19-11-2022, 07:36 AM
(18-11-2022, 04:02 PM)DTV Wrote:(18-11-2022, 12:52 AM)News76 Wrote: Interestingly we seem to have gone quiet on the Nicky Campbell idea since that article!
We haven't really heard anything on the merger in a while, but I doubt that the Campbell idea has been dropped - flawed as it is. I expect you'll get some movement as a result of negotiations etc, but I would not expect to find it here given its role in filling up two hours of schedule a day with 'UK only' output. Plus, even if they do drop Campbell, it would simply be for more UK-World joint hours. (Though, as an aside, the mid-morning slot would actually be one of the best places to put joint hours as it is not breakfast or evening peak in any of World's main markets).
I remember it was said that the 9 am UKT hour was the least watched hour on World. Which was why the first 15 minutes was a UK-World simulcast when Victoria Derbyshire's show began. Then the NC left at 9:15 for her show while World continued with the rest of the bulletin. It was UK-centric for the first half and the world for the second.
When Victoria's show started earlier at 9:00 and the simulcast ended, BBC World News just had a two minute bulletin followed by repeats of two weekend shows (e.g. "Click" at 9:02 and "Our World" at 9:30) instead of a full 30-minute bulletin because the viewership was that low.
Sticking a camera in a radio studio is a terrible idea because it looks cheap. I think they could get away with a more UK-centric hour if they tilted world stories more towards European and African ones and make it look like an international morning bulletin for Europe and Africa.