05-11-2023, 11:00 PM
(05-11-2023, 10:20 PM)interestednovice Wrote: I’m not sure of the detail of it (quotas, etc) but yes, to an extent it is.Sure, but the channel does cover UK news substantively during standard non-simulcast hours, so I doubt that the removal of any simulcasts would cause a particular issue in terms of breach of licence, which don't state any set proportions of UK-only content. Plus, given News channel simulcasts are explictly excluded from BBC One's news remit, I suspect Ofcom would take the view that simulcasts were not sufficient were that the case.
The BBC’s broadcasting licence for the NC imposes conditions that it must cover UK news. That hasn’t changed because they tried to claim the new channel was no different from the old. Ofcom said that they would be analysing what the BBC did with the channel to ensure that UK stories were “sufficiently covered”.