06-03-2023, 11:07 AM
(06-03-2023, 10:19 AM)mokked Wrote: It has far as I know, not been announced the split of commercial money or licence fee pays for the new BBC News service but as far as I'm concerned, product placement and advertising is banned on the BBC and we pay for the BBC News Channel.
I would suggest that BBC News do not in future mention commercial channels to comply with Ofcom.
(06-03-2023, 10:27 AM)mokked Wrote:So you're happy for PBS in the US to be name checked at 8pm, 2am and 4am because you're not watching then, but you don't want PBS name checked at 9am because you're watching at that time?(06-03-2023, 10:23 AM)oscillon Wrote: Breaking news: they have been doing this already for some time during the 8pm UKT edition of Outside Source/BBC News (Friday), as well as 2am UKT bulletin Tue-Sat.I'm sorry but I haven't been watching as much recently, also I can't stand Outside Source (personal preference). I never had a problem with the 2am bulletin having this as it was a BBC World News production (BBC Studios) paid for commercially not through the licence fee, was broadcast overnight when a majority of UK-based viewers sleep. This issue I'm stating as far as I'm concerned is that during the day, BBC News paid for by licence holders should not include any name check to a commercial organisation anywhere in the World.
How about when they go to CBS or ABC news correspondents for the latest on a story from the US? Are you against them mentioning what news organisation the correspondent is from?
As you feel so strongly about this, I assume you'll be complaining - you'll need to go through the BBC complaints process first, and then complain to OFCOM. I'd be interested to hear the responses you get. (Insert roll eyes emoji here)