[DTV]

I think it’s already on record, unofficially, that no domestic bulletins will appear on the merged channel for viewers outside the UK, excluding serious breaking news of the type where we have seen the bulletins on BBC World News in the past.

Where easy and convenient to do so, the BBC will “slot in” some simulcasts with domestic bulletins on the UK-stream only. This allows BBC managers to claim they are providing a bespoke service for license fee payers.

Yep, domestic bulletins will not appear on the world version of the merged channel (possibly excluding very rare UK-centric events, such as Royal events and UK political crises, or where there is only one major international story, such as the start of the War in Ukraine). I'm not sure if continued simulcast of bulletins in the UK has been confirmed, but that is certainly the broad expectation.

Studio-wise, the 1 o’clock news will join the 6 and 10 in Studio B, and possibly short weekend updates may use Studio D in the future if they don’t want to fire-up B. This leaves E free for the new channel and C as a spare for cleaning/maintenance in E. C could also be used for a proper U.K. opt but it sounds as if the current plan is to use D (for extended broadcasts, like scheduled breakaways for coverage around a general election) or a clip studio (for breaking news).

I think it's reasonable to expect all network news to return to Studio B - effectively returning to a pre-2008 set-up. The UK-opt will actually come from 'Studio' J - the Outside Source balcony, which uses Studio A's gallery (which I assume will become the network control for the UK version of the channel). D seems more likely to become the spare studio; C looks to be redundant after the refurbishment of E.

We don’t know whether or not the 1 o’clock news will be: presumably either they will simulcast it and they will continue with the unofficial “newshour” segment beyond 1:30pm (as now) - allowing for a clean rejoin with the global feed at the 2pm top of the hour, or they will not broadcast it on the channel. If they don’t broadcast it, they will have to find somewhere else to put the signed version which is currently shown on the BBC News channel. I don’t think it would go down well if they shifted that to red button and online only. So I expect the former is more likely than the latter. It would also be an easy-win to utilise the One presenter for the rest of the hour to provide more UK-exclusive content.

Utilising network teams to produce UK newshours at certain times would certainly be a sensible option, but given they'll likely also move the London 13:30 into B with the One, I don't know if it would be possible for 'extended' versions of the network bulletins. As for the signed hour, that hour was signed before News 24 started simulcasting the One in April 2006, so, if the One doesn't remain simulcast, I would expect they'd just sign that hour of BBC News instead.