18-08-2023, 07:45 PM
(18-08-2023, 07:30 PM)DTV Wrote: No, it might get a mention, but it definitely wouldn't be high up the running order during non-simulcast hours. UK news on World was generally limited to key politics, royals, culture, business and sport. UK crime might get covered if really major - the Essex migrant lorry deaths definitely got lead story coverage - but I can't see a sentencing like this get much more than a package tops. It certainly wouldn't get rolling coverage, not least as World were generally quite reticent to do rolling news coverage (though this did loosen as time went on).So today's rolling coverage on the main channel puzzles me then, because as we've said, if the Global channel loses viewers and revenue due to it becoming BBC News (UK), then the viability of both the UK and Global operation is threatened.
We know opt outs are possible, and if the verdict had been expected today, then why couldn't a rolling UK opt out have been planned for today?
For example, a rolling morning opt out was planned for the coverage of the by-elections in July.