[DTV]

Well if it wasn't clear already it now blatantly is that the UK news channel is closing and the new channel will be nothing more than a simulcast of BBC World.

I won't recover ground covered in earlier posts as to why that might be the case and the onscreen implications of it but what is a disgrace here is how the BBC are doing it without the style of consultation we saw for the closure and subsequent reinstatement of BBC Three.  Yes, they usually ignore the responses anyway and go ahead with their plans but even so there is usually at least concessions that can be made, if not entirely compromise.

To be honest, it's a little hard to tell if any concessions have been made as the plans for UK output weren't particularly clear to start with and haven't been elucidated on since - including, judging by insider comments, to those who actually work in BBC News! I mean the public plans as they stand are so vague as to stretch from being a loss, but acceptable to potentially dire. Nobody really actually seems to know where we stand.