Mistake on the opt-out - the presenter saying farewell to viewers in America, but not giving an indication to viewers in the UK that they should switch over to the BBC News Channel.
He also mentioned bbc.com (as did the graphics) which I'm not sure we are ever meant to hear mentioned in the UK.
Surprised that BBC1 has ditched the programme - surely they could have held until when BBC2 are due to take the news channel through the night for analogue viewers?
It looks like BBC Two went to BBC News at 00:50 so for ten minutes both BBC One and BBC Two must have been showing the same thing.
Can't help but think all of these in and out points would look so much smoother on all outlets if they were covered up with a sting.
It wouldn't as bad if they just showed a wideshot of what's going on at the scene so you don't get Matt Frei just stood there.
Surely there's not that much point showing the wideshot until something happens? That way - when you see it you know it's worth watching?
The thing that annoys me most about continuous news channels is when they sit on a wide shot of nothing happening with an out-of-vision presenter, even when there is a camera pointing at the presenter. There are practical reasons to take a presenter out of vision - but sitting on a wideshot for no reason just looks lazy.
Tim and Matt doing well - good job they both speak Spanish. Can you imagine Burley in that situation? No - thought not...
Tim Wilcox has been truly great over the past few weeks, it has to be said. It would be rather fitting if there was an award for his reporting. Nice to see so many of his BBC colleagues giving him the credit he deserves over the past few weeks - Tim should (after all this time) be made a more senior BBC presenter/ correspondent, rather than a stand in for others on the NC and WN.
In regards to the coverage tonight, most of this seems rather pointless - switching between Copiapo and the studio every fifteen minutes, with constant graphics updating viewers would make most sense to me, switching straight back to Copiapo in the case of breaking news or developments. Hard to see what you can fill time with for most of the night and morning if the rescue could take two days and miners only brought up every hour at the fastest.
Tim does seem better at filling time than Matt, in my opinion. Out of interest, what previous reporting experience does Tim have? And what about Matt before he became a Washington correspondent?
Can't help but think all of these in and out points would look so much smoother on all outlets if they were covered up with a sting.
It wouldn't as bad if they just showed a wideshot of what's going on at the scene so you don't get Matt Frei just stood there.
Surely there's not that much point showing the wideshot until something happens? That way - when you see it you know it's worth watching?
The thing that annoys me most about continuous news channels is when they sit on a wide shot of nothing happening with an out-of-vision presenter, even when there is a camera pointing at the presenter. There are practical reasons to take a presenter out of vision - but sitting on a wideshot for no reason just looks lazy.
I'd rather have a break to look at the scene of what's happening though than having a presenter staring at me awkwardly waiting for people to opt in and out.