Newsline is a strange choice for a backup region. Though I guess Points West and Spotlight are backups for each other (as we've seen in the past) and Midlands Today and East Midlands Today are naturally backups for each other.
I'd imagine NWT would be paired with one of the Look North's.
Therefore it leaves Wales a bit on it's todd, just like NI so I guess that's the reasoning behind it.
Typically this was the first Newyddion scheduled at the earlier time and it won't get on air. They could have gone to Sgorio earlier but they have a filler instead.
I imagine that with a bit of notice they would have been able to get a feed from Points West or Midlands Today into Belfast.
Looks like BBC One Wales is simulcasting BBC One NI and BBC Two Wales is with network.
Belfast CA apologised to BBC One Wales viewers for the absence of opt-out programme Weatherman Walking at 7:30. Curious to see NI branded trails and idents going out in Wales - surely Network (and therefore regionally safe) would be better?
If they have those network versions of trails ingested to their server, which is unlikely. Although I guess if network are playing out the same trail they could take it from there.
Just a thought, what do the nations get on the sustaining feed during the news? Could they have shown the News Channel or would it have been the HD holding screen?
Ah S4C did go to Sgorio a bit earlier.. just needed a bit of warning. Hopefully they don't have floodlight problems like they've had a few times recently, or there's 2 hours to fill.
