14-02-2024, 12:06 AM
Agreed. At risk of sounding like a broken record here, a linear, live NC showing breaking news and “filling” with reports and other news, rather than static shots of a building (for example) is far better.
You know what to do when a story breaks - turn on the channel. Not scroll aimlessly through iPlayer looking for the “live feed”. It’s a single place to look, it’s always doing news, and it’s doing it in rolling/breaking news mode as necessary.
What do ad-hoc streams really add to that?
To be honest, this problem even affects the UK opt as it has generally been a “single story” opt most of the time. Historically, the old NC was never single story and viewers don’t actually want only a single story to be covered, so it doesn’t quite work.
You know what to do when a story breaks - turn on the channel. Not scroll aimlessly through iPlayer looking for the “live feed”. It’s a single place to look, it’s always doing news, and it’s doing it in rolling/breaking news mode as necessary.
What do ad-hoc streams really add to that?
To be honest, this problem even affects the UK opt as it has generally been a “single story” opt most of the time. Historically, the old NC was never single story and viewers don’t actually want only a single story to be covered, so it doesn’t quite work.