I've found it very odd that the Ten O'clock News has just spent the first 10 minutes at the top of the bulletin re-reporting the content of tonight's Panorama with the same Panorama reporter it has to be said. I would have thought there was enough going on already - FIFA, Kennedy, Mansfield, Alton Towers etc
Not even worrying about NC viewers. A preview of whats coming up on World News America with Katty Kay in Washington. Trying to do a NBH style with a camera dumped behind her.
You mean apart from the "If you're watching in the UK, you'll get the ten o'clock news where Huw Edwards will be reporting on Alton Towers" bit just before they crossed to her?
The Alton towers piece was what, not even 10 seconds. Handed over to Katty for nearly a minute and a half. Why didn't Huw get a minute and a half?
They can't even get the branding of their own show right, it's the BBC News at Ten!
I wonder if the BBC could take a leaf out of RTÉ's book and implement cuts in the summer to save money for the rest of the year. Have these extra World News pieces during 'silly season' and then return to proper schedule in the autumn.
I wonder if the BBC could take a leaf out of RTÃ's book and implement cuts in the summer to save money for the rest of the year. Have these extra World News pieces during 'silly season' and then return to proper schedule in the autumn.
Not sure if that comparison is applicable. RTE changes from a 1 hour broadcast at 6.01pm to 30 minutes long and from doubled headed pres to single headed. However, the BBC bulletins are already 30 minutes and single headed pres so not sure where the scope to cutback is.
Not even worrying about NC viewers. A preview of whats coming up on World News America with Katty Kay in Washington. Trying to do a NBH style with a camera dumped behind her.
You mean apart from the "If you're watching in the UK, you'll get the ten o'clock news where Huw Edwards will be reporting on Alton Towers" bit just before they crossed to her?
Maybe they could either tape on and play it out while the other is live or they could do the hit with Katty one half hour and Huw the other.
Also I'm curious are your news programs continuous with no breaks or are there promos or other spots where the anchor could get a rest longer than a minute long package? I don't think anchors here in the US could go with out a three minute break every ten minutes. Hell during the riot coverage here in Baltimore some stations would tag out an anchor where it seems like they got a 15-20 minute break every hour but then again they've been on air twelve hours or more.
Not even worrying about NC viewers. A preview of whats coming up on World News America with Katty Kay in Washington. Trying to do a NBH style with a camera dumped behind her.
You mean apart from the "If you're watching in the UK, you'll get the ten o'clock news where Huw Edwards will be reporting on Alton Towers" bit just before they crossed to her?
Maybe they could either tape on and play it out while the other is live or they could do the hit with Katty one half hour and Huw the other.
Also I'm curious are your news programs continuous with no breaks or are there promos or other spots where the anchor could get a rest longer than a minute long package? I don't think anchors here in the US could go with out a three minute break every ten minutes. Hell during the riot coverage here in Baltimore some stations would tag out an anchor where it seems like they got a 15-20 minute break every hour but then again they've been on air twelve hours or more.
Across the BBC there are no advert breaks by nature of the BBC not carrying adverts, so for the main news programmes (at 1pm, 6pm and 10pm, along with the 6:30 local news), which are thirty-fourty minutes long, the only 'break' the presenter will get is during the weather and when there's a dedicated sports update from a different studio, although neither of these will be much longer than a report would be and there may be preparation for the next segment so I doubt they count as breaks. Meanwhile, the BBC News Channel is effectively split into thirty minute chunks, with a break for the weather and a few promos for other BBC programming at the end of each chunk. However, if there's a big breaking news story they will just go into rolling news mode and not break for the weather.
Outside of the BBC, news programmes on other TV channels will generally break for adverts. I think Channel 4 only has one break during their hour long programme, I have no idea about Channel 5 and ITV will sometimes have an ad break in their news shows (national and local).
They should replace the BBC News at Six simulcast with the early edition of OS.
Just for my own peace of mind, which channel has ultimate editorial repsonsibility for Breakfast and the bulletins (e.g. News at ONE, SIX, and TEN), NC or the BBC1? Which channel do these programmes consider as their 'home' channel?
They should replace the BBC News at Six simulcast with the early edition of OS.
Just for my own peace of mind, which channel has ultimate editorial repsonsibility for Breakfast and the bulletins (e.g. News at ONE, SIX, and TEN), NC or the BBC1? Which channel do these programmes consider as their 'home' channel?
BBC One doesn't make editorial day-to-day decisions. There is a team for NC and the 1 + 5, a team for the 6 + 10 and a Breakfast team.
I was under the impression the News at One was under the editorial control of the NC, hence why there isn't a studio change.
Yes as I said there is a team for News 24, the 1 and the 5. The 1 lost its dedicated editorial team around 2008 I believe when they all started sharing N6.
Also I'm curious are your news programs continuous with no breaks or are there promos or other spots where the anchor could get a rest longer than a minute long package?
Not really within a 30 minute or 60 minute bulletin. BBC World News sometimes has only 30 minute bulletins, giving the presenters some off-camera time in the back half hour. This is particularly the case at weekends. World does have ad breaks, but they aren't really long enough to be described as a 'rest' period.
On the domestic News Channel, presenters can often expect to present continuously for hours without a real break, other than during short sport and weather bulletins, when they can sometimes take a quick loo break. (In the days of double headed presentation you could let one presenter disappear briefly if needed) This is particularly the case during breaking news when recorded 'back half hour' programmes are cancelled.
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I don't think anchors here in the US could go with out a three minute break every ten minutes. Hell during the riot coverage here in Baltimore some stations would tag out an anchor where it seems like they got a 15-20 minute break every hour but then again they've been on air twelve hours or more.
I guess UK presenters on continuous news channels - particularly BBC ones - are used to working longer hours and being on air continuously for longer.
