07-03-2023, 05:07 AM
I think it may be necessary (even in this temporary month) to wait a bit before judging the domestic/international balance. And, frankly, if I were the one running this, amid the political environment, I'd be tempted to deliberately put a UK slant on these first days/hours knowing that everyone will be watching to judge this. Also, wouldn't want the first few hours of output to not have a UK slant less they become Ofcom fodder for "look no domestic coverage! can't approve this, back to how it was, now!"
To the individual here who is disappointed at the name checking of "PBS in America" (during the hours he's watching!) allegedly on commercial revenue/license fee split grounds: the way things are going, one day soon I bet everything you see on your BBC will be more commercially funded than license fee funded (that's why the BBC is splitting off so many aspects to commercial arms anyway; major dramas produced with commercial sales global partners already in mind). if you want a BBC that speaks only for you, get your government to actually fund it.
Regarding a clock, I'd really love a clock on World News (any time zone, I don't care; just give me something). A clock is very helpful in syncing up different channels content and scrubbing through 24/7 recordings where the actual tape timing doesn't always bear perfect relation to wall clock time.
Regarding India, and their 17% or whatever, honestly, why does Red Bee not have the capacity to overlay some static/limited graphics (like a basic clock in a fixed screen region) on all regional variants (like the basic white "BBC World News" that would appear fixed on screen during some overnights/Singapore and taped programmes when the news ticket and black/red logo bar disappears.) It's not expensive to do that.
The blue lighting in E actually didn't clash much with the fixed red elements. It was kinda nice, perhaps the red has just become a bit too bright lately.
I personally hate finance/business programming, feels quite outmoded this day in age; who are those stories even for (and what business is even left to report on, we ain't even got tomatoes, lol). Anyway.
To the individual here who is disappointed at the name checking of "PBS in America" (during the hours he's watching!) allegedly on commercial revenue/license fee split grounds: the way things are going, one day soon I bet everything you see on your BBC will be more commercially funded than license fee funded (that's why the BBC is splitting off so many aspects to commercial arms anyway; major dramas produced with commercial sales global partners already in mind). if you want a BBC that speaks only for you, get your government to actually fund it.
Regarding a clock, I'd really love a clock on World News (any time zone, I don't care; just give me something). A clock is very helpful in syncing up different channels content and scrubbing through 24/7 recordings where the actual tape timing doesn't always bear perfect relation to wall clock time.
Regarding India, and their 17% or whatever, honestly, why does Red Bee not have the capacity to overlay some static/limited graphics (like a basic clock in a fixed screen region) on all regional variants (like the basic white "BBC World News" that would appear fixed on screen during some overnights/Singapore and taped programmes when the news ticket and black/red logo bar disappears.) It's not expensive to do that.
The blue lighting in E actually didn't clash much with the fixed red elements. It was kinda nice, perhaps the red has just become a bit too bright lately.
I personally hate finance/business programming, feels quite outmoded this day in age; who are those stories even for (and what business is even left to report on, we ain't even got tomatoes, lol). Anyway.