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I think the real acid test will come in 6-12 months time, when we can look at the figures month by month and see what the general trend is. I don’t see anything changing with the channel within that time - I suspect the BBC will want April’s changes to bed in for a while longer before any further tinkering.

Agreed, need multi-month data to actually create any firm conclusions - the real test will be if it dips outside the pre-Covid share baseline of around 1-1.3%. And I'd also agree it's unlikely to see any substantive changes before the autumn at the earliest (though, I wouldn't be surprised if the originally advertised 'new sport programmes' launched at the start of the football season).

I do wonder what will happen when the election is called. I can’t imagine much of the day-to-day coverage that would have taken place previously is all that relevant to an international audience. Might we perhaps see more of the balcony during the campaign? Or (wishful thinking, probably) a return to a more traditional UK opt (presented and produced by, I don’t know, the One team)? They’re going to have to be creative. Perhaps Election Call could be revived?

I think it will be interesting to see how they cover the election - obviously there's a degree of coverage that can be included on World (and they have had some specific programming in the past, in 2010 they took an edited The Campaign Show daily), but I expect a degree of opt-outs will be required for the UK audience - I would guess, though, from the Millbank teams, rather than Network? Something like Election Call would make sense, and they have done Ask... for recent elections, but surely they'd just utilise Nicky Campbell for that?