15-08-2022, 04:19 PM
In my mind, I'm constantly thinking this will be something more akin to Sky News, since that channel is also international. But then I realise that Sky also cover a lot of UK based news stories, and given it's presence in the US, such as on Pluto TV and on Peacock, having a window to UK news stories is still beneficial in some regard, and obviously international news is broadcast instead of commercials.
My concern is that the BBC may have a balancing issue with this newly merged international channel. Yes, you have got channels like CNN and France 24 who essentially do what the BBC is hoping to do with this merged channel, but the difference being that most of those channels I mentioned are funded by advertising, if not by cable and satellite providers. BBC News is unique in the fact that it is paid for by a license fee, so is it any fair that money, given to the BBC from the UK, is being spent on news that doesn't relate to them or not relevant enough for British audiences? Why should UK news be shoved to commercials, vice versa with how Sky News does it internationally for countries that aren't the UK?
My concern is that the BBC may have a balancing issue with this newly merged international channel. Yes, you have got channels like CNN and France 24 who essentially do what the BBC is hoping to do with this merged channel, but the difference being that most of those channels I mentioned are funded by advertising, if not by cable and satellite providers. BBC News is unique in the fact that it is paid for by a license fee, so is it any fair that money, given to the BBC from the UK, is being spent on news that doesn't relate to them or not relevant enough for British audiences? Why should UK news be shoved to commercials, vice versa with how Sky News does it internationally for countries that aren't the UK?
![[-]](https://pres.cafe/images//collapse.png)