SP
Somebody should put in an FoI request asking how much money having presenters and technical teams sat around in those regions which couldn't opt has wasted.
HO
Or not......
Somebody should put in an FoI request asking how much money having presenters and technical teams sat around in those regions which couldn't opt has wasted.
Or not......
IS
I never thought there was anything wrong those, to be honest. I never subscribed to the BBC view that viewers would switch off in their thousands because of a 6 second musical sting. The closing music is even shorter now - most people wouldn't even have time to reach for the remote control! The sharp cut to the regions has, and always will, feel very abrupt and abnormal.
It wasn't the musical sting they were turning off during, it was the minutes of trails and ident between the 2 programmes
I never thought there was anything wrong those, to be honest. I never subscribed to the BBC view that viewers would switch off in their thousands because of a 6 second musical sting. The closing music is even shorter now - most people wouldn't even have time to reach for the remote control! The sharp cut to the regions has, and always will, feel very abrupt and abnormal.
It wasn't the musical sting they were turning off during, it was the minutes of trails and ident between the 2 programmes
SP
I'm slightly surprised that they put London news on network and didn't get the News Channel to revive UK Today.
DA
It actually said, "Analogue viewers can see BBC South East Today on BBC Two shortly".
I expect Analogue cable viewers might have been disapointed though. As would viewers in places like Brighton who would get BBC South East Today on Sky (and probably Freeview and Freesat too) but BBC South Today on analogue.
Who are the BBC serving with these scheduling decisions?
Viewers of the tennis get their pictures with a full width red banner at the bottom of the screen every few minutes around 6/6:30pm. Not the end of the world, but they could get uninterupted pictures if the BBC kept the tennis on BBC Two.
Most non-Lonodn regional news viewers in England at worse don't get to see their regional news programme and at best get a 14:9 version of a regional news programme (maybe not their regional news programme).
The only people this serves are those people with a very vague interest in tennis who will watch it if it happens to be on but are not bothered enough by it to change the channel. Should the BBC really pander to these people at the expense of people who want to watch regional news?
Yeah, nice to have a proper end. South East Today showed a caption saying their programme would be on BBC Two shortly on BBC One for a while, momentarily obscuring the SW19 generated generic red caption.
It actually said, "Analogue viewers can see BBC South East Today on BBC Two shortly".
I expect Analogue cable viewers might have been disapointed though. As would viewers in places like Brighton who would get BBC South East Today on Sky (and probably Freeview and Freesat too) but BBC South Today on analogue.
Who are the BBC serving with these scheduling decisions?
Viewers of the tennis get their pictures with a full width red banner at the bottom of the screen every few minutes around 6/6:30pm. Not the end of the world, but they could get uninterupted pictures if the BBC kept the tennis on BBC Two.
Most non-Lonodn regional news viewers in England at worse don't get to see their regional news programme and at best get a 14:9 version of a regional news programme (maybe not their regional news programme).
The only people this serves are those people with a very vague interest in tennis who will watch it if it happens to be on but are not bothered enough by it to change the channel. Should the BBC really pander to these people at the expense of people who want to watch regional news?
SN
I'd like to see someone answer that on Newswatch.
Should the BBC really pander to these people at the expense of people who want to watch regional news?
I'd like to see someone answer that on Newswatch.
DV
The viewing figures confirm that the Murray matches have been huge ratings winners, to sacrifice those figures by switching to an albeit universally available, but by some inverted snobs minority channel in the interests of pandering to those requiring a news bulletin on a few evenings in June and July each year is imo foolish. Right call by the BBC this time and previously.
SP
So you feel that chasing the ratings is a higher priority for a public service broadcaster than providing the advertised regional news service? If that is the BBC's attitude then every argument they have put forward about retaining the license fee has just evaporated.
The viewing figures confirm that the Murray matches have been huge ratings winners, to sacrifice those figures by switching to an albeit universally available, but by some inverted snobs minority channel in the interests of pandering to those requiring a news bulletin on a few evenings in June and July each year is imo foolish. Right call by the BBC this time and previously.
So you feel that chasing the ratings is a higher priority for a public service broadcaster than providing the advertised regional news service? If that is the BBC's attitude then every argument they have put forward about retaining the license fee has just evaporated.
DV
So you feel that chasing the ratings is a higher priority for a public service broadcaster than providing the advertised regional news service? I would remind you that the "minority channel" you refer to is where the tennis was advertised to be in the published schedules.
Which were in the circumstances rightly ripped up.
The viewing figures confirm that the Murray matches have been huge ratings winners, to sacrifice those figures by switching to an albeit universally available, but by some inverted snobs minority channel in the interests of pandering to those requiring a news bulletin on a few evenings in June and July each year is imo foolish. Right call by the BBC this time and previously.
So you feel that chasing the ratings is a higher priority for a public service broadcaster than providing the advertised regional news service? I would remind you that the "minority channel" you refer to is where the tennis was advertised to be in the published schedules.
Which were in the circumstances rightly ripped up.
SP
So are you saying that tennis fans are too stupid to press one button on a remote control within a 10 minute window of opportunity?
DV
I am saying that this is a prime national sporting event that has not occurred for several years, the result of which could have led to something that has not occurred for in excess of 70 years. This leads me to conclude that the BBC were right in putting this match (and the others) on their primary channel.
MA
NO !!!!
The BBC are there to provide a service ,
If the Beeb show Wimbledon on BBC 2, *EVERY* viewer is able to see it, the same is not true for the regional news, it simply is not available on BBC 2 in English regions on digital platforms, and analogue broadcasting is now totally unavailable in 6 areas of the UK.
I don't accept the 'ratings chasing' arguments. People that had set their recording devices to record BBC 1 programmes on Monday, didn't have their recordings captured, and for no good reason.
Imagine if your local bus company suddenly decided on a particular day to re-arrange its services, because a local event would mean that overall they would get more passengers if they did so, you'd be outraged if you suddenly couldn't get home from work ?
Sorry, but if the BBC want to behave like a cynical commercial outfit, and not a publicly funded service, then they can stuff their licence fee where the sun fails to shine !!!
The viewing figures confirm that the Murray matches have been huge ratings winners, to sacrifice those figures by switching to an albeit universally available, but by some inverted snobs minority channel in the interests of pandering to those requiring a news bulletin on a few evenings in June and July each year is imo foolish. Right call by the BBC this time and previously.
NO !!!!
The BBC are there to provide a service ,
If the Beeb show Wimbledon on BBC 2, *EVERY* viewer is able to see it, the same is not true for the regional news, it simply is not available on BBC 2 in English regions on digital platforms, and analogue broadcasting is now totally unavailable in 6 areas of the UK.
I don't accept the 'ratings chasing' arguments. People that had set their recording devices to record BBC 1 programmes on Monday, didn't have their recordings captured, and for no good reason.
Imagine if your local bus company suddenly decided on a particular day to re-arrange its services, because a local event would mean that overall they would get more passengers if they did so, you'd be outraged if you suddenly couldn't get home from work ?
Sorry, but if the BBC want to behave like a cynical commercial outfit, and not a publicly funded service, then they can stuff their licence fee where the sun fails to shine !!!