[Newsroom]

I stumbled across this from 2001 when back then and it was deemed almost essential to let viewers know they were watching a 'joint service' - and it's not the only example of course.

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So what exactly has changed 'commercially' internally that it is not so important now? Because it was most certainly important in 2001 to let people know what they were watching.

Now of course a simple ' To our viewers here in the UK and around the World' is sufficient.

It would be great to fully understand how things have changed.