06-05-2023, 08:12 PM
(06-05-2023, 07:41 PM)ALV Wrote: A random thought but I think this community needs a consensus on coming up with an abbreviation for the new combined news channel. Previously we use NC for the News Channel and WN/World for World News. What about the new BBC News??? It's just so weird to refer to the channel as just "BBC News" because this brand covers the entire division, while "the new BBC News channel" sounds too wordy in this thread...Whilst we’re at it we might as well start abbreviating the names of the other channels… say B1, B2, B3 etc?
My suggestion is "BN". This abbreviation is extracted from the Red Bee MCR's HUD for the world feed, spotted in this picture. Before the merger the HUD refers the channel as "WN" (e.g "WN Break Bumper Short 3'")
Yea I know "BN" is gonna sound weird, but I think I'm gonna get used to it after a while...
(06-05-2023, 05:39 PM)DTV Wrote:I’m a bit surprised that the BBC has never rebroadcast the CBS News since the two organisations partnered up. I’d have thought that might be an easy way to fill 20-30 minutes at night. Indeed, if they were clever, they could shift the Hardtalk replay to 23:10 and then show CBS through to midnight. Would be a bit cleaner than the current mess.(06-05-2023, 05:27 PM)Kojak Wrote: You said we are getting the same amount of US-originated output as we did in 2008 - it’s been a few years, and I can’t remember exactly what was originated from the States back then? I know WNA existed, as it does now, but that is only half an hour.Around 2008, you had World News America at 00:30, ABC World News at 01:30 and World News Today - initially co-presented by Philippa Thomas in Washington - for the 03:00 hour. So, if you split WNT in half, 90 minutes of US-originated content during the overnights, roughly the same as now. In fact, until really about 2010, there was always a strong US lean on News 24 overnight - USA Direct was originally shown three times a night, then you had the London-New York edition of World Business Report from 2000-07 - so I guess the current set-up isn't that out of the ordinary.