BBC News: April 2022 onwards

[owenj20]

As long as the BBC keeps their current branded shows that go out on World right now, I don't this isn't the worst option.

[Moz]

It does make sense now why they are moving the bulletins to Studio B to make up for the loss of domestic coverage on the rolling channel.

[CantGetIn]

They should have gone back to BBC News 24

Maybe as part of the refresh?

They seem to go out of their way to make the point that it will be called "BBC News" so that is highly unlikely.

[owenj20]

The overnight programmes look pretty nice when they are in E like last night, I wonder how programmes like Context (or "The Context", whatever it is now) would look in there.

[Josh]

[DTV]

It does make sense now why they are moving the bulletins to Studio B to make up for the loss of domestic coverage on the rolling channel.

The plan seems to be that they are separating the bulletins from the news channel (as per pre-2006). I expect the nationals will move to B next month, with the News Channel moving out of E as well (probably continuing the current set-up in B) so that a new set can be built in E for the new channel. If the graphics relaunch is still staggered, I imagine it will launch when the two channels merge.

I remember people jokingly suggesting at the time of the NBH launch that if the BBC ever let BBC World News get a taste of E, domestic would get kicked out. Looks like they were right!

[Omnipresent]

The full speech from Tim Davie is online:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/speech...-tim-davie

Next month we will unveil a new look for our flagship news bulletins, with a new studio for the Six and Ten, and new studios for Breakfast and our regional programmes to follow. These studios will bring key parts of our digital news offer to linear audiences and vice versa, sharing content across platforms. Every part of our news output will now be judged not just on linear performance but streamed delivery.

We have already brought the editorial leadership of the News Channel in the UK and international World News together, so that live and breaking news happens in a single integrated model across digital, streaming and broadcast. Now we propose to go further and create output around a single TV channel called BBC News. We know there are stories which are key to UK audiences, but less relevant elsewhere, and vice versa – so not everything will be simulcast. However, there will be much more shared output and a fully co-ordinated approach. And we want to break new ground by creating output that can be simulcast on audio and video services.

This is find disappointing:

As part of this, we shall continue to standardise the technology we use to be better and more flexible, like shifting from using radio cars and TV inject points to consumer technology like Zoom.

Given how frequently connections can drop and how awful the sound quality can be on Zoom, I wish the BBC would move back away from this.

[lepeterrr]

The full speech from Tim Davie is online:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/speech...-tim-davie

Next month we will unveil a new look for our flagship news bulletins, with a new studio for the Six and Ten, and new studios for Breakfast and our regional programmes to follow. These studios will bring key parts of our digital news offer to linear audiences and vice versa, sharing content across platforms. Every part of our news output will now be judged not just on linear performance but streamed delivery.

We have already brought the editorial leadership of the News Channel in the UK and international World News together, so that live and breaking news happens in a single integrated model across digital, streaming and broadcast. Now we propose to go further and create output around a single TV channel called BBC News. We know there are stories which are key to UK audiences, but less relevant elsewhere, and vice versa – so not everything will be simulcast. However, there will be much more shared output and a fully co-ordinated approach. And we want to break new ground by creating output that can be simulcast on audio and video services.

This is find disappointing:

As part of this, we shall continue to standardise the technology we use to be better and more flexible, like shifting from using radio cars and TV inject points to consumer technology like Zoom.

Given how frequently connections can drop and how awful the sound quality can be on Zoom, I wish the BBC would move back away from this.

So News at One staying in E? Only The Six & Ten mentioned in the above

[neonemesis]

So News at One staying in E? Only The Six & Ten mentioned in the above

My understanding is that the One is produced by the News Channel team, whereas the Six and Ten had dedicated teams. That could explain it...

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Given how frequently connections can drop and how awful the sound quality can be on Zoom, I wish the BBC would move back away from this.

Presumably Radio Cars and dedicated DTL positions are expensive. This whole announcement is to bring BBC costs down due to license fee freezes.

Something's gotta give... I think on balance, this is probably a good way to save.

[Jayesyn]

Definitely looking forward to the new Breakfast studio mentioned in that post

[Stuart]

The cuts must be hitting already, as BBC News don't seem to be able to update graphics from currency that hasn't been in use for the last 7 years . . .

[DTV]

Definitely looking forward to the new Breakfast studio mentioned in that post

Don't get your hopes up for a new studio, I shall imagine they'll just be getting a new set - which will also look terrible because the space they use isn't even a suitable studio for a regional news programme, let alone one of the main news programmes. Though, I will give them a bonus point for it being quite well lit, which can't be said for all BBC regional studios these days.

From the Romanian dentists' waiting room through the empty, colourless cavern of the TC7 Barco set to the acute-angled, low lighting grid mess that we have now, Breakfast has sure had a rum deal in terms of sets.

[chris]

The cuts must be hitting already, as BBC News don't seem to be able to update graphics from currency that hasn't been in use for the last 7 years . . .

The look and style of BBC News story graphics haven’t changed since 1999. Compare to those used by ITN and you realise how dated the “moving rectangles” look is.

[Moz]

The cuts must be hitting already, as BBC News don't seem to be able to update graphics from currency that hasn't been in use for the last 7 years . . .

You’ve lost me there. Why hasn’t that currency been used for 7 years?

[AxG]

The cuts must be hitting already, as BBC News don't seem to be able to update graphics from currency that hasn't been in use for the last 7 years . . .

You’ve lost me there. Why hasn’t that currency been used for 7 years?

They are the old £5 note and 'round' pound coin withdrawn in 2017.