07-03-2023, 09:09 PM
Frankly, I think that is quite unfair to much of the BBC's business output, that produced by World News especially.
Business on BBC Breakfast is often a very surface-level look at what I would loosely term "consumer issues". Things like "inflation is up", what is it, a basic explainer and reference to how it "affects all of us and that's why you might find your money isn't stretching as far as it used to". Pitched at a low level for the average Joe to digest in the morning when only half awake! News at Six and News at Ten can be a bit better, but still assume a low level of overall economic understanding - this may be no bad thing, given recent research that many adults are confused by how news reports communicate economic issues.
World News business has always been pitched at a higher level, and this is likely due to the "international businessman traveller" kind of audience. There was some confusion earlier in the thread between the 5:30am Business Briefing and the former 8:30am business programme - BBC Business Live, later BBC Worklife. BBC Business Live, at launch, had two presenters - the morning BBC WN business presenter, who had been presenting the 5:30am World Business Report, and the BBC News Channel morning business bulletin presenter, who would go on to present business on the BBC News Channel. The programme took advantage of two shifts overlapping to allow for dual presentation. Later on, the NC business presenter position was axed, as part of overall cutbacks to the NC (sound familiar?) meaning it would no longer routinely feature business programming. BBC Worklife then went for more of a blend of business and lifestyle features, often padded out with a short from the BBC website. This was obviously cheaper to produce and wasn't as "hard business news". The second presenter was now the morning 7am shift WN presenter, along with the early morning business WN presenter (as WN kept it's own business programming). This usually meant Sally Bundock or Victoria Valentine paired with either David Eades or Karin Giannone.
The 5am hour on WN was originally a news presenter 5-5:30, then an edition of World Business Report with a business presenter at 5:30, followed by a full newspaper review with the two presenters plus guest around 5:45 to 6:00am. The guest was generally a business/economic analyst or other person with expertise, and the review focused on business or economic stories in global newspapers, with an element of looking ahead to the day's events. This evolved into the Briefing. The formerly-business presenter now presented the whole hour solid. You would have "The Briefing" at 5am, "Business Briefing" at 5:30am and then "News Briefing" at about 5:45am, again with a guest joining the presenter. This was scrapped for the pandemic, as guests were not allowed into the Studio routinely, and the branding ended to simplify operational work in the background. The 5:45 time has, since then, sometimes had filler and sometimes involved extended business coverage. It is now an "unbranded" World Business Report as per the EPG. It's not actually referred to as that on screen, however. It's usually introduced with something like: "Hello again, time now for the latest business stories. I'm Sally Bundock".
Sally has referred, both on screen and on Twitter, to a "hope" that something like in-studio guests and the old format of the Briefing may come back in some form, but we've seen no move towards it so far.
Yes, partners (generally broadcasters in Africa, I would assume) will be able to air the programme as per their agreements, probably almost whenever they like within reason.
Now that it's produced in another studio, I imagine it's still avaliable to take live - so partners can either air it live or broadcast it later.
Business on BBC Breakfast is often a very surface-level look at what I would loosely term "consumer issues". Things like "inflation is up", what is it, a basic explainer and reference to how it "affects all of us and that's why you might find your money isn't stretching as far as it used to". Pitched at a low level for the average Joe to digest in the morning when only half awake! News at Six and News at Ten can be a bit better, but still assume a low level of overall economic understanding - this may be no bad thing, given recent research that many adults are confused by how news reports communicate economic issues.
World News business has always been pitched at a higher level, and this is likely due to the "international businessman traveller" kind of audience. There was some confusion earlier in the thread between the 5:30am Business Briefing and the former 8:30am business programme - BBC Business Live, later BBC Worklife. BBC Business Live, at launch, had two presenters - the morning BBC WN business presenter, who had been presenting the 5:30am World Business Report, and the BBC News Channel morning business bulletin presenter, who would go on to present business on the BBC News Channel. The programme took advantage of two shifts overlapping to allow for dual presentation. Later on, the NC business presenter position was axed, as part of overall cutbacks to the NC (sound familiar?) meaning it would no longer routinely feature business programming. BBC Worklife then went for more of a blend of business and lifestyle features, often padded out with a short from the BBC website. This was obviously cheaper to produce and wasn't as "hard business news". The second presenter was now the morning 7am shift WN presenter, along with the early morning business WN presenter (as WN kept it's own business programming). This usually meant Sally Bundock or Victoria Valentine paired with either David Eades or Karin Giannone.
The 5am hour on WN was originally a news presenter 5-5:30, then an edition of World Business Report with a business presenter at 5:30, followed by a full newspaper review with the two presenters plus guest around 5:45 to 6:00am. The guest was generally a business/economic analyst or other person with expertise, and the review focused on business or economic stories in global newspapers, with an element of looking ahead to the day's events. This evolved into the Briefing. The formerly-business presenter now presented the whole hour solid. You would have "The Briefing" at 5am, "Business Briefing" at 5:30am and then "News Briefing" at about 5:45am, again with a guest joining the presenter. This was scrapped for the pandemic, as guests were not allowed into the Studio routinely, and the branding ended to simplify operational work in the background. The 5:45 time has, since then, sometimes had filler and sometimes involved extended business coverage. It is now an "unbranded" World Business Report as per the EPG. It's not actually referred to as that on screen, however. It's usually introduced with something like: "Hello again, time now for the latest business stories. I'm Sally Bundock".
Sally has referred, both on screen and on Twitter, to a "hope" that something like in-studio guests and the old format of the Briefing may come back in some form, but we've seen no move towards it so far.
(07-03-2023, 09:08 PM)chrisherald Wrote: Also, I love that people are asking "where is Focus on Africa," cause I've been asking for a few days since it was either reported here or was in the press release or news article. "Partners" is indeed the answer. Does this mean hotels, airlines, private distribution outside of direct linear channels, so, maybe PBS stations (as an incorrect example) have the file to run it whenever they want, but it's not a fixed item. Who knows anymore. I wonder if brands like that will continue once whatever global commercial agreements currently exist come up for renewal.
Yes, partners (generally broadcasters in Africa, I would assume) will be able to air the programme as per their agreements, probably almost whenever they like within reason.
Now that it's produced in another studio, I imagine it's still avaliable to take live - so partners can either air it live or broadcast it later.
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