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BBC News Channel General Discussion

(November 2013)

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L8
L89
cityprod posted:
I'd rather they didn't carry Breakfast at all, and just stayed with BBC World News. I think it would make more sense than switching to Salford for 2.5 hours, then back to London.


NC does have signed Breakfast for a while but other than that it would make more sense to show WN. At least in place of Victoria on NC.
Last edited by L89 on 26 May 2015 8:33pm - 2 times in total
SW
Steve Williams
If I was tuning into the BBC's domestic news channel in a prime slot like breakfast, I would expect it to be prioritising domestic news. It's all very well saying they should show more World News but the majority of viewers want home news to be the top priority.

Of course, Sunday Breakfast is always BBC News' highest rated programme of the week.
Brekkie, Cando and London Lite gave kudos
LL
London Lite Founding member
Steve Williams posted:
If I was tuning into the BBC's domestic news channel in a prime slot like breakfast, I would expect it to be prioritising domestic news. It's all very well saying they should show more World News but the majority of viewers want home news to be the top priority.


And there's the key word, 'domestic.' It's all and good saying that they should simulcast WN during Breakfast, yet when BBC One has a domestic news breakfast show, along with the signed option on the NC, it's a no brainer.

There are times, such as during the Derbyshire slot, or the other times when the NC will be simulcasting BBC World News where it makes perfect sense, but not at breakfast time.
HA
harshy Founding member
Steve Williams posted:
If I was tuning into the BBC's domestic news channel in a prime slot like breakfast, I would expect it to be prioritising domestic news. It's all very well saying they should show more World News but the majority of viewers want home news to be the top priority.

Of course, Sunday Breakfast is always BBC News' highest rated programme of the week.

Does anyone watch News Channels simulcast? I bet they can't be that many viewers, if it's anything like my family it will be BBC one, it also shows the local news, BBC news channel doesn't, therefore it makes more sense to stick with World News.


I got another question, trailers, I saw the trailer for Business Live, on BBC News Channel it was shown SD upscaled, a similar trailer on BBC World News was shown in HD, in fact all trailers are in HD whilst on BBC UK channels there are SD upscaled Sad
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DF
DrewF
Looks like Studio A might have seen it's last outing on the NC - the News at Nine is from Studio E tonight...
SP
Steve in Pudsey
Possibly because, unusually, there's a pre-rec back half hour so the Ten can rehearse in that half hour?
DF
DrewF
Steve in Pudsey posted:
Possibly because, unusually, there's a pre-rec back half hour so the Ten can rehearse in that half hour?


That is true, but Election Tonight was repeated at 21:30 every weekday in the run up to the election and Studio A was still used. It's possible a bit more rehearsal time was needed during that period though.
:-(
A former member
Can someone explain why all the posts about the cuts are in the general thread? And not in a brand new thread?
IL
i-lied
With the schedule changes associated with Buisness Live and Outside Source and the overnights starting at midnight, there will be only one edition of Asia Buisness Report and Sport today at 01:30 and 01:45 respectively, instead of the current multiple editons.
RK
Rkolsen
I came a cross this page while I was trying to figure out if the radio studios in NBH had those small HD PTZ cameras that move automatically to the right shot when a person starts speaking. Any I have yet to find that answer but further down the page it states :

Quote:
The redevelopment of Broadcasting House in the centre of London is the largest capital project ever undertaken by the BBC. It took a decade to complete, cost £1,014m and involved the biggest single migration of staff in the BBC’s 90 year history. The redevelopment was part of a wider cost-saving strategy to consolidate the BBC’s property portfolio and centralise its London operation. This will ultimately produce savings of more than £700m over the remaining 21-year life of the BBC lease on Broadcasting House.


For some reason I was thinking they owned the property out right. Could anyone point me in the right direction ?
CL
clh
It's a PFI scheme. If it's like all others, the building becomes their again at the end of the contract.
DT
DTV
clh posted:
It's a PFI scheme. If it's like all others, the building becomes their again at the end of the contract.


Several years late and over budget - I should have known it was PFI.

Malcolm Tucker posted:
It's a pity we couldn't just make an abbreviation of it, you know like PFI, which I think stands for Pretty F***ing Embarrassing. If you're a bit sloppy with the details.

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