[matthieu1221]

True, “touch screen Outside Source” was an attempt to do a fairly fast-paced analysis programme which looked at the news in some detail and attempted to explain stories. This worked quite well.

Now, the BBC only focus on stories briefly and fall back on “talking heads” too much (as, ironically, “The Context” does).

Sky News is really the only hope these days for proper analysis on breaking news. Certainly the BBC News opt-out balcony is not really set up for proper analysis at all because it’s such a minimal operation.

Even the non touch screen OS offered something different and I've said it before on here but I'll say it again, really was widely spread on social media and the like which have a target audience the BBC is attempting to reach. It was possibly one of the branded programs most suited to the new channel.

You can do analysis with the balcony set up. It might not look as nice as with big screens for infographics but it's not the lack of a proper set that's preventing it.

Sky is certainly also an alternative internationally to the BBC where available. Always found their international coverage top-rate. Certainly doesn't show that they are a smaller operation internationally.