At 1835GMT today CNN was talking to an aid worker in Banda Aceh who was describing what was going on there. Meanwhile BBC World (who still hadn't spoken to anyone in Indonesia) was broadcasting a special live weather forecast for Sumatra, just in case you wanna know if the weather will be fine the day after you're hit by a tsunami.
Not exactly putting news first.
At 1835GMT today CNN was talking to an aid worker in Banda Aceh who was describing what was going on there. Meanwhile BBC World (who still hadn't spoken to anyone in Indonesia) was broadcasting a special live weather forecast for Sumatra, just in case you wanna know if the weather will be fine the day after you're hit by a tsunami.
Not exactly putting news first.
Sadly, BBC World aren't brilliant at breaking news these days. Very often, I'll see a world news story break on News 24, only to find World don't break it until the next scheduled bulletin. When I saw the news about the Texas oil fire break on N24, I flicked World on only to find they were still in scheduled pre-recorded programming.
At 1835GMT today CNN was talking to an aid worker in Banda Aceh who was describing what was going on there. Meanwhile BBC World (who still hadn't spoken to anyone in Indonesia) was broadcasting a special live weather forecast for Sumatra, just in case you wanna know if the weather will be fine the day after you're hit by a tsunami.
Not exactly putting news first.
BBC World had already spoken to Tim Johnson in Jakarta and one of their producers in Banda Aceh.
At 1835GMT today CNN was talking to an aid worker in Banda Aceh who was describing what was going on there. Meanwhile BBC World (who still hadn't spoken to anyone in Indonesia) was broadcasting a special live weather forecast for Sumatra, just in case you wanna know if the weather will be fine the day after you're hit by a tsunami.
Not exactly putting news first.
BBC World had already spoken to Tim Johnson in Jakarta and one of their producers in Banda Aceh.
At 1800 a not quite brilliant Nik Gowing began the bulletin with breaking news and until 1840/1845 he had just spoken to the Kuala Lumpur correspondent.
Anyway, I noticed that the lovely Darshini has been initated to the 1800-2345 shift and that makes me very very happy.
At 1835GMT today CNN was talking to an aid worker in Banda Aceh who was describing what was going on there. Meanwhile BBC World (who still hadn't spoken to anyone in Indonesia) was broadcasting a special live weather forecast for Sumatra, just in case you wanna know if the weather will be fine the day after you're hit by a tsunami.
Not exactly putting news first.
BBC World had already spoken to Tim Johnson in Jakarta and one of their producers in Banda Aceh.
At 1800 a not quite brilliant Nik Gowing began the bulletin with breaking news and until 1840/1845 he had just spoken to the Kuala Lumpur correspondent.
Anyway, I noticed that the lovely Darshini has been initated to the 1800-2345 shift and that makes me very very happy.
The evening business presenter only works until 22.00. The 23.30 airing of World Business Report is a repeat of the first half of the 21.30 edition. The daytime presenter is on from the 08.00 bulletin and their last is 16.00. Then, the evening one takes over for the 17.15 WBR.
At 1835GMT today CNN was talking to an aid worker in Banda Aceh who was describing what was going on there. Meanwhile BBC World (who still hadn't spoken to anyone in Indonesia) was broadcasting a special live weather forecast for Sumatra, just in case you wanna know if the weather will be fine the day after you're hit by a tsunami.
Not exactly putting news first.
BBC World had already spoken to Tim Johnson in Jakarta and one of their producers in Banda Aceh.
At 1800 a not quite brilliant Nik Gowing began the bulletin with breaking news and until 1840/1845 he had just spoken to the Kuala Lumpur correspondent.
Anyway, I noticed that the lovely Darshini has been initated to the 1800-2345 shift and that makes me very very happy.
The evening business presenter only works until 22.00. The 23.30 airing of World Business Report is a repeat of the first half of the 21.30 edition. The daytime presenter is on from the 08.00 bulletin and their last is 16.00. Then, the evening one takes over for the 17.15 WBR.
Really? I had never noticed that... That means that the daytime presenter works much longer than the morning and the evening ones.
It's like re-living the Virtual Era tonight on BBC World -- Justin Webb is presenting BBC World News from Washington, with Lucy Hockings in London. It's great to see Justin presenting again -- he's a natural at it.
There is a sport presenter named Andrew Don't-remember-the-surname... Do you know where is he from? I mean, is it just me or his accent is very strange?
There is a sport presenter named Andrew Don't-remember-the-surname... Do you know where is he from? I mean, is it just me or his accent is very strange?
In key hours of the day we’ll be running an additional programme sequence –
BBC News Extra
– in which we’ll take viewers further behind the headlines, with explanation and analysis of the day’s main stories.
Furthermore we’ll have
additional editions
of the highly-rated
World Business Report
programme, making use of the BBC’s global resource of business specialists.
The changes follow an extensive review of the programme schedule, backed by detailed audience research, which showed a
demand for more live news programmes
in the key viewing hours of the day.
BBC World offers more than just the day’s news, however. Our award-winning interview programme, HARDtalk, continues in its five nights a week slot, and our popular series such as Fast Track, Click Online, Earth Report and Top Gear will all be prominent.
