[ViridianFan]

This afternoon shows just how difficult a job this new channel has in satisfying both the NC audience and the world news audience who expect vastly different things. We obviously cannot judge how it will pan out as we know this is the transition period and we were told there were to be no opt outs.

One thing which kind of dawned on me the Roger day muttering about what I was doing was watching the channel as a NC viewer. Many of us (including myself) have referred to myself as a NC viewer or a World News viewer but officially those channels no longer exist. I’ve been trying to watch it as a BBC News Channel with UK opt out viewer. Whilst I’m still not a fan I’ve accepted it is what it is.

One question I haven’t been able to find an answer is how is the new channel being funded? Lots of people have mentioned how World News was making a profit but I’ve been unable to find anywhere the official answer where it’s been published saying how much the channel will cost to run and how much this is covered by the revenue brought in via BBC world News and how much if any comes from the license fee if any.