[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.

Has it really changed that much? I can see why they'd do that when things were unexpectedly joined together as they were here but for general simulcasting (e.g. overnight UK times since the late 90s), they've pretty generally just referred to 'BBC News'

Well yeah. It was called a 'joint service' whenever it happened be it bomb, strike or refurbishing a studio. it doesn't happen anymore so am just asking 'what has changed'. Maybe there was a commercial reason why it needed to be mentioned? I don't know, am posing a question and maybe someone with knowledge might know.