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RK
Rkolsen
dvboy posted:
We might want to hold our horses on tonight being the last 100 Days+ as Christian Fraser said at the start that they were singing off for the summer-So a Summer break and then back in the first week of September then?

Hopefully with better name.


I don't understand why they're going on summer hiatus - there's so much news going on both sides of the Atlantic. If it's a matter about holidays why not stagger the anchors schedules. Then again it does seem like many U.K. news shows go off air for a few months this time of year.
MA
Markymark
dvboy posted:
We might want to hold our horses on tonight being the last 100 Days+ as Christian Fraser said at the start that they were singing off for the summer-So a Summer break and then back in the first week of September then?

Hopefully with better name.


I don't understand why they're going on summer hiatus - there's so much news going on both sides of the Atlantic. If it's a matter about holidays why not stagger the anchors schedules. Then again it does seem like many U.K. news shows go off air for a few months this time of year.


I suspect the real reason is budgetary. The show was only supposed to last 100 days, and it's gone beyond that anyway. I'm not sure how much contingency budget BBC News have, but it's been an expensive few months with domestic matters.
NG
noggin Founding member
dvboy posted:
We might want to hold our horses on tonight being the last 100 Days+ as Christian Fraser said at the start that they were singing off for the summer-So a Summer break and then back in the first week of September then?

Hopefully with better name.


I don't understand why they're going on summer hiatus - there's so much news going on both sides of the Atlantic. If it's a matter about holidays why not stagger the anchors schedules. Then again it does seem like many U.K. news shows go off air for a few months this time of year.


Lots of shows go on a summer break - particularly UK political shows. (Mainly because the UK Parliament goes into recess. Do US political institutions like Senate and Congress have a summer break?)
CI
cityprod
dvboy posted:
Hopefully with better name.


I don't understand why they're going on summer hiatus - there's so much news going on both sides of the Atlantic. If it's a matter about holidays why not stagger the anchors schedules. Then again it does seem like many U.K. news shows go off air for a few months this time of year.


Lots of shows go on a summer break - particularly UK political shows. (Mainly because the UK Parliament goes into recess. Do US political institutions like Senate and Congress have a summer break?)


Yes, they do have a summer break from Congress, but they're often fundraising for the next election, so the US political shows don't tend to take a Summer break. The President doesn't take an official summer break, but often spend some holiday time during this period.
TW
Time Warp
I've said this a couple of times before but can't believe that it's still happening. The BBC News overnight ticker is an absolute disgrace. I know it's from an RSS feed but it shouldn't be. Most of the stories don't make sense or offer absolutely nothing other than the most basic detail.
TW
Time Warp
#rantover
CH
chris
I've said this a couple of times before but can't believe that it's still happening. The BBC News overnight ticker is an absolute disgrace. I know it's from an RSS feed but it shouldn't be. Most of the stories don't make sense or offer absolutely nothing other than the most basic detail.


I've said before it would make more sense for the feed to take the top lines from the articles - they summarise the story much better than the headlines.
davidhorman and bilky asko gave kudos
TW
Time Warp
I mean, that might be a bit better, but there should be a text producer overnight so that there's no form of automation, imo.
VM
VMPhil
Or… just turn off the ticker overnight?
BA
bilky asko
Or… just turn off the ticker overnight?


Any viewers annoyed by the ticker overnight could put gaffer tape over it.
JO
Joe
Or… just turn off the ticker overnight?


Any viewers annoyed by the ticker overnight could put gaffer tape over it.

Or... ticker tape?
TW
Time Warp
Joe posted:
Or… just turn off the ticker overnight?


Any viewers annoyed by the ticker overnight could put gaffer tape over it.

Or... ticker tape?


YES YES YES

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