20-10-2022, 07:36 PM
(20-10-2022, 07:01 PM)Andrew Wrote: It’s that same old debate about whether World is supposed to be a global news channel for everyone worldwide, or a UK channel for ex-pats abroad.
Is this really a debate that's been had since the 90s, though? BBC WSTV Europe certainly had a clear lean towards catering for the expat audience, but BBC World (which really evolved out of BBC WSTV Asia) was strongly globally focussed by at least the turn of the century. Today, the expat audience must be a minor fraction of viewers (which is claimed to be at over 100m per week) - with the channel generally seeming to be aimed at educated English-speaking professionals in Asia, Europe and, more so in recent years, America, while also serving as a general news source for the English-speaking Commonwealth.
(20-10-2022, 07:01 PM)Andrew Wrote: Network Bulletins must be extended even though they’ll still resort to interviewing pensioners in indoor markets 20 minutes in, and the News Channel and World must simulcast, even though both channels are fully resourced and operating as normal up to that point. They’ve done that for years.
I do agree, though, that the increasingly constant extending of news bulletins when there has been a 'major' story is not always well utilised and sometimes unnecessary. You'd assume that they would use the extended running time to give more analysis and still cover the other news stories, but often other stories barely get a mention, while we get multiple vox pop packages on the lead story.