[Keith]

- The OPT IN/OUT moments must be addressed as soon as possible. The awkward presenter staring at the camera and waiting for a prompt makes the viewer cringe. Back in the era of The World Today they managed to streamline the opt in/out well, whilst also presenting UK news. A quick sting or graphic would be simple. If it worked back then... surely they will streamline this soon. The self-promoting presenter promos are lame. A break filler or market board would be better.

The use of a quick sting would certainly be the easiest way to give a clean opt-out point, rather than having the awkward presenter pause. In the front half-hour it could probably be done by the presenter doing a quick round-up of 2 or 3 other news stories in brief with the headline bed (or similar), followed by the sting. At that point international viewers could opt-out for a break, whilst UK viewers get a couple UK news stories in brief, before another quick sting for international viewers to return.

The opt-out points at the end of each half-hour seem to be fairly smooth as they just go to the weather, albeit without the interaction from the news presenter that they used to sometimes have (in the UK).

- Newsnight being simulcast on the news channel is just stupid. The clunky handover at the end was so poor.

Retaining the post-Ten sports update and running Newsnight on about a 15 minute delay would have been the best solution. That way Newsnight could end on the channel just before 23:30, with the option of a weather forecast or adverts to pad out to a clean opt-in point on the half hour.

If this is not practical and Newsnight has to be shown at the same time as BBC Two then having a sports update afterwards would help. This would allow for an adaptable length slot (depending on what time Newsnight starts) to cover up to 23:30 and give a clean opt-in point. Whilst they could opt to simply follow international viewers from 10pm onwards I'm guessing they're wanting/needing to rack up those 'UK opt-out hours'.