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A mix of topics about the merged news channel on Newswatch.

A viewer mentioned about the presenter debacle in which BBC News responded by saying they don't comment on HR matters.

The subject of the branded segments (Daily Global, Verified Live etc) came up. Paul Royall said, I quote: 'We've only launched that branding fairly recently, the channel isn't even in its new format, even three months old'. They're still pushing the line that Verified Live has a link with the new 'hub' but there's very little evidence of this on screen?

Nicky Campbell's simulcast came up. As part of his response, Paul Royall said that viewers can still get the headlines at the bottom of the screen - I assume he's referring to the ticker, which doesn't work half the time?

They've carried out an audience survey which shows 60% of UK viewers surveyed were happy with the mix of UK vs Global news on the channel.

The overnight Washington/Singapore broadcasts were raised. Not much was said on this other than the BBC are 'following the sun'.

Phillip Schofield coverage was mentioned by Samira, but wasn't commented on by Paul directly.

Meanwhile, Newswatch was presented from a clip studio with a slightly dodgy rendered recording of studio E's newsroom backdrop. I thought they used one of the language service's studios?

To add insult to branding injury, Paul Royall was situated in the business newsroom, with out of date branding on the monitors behind him showing the first version of the Gill Sans 'BBC' and Reith 'NEWS' box - at least 2 refreshes out of date.