The World Debate returns each month, with discussions on the role of Women in the Arab World, the progress of the UN’s millennium goals and the world’s responsibility to help the development of Africa.
In April, the investigative journalist John Sweeney will report on the billionaire Roman Abramovich and also investigates the Kabbalah sect supported by celebrities such as the pop singer Madonna.
In May, our Space and Time season continues our tradition of science programming. Heading the field is the blockbuster series Space presented by the actor Sam Neill, with a mission to look at the Cosmos like never before.
We return to earth in June with a new arts series, Art That Shook The World. In it, experts including Germaine Greer and Andrew Graham-Dixon explore those truly great works of art which changed everything that came after them: The Psalms of David, Mozart’s opera The Marriage Of Figaro and Monet’s painting Impression: Sunrise.
Our schedule puts news first – but goes beyond that with a range of arts, entertainment, lifestyle and documentary programmes, 24 hours a day….
This sounds good, and seems to be coming very soon...
BBC World will then *really* be putting news first. New programmes start on Monday, 4th April, turning BBC World into something more similiar to a rolling-news channel.
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This is an example of the new schedule, e.g. for Tuesday, 12th April (all times CET). I've highlighted the new live slots:
00:00 BBC News
00:30 World Business Report (r)
00:45 Asia Today
01:00 BBC News
01:30 HARDtalk (r)
02:00 BBC News
02:30 World Business Report (r)
03:00 BBC News
03:30 Click Online (r)
04:00 BBC News
04:30 Asia Today (r)
04:45 World Business Report (r)
05:00 BBC News
05:30 HARDtalk
06:00 BBC News
06:30 World Business Report
07:00 BBC News
07:30 World Business Report
08:00 BBC News
08:30 Sport Today
09:00 BBC News
09:30 Click Online (r)
10:00 BBC News
10:30 HARDtalk (r)
11:00 BBC News
11:30 Fast Track (r)
12:00 BBC News
12:30 Asia Today
12:45 World Business Report
13:00 BBC News
13:30 BBC News Extra
BBC News Extra with the explanation and analysis of the day's news plus additional opportunities to go further behind the headlines.
13:45 World Business Report
The latest business news with informed analysis from the world's financial centres.
14:00 BBC News
followed by Weather
14:30 World Business Report
The latest business news with informed analysis from the world's financial centres.
14:45 Sport Today
All the latest sports news and results from around the globe.
15:00 BBC News
followed by Weather
15:30 BBC News Extra
BBC News Extra with the explanation and analysis of the day's news plus additional opportunities to go further behind the headlines.
15:45 World Business Report
The latest business news with informed analysis from the world's financial centres.
16:00 BBC News
16:30 Asia Today
17:00 BBC News
17:30 HARDtalk (r)
18:00 BBC News
18:30 Explorations (r)
19:00 BBC News
19:30 World Business Report
19:45 Sport Today
20:00 BBC News
20:30 HARDtalk (r)
21:00 BBC News
21:30 Talking Movies
22:00 BBC News
22:30 World Business Report
23:00 BBC News
23:30 BBC News Extra
BBC News Extra with the explanation and analysis of the day's news plus additional opportunities to go further behind the headlines.
23:45 World Business Report
From London and New York, World Business Report brings not just the headlines but the explanation behind the headlines and an examination of the trends in technology and the world of business.
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The 08:30 edition of 'World Business Report' is being removed, leaving place for a 30-minute edition of 'Sport Today'.
In key hours of the day we’ll be running an additional programme sequence –
BBC News Extra
– in which we’ll take viewers further behind the headlines, with explanation and analysis of the day’s main stories.
Furthermore we’ll have
additional editions
of the highly-rated
World Business Report
programme, making use of the BBC’s global resource of business specialists.
The changes follow an extensive review of the programme schedule, backed by detailed audience research, which showed a
demand for more live news programmes
in the key viewing hours of the day.
BBC World offers more than just the day’s news, however. Our award-winning interview programme, HARDtalk, continues in its five nights a week slot, and our popular series such as Fast Track, Click Online, Earth Report and Top Gear will all be prominent.
The World Debate returns each month, with discussions on the role of Women in the Arab World, the progress of the UN’s millennium goals and the world’s responsibility to help the development of Africa.
In April, the investigative journalist John Sweeney will report on the billionaire Roman Abramovich and also investigates the Kabbalah sect supported by celebrities such as the pop singer Madonna.
In May, our Space and Time season continues our tradition of science programming. Heading the field is the blockbuster series Space presented by the actor Sam Neill, with a mission to look at the Cosmos like never before.
We return to earth in June with a new arts series, Art That Shook The World. In it, experts including Germaine Greer and Andrew Graham-Dixon explore those truly great works of art which changed everything that came after them: The Psalms of David, Mozart’s opera The Marriage Of Figaro and Monet’s painting Impression: Sunrise.
Our schedule puts news first – but goes beyond that with a range of arts, entertainment, lifestyle and documentary programmes, 24 hours a day….
This sounds good, and seems to be coming very soon...
Interesting. Do we know if this is going to be just an additional segment presented from the main desk area, or will it be a separate programming strand, like a miniature edition of The World, perhaps coming from The World's set?
