10-10-2022, 11:15 PM
(10-10-2022, 10:00 PM)ginnyfan Wrote: Yes, it's about money and budget cuts but it's also about WRONG scheduling decision. I mean, if NC is going to simulcast Breakfast, BBC national bulletins, radio shows and politics shows, while World airs live news coverage, then that's not a financial decision, it's just a very bad, clueless scheduling decision.
Yes, it would be much better to drop the pretence that the new channel will be a UK-focussed news service, and instead simply close down the NC and replace it with BBC World News, 24 hours a day. And call the channel BBC World News, so viewers know what to expect.
I see absolutely no value in simulcasting and re-broadcasting news, political & current affairs shows on the NC that are going out on other BBC channels at the same time, whether it's TV or radio shows, and will be available on iPlayer immediately afterwards.
If the proposals for the UK side of this new channel had been the original proposal for News 24 in 1997, I'm sure News 24 never would've made it past the proposal stage.