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In these days of multichannel digital TV is there anyone who can receive
a version of BBC 1 but who can not also get BBC News (24)?


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Michael Chare

I'd not say there was. I know its pretty pointless putting out news on the
main channels when its there all the time, however I do notice a trend on
bbc news to actually have progtrammes like things about computers, or small
features, rather like the other news channels except Sky do, so one cannot
actually say that you can catch the news over and over.
Brian

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"Michael Chare" [email protected] wrote in message
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In these days of multichannel digital TV is there anyone who can receive a
version of BBC 1 but who can not also get BBC News (24)?


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Michael Chare

On 06/12/2013 23:10, Brian Gaff wrote:
I'd not say there was. I know its pretty pointless putting out news on the
main channels when its there all the time, however I do notice a trend on
bbc news to actually have progtrammes like things about computers, or small
features, rather like the other news channels except Sky do, so one cannot
actually say that you can catch the news over and over.
Brian


So if the BBC want to give detailed coverage of the death of Nelson
Mandela why don't the just use BBC News, and leave the BBC 1 schedule
unchanged. Anyone who can receive BBC 1 can just watch BBC News if they
want.


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"Michael Chare" [email protected] wrote in
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On 06/12/2013 23:10, Brian Gaff wrote:
I'd not say there was. I know its pretty pointless putting out
news on the
main channels when its there all the time, however I do notice
a trend on
bbc news to actually have progtrammes like things about
computers, or small
features, rather like the other news channels except Sky do,
so one cannot
actually say that you can catch the news over and over.
Brian


So if the BBC want to give detailed coverage of the death of
Nelson Mandela why don't the just use BBC News, and leave the
BBC 1 schedule unchanged. Anyone who can receive BBC 1 can just
watch BBC News if they want.

+1

On Fri, 06 Dec 2013 12:45:03 +0000, Michael Chare
[email protected] wrote:

In these days of multichannel digital TV is there anyone who can receive
a version of BBC 1 but who can not also get BBC News (24)?

I suppose if you receive the HD multiplex okay (Freeview) but for some
reason do not have satisfactory SD reception you would have BBC One
and BBC Two but not BBC News. Unlikely in practice, but could this
phenomenon be encountered on the fringes of reception?

Of course this may change when the new HD channels commence next week.

On Sat, 07 Dec 2013 00:46:42 +0000, Michael Chare
[email protected] wrote:

On 06/12/2013 23:10, Brian Gaff wrote:
I'd not say there was. I know its pretty pointless putting out news on the
main channels when its there all the time, however I do notice a trend on
bbc news to actually have progtrammes like things about computers, or small
features, rather like the other news channels except Sky do, so one cannot
actually say that you can catch the news over and over.
Brian


So if the BBC want to give detailed coverage of the death of Nelson
Mandela why don't the just use BBC News, and leave the BBC 1 schedule
unchanged. Anyone who can receive BBC 1 can just watch BBC News if they
want.

Because the BBC and many (the majority of?) viewers of BBC channels
consider BBC 1 to be the primary channel. They expect the most important
things to be covered by BBC 1. Also, the BBC is competing with ITV, C4
and C5 all of which put special news broadcasts on their primary
channels.

If the BBC were to push news specials off BBC 1 on to the BBC News
Channel they would be screamed at for showing disrespect by
marginalising important matters.


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If the BBC were to push news specials off BBC 1 on to the BBC News
Channel they would be screamed at for showing disrespect by
marginalising important matters.

I fear you are correct.

Sign of the confusion re broadcasting between a topic being 'important' and
having 'specials' forced into the schedule being 'important'. I also wonder
if they assume viewers have the memory and attention span of a goldfish.
Perhaps even a way 'news' can show its place in the pecking order - just
below sport.

It is the *event* that may be significant, not the programme. It would
often make more sense for the broadcaster to allow time to assemble a
programme on the event. Then shedule it in a less disruptive manner.

Slainte,

Jim

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Martin wrote:

Because the BBC and many (the majority of?) viewers of BBC channels
consider BBC 1 to be the primary channel.

So why have a BBC news channel?

Exactly !!

Now we're in this bold new age for digital broadcasting,
there needs to be some, cough 'expectation management'.

Shouldn't be difficult, the BBC are world leaders at ramming
promos down our necks, and hyping up the nation to follow them,
(c.f. recent Dr Who stuff) just requires the right sort of promo to be produced.

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On Sat, 07 Dec 2013 00:46:42 +0000, Michael Chare wrote:

So if the BBC want to give detailed coverage of the death of Nelson
Mandela why don't the just use BBC News, and leave the BBC 1 schedule
unchanged. Anyone who can receive BBC 1 can just watch BBC News if they
want.

Is there any technical or legal reason to stop them putting the 'bumped'
programmes on the red button? With a pointer in the top right corner of
BBC 1 to let us know.

TOJ.

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On Sat, 07 Dec 2013 00:46:42 +0000, Michael Chare wrote:

So if the BBC want to give detailed coverage of the death of Nelson
Mandela why don't the just use BBC News, and leave the BBC 1 schedule
unchanged. Anyone who can receive BBC 1 can just watch BBC News if they
want.

Is there any technical or legal reason to stop them putting the 'bumped'
programmes on the red button?

the fact that most people would watch it

tim