29-09-2023, 10:26 PM
(29-09-2023, 09:27 PM)Brekkie Wrote: Ultimately however important the by-election is deemed to be the numbers watching live for a 5 minute vote announcement within a 2-3 hour programme airing overnight is going to be relatively small. It'll be coverage the following day where most viewers learn about it and it's for this sort of thing losing the UK feed in daytime hurts both versions of the channel.Yes, low viewer numbers overnight, but it racks up their UK contribution towards domestic news broadcasts.
However, I think I'd also prefer they give it prominence on BBC One/Two overnight.