"BBC WORLD"

by saying goodbye you give viewers the chance to turn over/off you don't want to do that - BBC World is on 24 hours a day you want viewers to stay with you. And why say goodbye if they're going to be back in seconds to do the half past headlines - seems mad.

But the presenters don't necesarily would have to say good bye...they can come up with something like: " coming up on BBC World, a summary of the main news follwed by (programme goes here). We'll be right back"

In the previous pages of this thread I've already spoken about this topic ad nauseam. In my opinion the half past headlines remain completely useless and the old format was much better (welcome - news - sign off). And I do not think that more people will watch HARDtalk if the presenter says "HARDtalk is up next" instead of "HARDtalk is up next. From me good-bye".
Anyway, since this format seems to stay, at least I would like to hear some background music at the end of bulletins.

I agree. They do it half way through The World Today, and that works well. Why dont they just do that all the time!?

Aren't the half hour headlines the top of the hour headlines for people in India? That doesn't sound like a completely useless idea to me.

Well they've done in the past though, didn't seem to be a problem then.

People of India have watched the headlines on BBC World at half hour for years... I mean, they must be used to tuning in at :30 and not on top of the hour.

Yes remember they get are far more entertaining programme line up in India then Europeans, hence why World is so popular over there!

BTW is Middle Business Report fed into the BBC via 10E?

Most of you on the forum are right. Here in India, we prefer the old format to the new one. The network stings that the BBC use seem to be a bit of a problem, but they pretty much have reverted to the old-format (at least that's how it appears for the viewers in India) of taking a break each before Business as well as Sport News. I don't think, however, that the 'bottom-of-the-hour' headlines are a great success. I certainly prefer seeing the old sign-out format WITHOUT the summary at 'half-past'...

Let us fight for the old format then!

Maybe a bit out of date, but still...
Although I've got accustomed to them, I still think that the current titles have nothing to do with the redecorated newsroom/studio. Previously with the darkened newsroom they were nice, but now, with this bright red/white background they are absolutely out of place. Moreover,
I think it was impressing that the previous rings-and-scrolling-citynames identity was suitable for regional, national and global news, whilst it was easy to recognize that it is the BBC’s news output. These elements worked together very well, these graphic elements became memorable and recognizable. Is it true for the new titles? Personally I can’t see anything special about them, they are far too simple, which can be a virtue of an ident, of course, but in this case it means that it doesn’t really catch your attention and it is not as outstanding as the previous titles were. I can imagine the Lambie-Nairn titles altered, for example to contain white and red... but this current package is still disturbing for me.
I'm really interested in Your opinion.

Perhaps in the past the audience figures went down when they did it? They certainly wouldn't introduce something if it actually made people switch off. You aren't going to switch off but some people might if you actually offer them that chance. It's one of the first things I learnt in radio don't offer the listener the chance to switch away as they might well do that. They want to make BBC World seem more seamless and one network hence the bulletins linking to weather etc. The only times this doesn't really apply is when it is a PBS bulletin for America and they are not taking the next show after the news.