[Jimbo2022]

Possibly just because it would “cover up” the BBC NC lower thirds and look a mess?

Or perhaps  technical reasons, where BBC One does effectively “close down” overnight and the simulcast is “run by” BBC News, so play out is a bit different to normal as the feed is produced straight from NC and just put straight to air by BBC One?

Or even perhaps platform rules, where Sky especially may not be happy with a captioned channel 24/7, so they have to have some hours without. They deliberately make these the least watched overnight hours, perhaps. Rather like BBC Three’s phantom existence on satellite after it closed.

Yes I see. It theoretically means the NC simulcast counts as a programme proper under the rules? Strictly is used at weekends it seems as there may be a rule that it cannot be a simulcast every day without something else in a 7 day period. 

We already know that inky a promo going out does not count so my theory further up about strictly T&C's may be a reason, but it may actually be to enable something original to be available normally to fulfill that rule?

Still no notice on any of the other 8 feeds yet.