[Stuart]

You can equally argue that the domestic viewer is going to benefit from seeing a news channel which may be largely funded externally.

Editorially I disagree — domestic viewers aren’t going to benefit when there’s a story of huge interest to the U.K. but not worldwide. Global viewers don’t pay the licence fee, and so you could also argue that those who do should get a service tailored for them. A profit-making channel shouldn’t impact the service. (Being devil’s advocate.)

If there was suddenly a story of huge domestic interest, where rolling coverage wasn't appropriate for the international audience, then surely they would break into the BBC One schedule and continue using BBC News resources around the UK.

That was always the case before we had the NC. It worked very well back in the day.