The BBC World News Thread

Presumably because they have very few different brandings? Sport Today, Sportsday and Sport Briefing. The later I've always presumed to be pre-recorded. In addition they may use fewer staff already, for example no autocue operator, and so easier to socially distance anyway.

BBC Sport News is not part of BBC News Group so isn't streamlined, MOTD, NFL, Formula E etc are on air as normal, Sport Today is still on-air

Can I just put this here, because there's literally nowhere else to put it and I couldn't bring myself to create a new thread?

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Right but if it’s in a show that’s formerly branded as The Briefing why continue it and not just do a generic title.

Because that would make too much sense?

I wonder if keeping Sports Today (BBC World) and Sportsday (News Channel) separate rather than merging it into one brand helps to avoid expensive cock ups with footage rights?

If it's a Sports Today they know immediately that only internationally cleared material can be used. If everything was just "BBC Sport" there isn't that at a glance reminder for the production team.

I would drop Sportday as Sport Today makes more sense as it was simulcast overnight, having one brand makes senses

BBC Sport teams are, in my experience, excellent at knowing what material is cleared for international TX and how many times material from other broadcasters has been used in the U.K. under fair use.

Indeed, I was thinking more that the different branding and templates gave an at a glance indication of which audience a particular broadcast was for.

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— Sally Bundock (@SallyBundockBBC) November 24, 2020

I’m not imagining it just saw bbc world news simulcast as usual but with the bbc news lower thirds complete with uk clock