the UK the same content could be viewed live via two TV channels and one radio station.
And if there is a breaking UK news story at 8pm on a Thursday or midday on a Sunday?
Presumably if it’s the right type of story (such as Westminster bubble stuff) they will cover it at length, like they have done in the past few years, and world viewers will be left wondering what’s going on
It’s the lesser breaking news, like UK weather, or something happening outside London, which I think will be the obvious ones which don’t get as much coverage