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The problem that I see is people thinking the merger will quickly get undone like Truss. It won't be, not under Tim Davie anyway.

For quite some time the merger has been announced and there have not been much positive discussion on it. The BBC have forced through these changes despite push back from employees including the presenters, held auditions for positions that were clearly predetermined judging by the fact the chosen few were all World News presenters with branded slots, and still haven't made clear what will be worth opting out to a dedicated UK feed that will be held in a broom cupboard with unknown presenters, sorry balcony. It is clearly going to be a rough start for this new channel no matter how many pilots take place and so on.

The only thing I can think will happen later on is a bone being thrown and a few dedicated UK half hours being added using the opt-out presenters, but even then they are not exactly going to be the same level as the current UK presentation.

It's going to be up to other providers to present rolling news for a UK audience, because the BBC don't really want to. We will have to see if any want to take on this role.