05-11-2023, 11:14 PM
I’m not sure that the full global feed with no opt-outs at all would be considered enough, but the regularly scheduled programming in addition to breaking news covered through opts would, I suspect, suffice. Especially if we assume they will keep simulcasting most of Breakfast, plus the One, Six and Ten.
The actual utility of simulcasts alone is, as you say, questionable. Personally I don’t think they should even count, but Ofcom appear to take a different view.
Newsnight could/should provide the missing “overview of the day/look ahead to tomorrow” that The Papers arguably used to do to an extent (the actual papers were really jumping-off points for analysis) and this is a different focus to the News at Ten. So some kind of Newsnight or Newsnight-style segment of programming is desirable at around that time.
Even though Newsnight’s viewing figures are relatively low, they are not so low that there is no audience there.
The actual utility of simulcasts alone is, as you say, questionable. Personally I don’t think they should even count, but Ofcom appear to take a different view.
Newsnight could/should provide the missing “overview of the day/look ahead to tomorrow” that The Papers arguably used to do to an extent (the actual papers were really jumping-off points for analysis) and this is a different focus to the News at Ten. So some kind of Newsnight or Newsnight-style segment of programming is desirable at around that time.
Even though Newsnight’s viewing figures are relatively low, they are not so low that there is no audience there.