[DTV]

Based on 5 presenters it feels like they might be aiming for UK shifts along the lines of...
- Weekdays 9am to 1pm
- Weekdays 1 to 5pm
- Weekends 9am to 1pm
- Weekends 1pm to 5pm

Presumably after 5pm it'll be a mix of Washington, Singapore, and possibly some presenter-reporters from London (assuming Outside Source and The Context remain).

This is quite different from what I'm expecting. My expectation is that the eight 'presenter-reporters' are more likely to be the 'headliners' (as per Hakim and Atkins at present) and the five just presenters are going to be the ones with more flexibile shifts. I also would be very surprised if they restricted London to just eight hours a day as 'from London' still has some draw for World and the level of investment talked about for Washington (I don't think Singapore is getting much more) wouldn't be enough to carry the channel for more than a couple of shifts per day.

On weekdays I'm expecting something more on the lines of four/five shifts from London from 05:/06:00 to between 19:00 and 21:00, then a shift from Washington, one from Singapore and then another from Washington. Even with five Mon-Thurs three-hour London shifts and four Fri-Sun four-hour London shifts, you'd only need nine of the London-based presenter pool on air per week.