27-04-2023, 10:47 AM
(26-04-2023, 10:37 PM)Juicy Joe Wrote: BBC News Channel again had to cut short the end of News at Ten to join Newsnight on time tonight. As a result, we missed the end of the weather & Huw's regular saunter over to the Celebrity Squares board.
God. Who is this actually serving? It's oft mentioned, but after a couple weeks where 0 improvements have been made to how the hand-off arrangement works, this really does seem like a blatant and lazy way to satisfy the hours of "premium" UK content. Why would you watch News at Ten on the NC if there's a pretty good chance it gets cut off?
There's far more utility in just calling it BBC World News, shovelling it off to world news, and at least having a differentiated product on-air for the hour. If a UK story breaks, then hopefully the opt-out system can still do it's thing.
BBC1 simulcasts started prior to when most people got their news off the internet and N24 was seen to be a minute-to-minute rolling service that people could dip into at anytime for a quick taste of the news. At this point, most people get their rolling coverage off the web and the existing dual world/UK news agenda fails to serve the former purpose well regardless.