[Radio_man]

I imagine the short answer is along the lines of there being a quote for 'UK opt-out hours'.  The simulcasts of Nicky Campbell and Wednesday's Politics Live presumably count towards this.

Which is a complete farce of a quota. Another way of referring to it would be 'UK limit content hours' because even though there is live rolling news on air the BBC decides that as a UK viewer you're not allowed to see it and blocks it out with a news related programme that's also being broadcast at the same time on another channel. Who exactly is the viewer that only has access to the UK feed of BBC News and not BBC One, Two or iPlayer that the 'UK opt-out hours' are seemingly for?

As a UK viewer I could have access to both Campbell/Politics live/Newsnight/Main bulletins and rolling news coverage with an international focus, arguably an upgrade in some ways on the previous set up, yet I'm not allowed. It makes no sense whatsoever.

It makes a mockery of the new channel for UK viewers. As I predicted in March, it's become a channel for simulcasts of all existing domestic news & current affairs programmes from other channels, with the global news channel filling the gaps. The only program yet to be simulcast is Question Time, which no doubt will happen eventually.

Genuinely, what's the point of this new channel for UK viewers? It's neither a full UK news service, nor a full global news service. And when questioned about the simulcasts that deny us in the UK the chance to get a full 24/7 news channel, we're told "oh well, it's premium, UK-facing content" - yes, that any UK viewer can watch elsewhere.