Feel like News Channel has been in a dazed mode for a while. They seem contend about the way they are especially after the move to their current studio. There isn't much creativity and there is no life on the channel.
Just yrs ago we use to be saying that about BBC WORLD but they have taken the bull by the horn and they are not contend on staying that way.
One thing that force BBC WORLD to change was the competition. There are so many players out there now you just can't sit back. For commercial reasons you have to stay ahead of the curve and the competition. One of the BBC WORLD managers said, with the big name presenters comes ad revenue and that distributors like when there are big names and personalities. I know there isn't anything for profit wise on the NC but where is the inspiration and attitude???
In the UK there isn't really that much competition. Sky had a revamp but BBC NC did nothing. Now Sky will have a major upgrade. What will the News Channel do by then. It seem they are just following Sky. When Sky revamp NC will follow next. I am afraid viewers might just stay with sky especially revamping during an election period. Doubt it if News channel will upgrade before Sky.
Whenever I watch the channel I feel like there isn't variety and the managers don't have that much options. They need a big shake up especially with Presenters. More personality like they way BBC WORLD has been doing and are about to go full throttle.
I think you've hit the nail on the head there. As you say because BBC World News is commercially funded and relies on the advertising revenue so they have to remain ahead of the game. The news channel is funded by the public (and they should listen to the public!) so they get the money handed to them and can be totally laid back about the matter... which seems quite laxed.
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N6 may not be the best studio for the news channel, but there are things that can be done to present the news in a less static 1980's fashion. Stand up presentation by the main presenters now and again - it won't hurt (every other news channel does it!) and is totally possible to achieve at the
TOTH. The use of the Barco's behind the presenters to show a story which is being talked about (much like Al Jazeera English do), more interviews of a less serious nature done from the sport/business wall - much like the Film 24 presentation. Being stuck behind a desk all day - which acts as a big barrier between the viewer and the presenters is not good, even - present the weather from N6 on a more frequent basis.
As has been said in 2003, the BBC conducted a survey/enquiry into what was News 24 and one of the things that came out if that was to find different ways to present the news... stand up presentation with pictures was one way - but they seem to have gone back on that.
If you put the Journalistic/Editorial side of BBC News with Sky News' set and presentation ideas you'd have a superb channel.
As I say the BBC really need to look at the News channel because it is getting extremely stale. More can be done than modifying the daytime backdrop ever-so-slightly and switching the light box to red round the Barco's!
The BBC News channel will have to do something by the time Sky News relaunches (and more importantly Sky News HD launches) or they will be left in the slow lane. Look at what BBC World News has achieved with their set!
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Hopefully the news channel will get a decent makeover at the next revamp with a good set etc. Talking of studios does anyone know what the arrangements are likley to be for BH ? A proper studio for whats currently in TC7 and two newsroom sets for world/NC would be ideal with prehaps a smaller video cube area in the news channels set for the national news e.g a bit like N9 but with a larger newsrom set.