13-08-2023, 07:28 PM
Haha, Reith85, true!
That’s so much better put than my post.
On a serious note, though, they can’t really slot in a simulcast easily at, say, 5 minutes into an hour (unless they show varying-length filler such as the infamous guide dogs and possibly miss TOTH or BOTH junctions). Basically, it wouldn’t work unless they are willing to crash in and out of the global feed completely which is a presentational low they haven’t yet slumped to in UK daytime (probably peak viewing) hours.
On the other hand, they do it every single weeknight when Newsnight ends and they crash into Newsday (which is often proceeded by a crash into Newsnight curtailing the Ten) so it could happen.
Paul Royall alluded to some viewers just always “going to the News Channel when they want to see the news” as justification for simulcasting when asked directly about it on Newswatch, so I think the BBC like to simulcast where they can.
That’s so much better put than my post.
On a serious note, though, they can’t really slot in a simulcast easily at, say, 5 minutes into an hour (unless they show varying-length filler such as the infamous guide dogs and possibly miss TOTH or BOTH junctions). Basically, it wouldn’t work unless they are willing to crash in and out of the global feed completely which is a presentational low they haven’t yet slumped to in UK daytime (probably peak viewing) hours.
On the other hand, they do it every single weeknight when Newsnight ends and they crash into Newsday (which is often proceeded by a crash into Newsnight curtailing the Ten) so it could happen.
Paul Royall alluded to some viewers just always “going to the News Channel when they want to see the news” as justification for simulcasting when asked directly about it on Newswatch, so I think the BBC like to simulcast where they can.
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