BBC World News - to 14th January 2013

So is the WN Schedule for overnight going to be branded as BBC News or BBC World News?

I've always found it a bit odd that Newsday is presented from behind the Barco wall as well. It seems very wasteful to be using a proper studio with a newsroom, desk and full lighting etc. when all you're doing is using one dull, cramped shot. They may as well close down N8 for the night and use a small CSO.

Hang on a minute - Newsday in N8 is still using a 'proper studio' (though, of course, it's not actually a studio) from the desk with full lighting. They use wide shots when interviewing guests, and Sport Today comes from the pod. I'd also imagine a bright yellow background is more appealing to Asian viewers on a morning than a dull, fairly empty newsroom - especially given how grey Singapore can look behind Rico/Sharanjit.

Peter Dobbie writes in Ariel about the positively gruelling-sounding Marathon des Sables: http://www.bbc.co.uk/ariel/17814582

Enjoyed Zeinab Badawi's live interview with Arnold Schwarzeneger last night on World News Today, and Arni telling her at the end "I'll be back", and she responding "Hasta la Vista, baby", and subsequently wrapping the bulletin later on with the same words to us: "Hasta la vista, babies."

The current summary of the BBC World News was introduced by the "coming up" bed and sting, as opposed to the normal opening music! They are trying to save time on these summaries of late, and up until last week, were even abandoning the opening theme music completely and went straight to the presenter.

This appears to be to accommodate the longer documentary segments that follow in the next 55mins at weekends.

I saw that too, James! I thought they had played the quarter heads vamp by mistake at first, but when it was followed by the stab rather than the titles I knew it must have been deliberate. If they're concerned about cutting down the time of the bulletin, why not do what they did years ago? Just play the titles and don't have any headlines at all? Seems more suitable to me than having no BBC News branding at all.

I guess they must be trying out a few variants. Today alone, we've had the music only intro without headlines, full headlines and music, the intro stab that you're referring to, and also before the end of the day, we will probably get the version with no music and no headlines.

The latter is the only version that truly saves any time, whereas all the others must be close on the clock?

Didn't wanna have to say it, but I really can't stand Sport Today anymore... since the move I'd have to say. Wheres all the international sports news gone? I don't wanna have to watch football football football!!?

I also strongly dislike the titles and the music, there's nothing to it and it's bland. As for the set I don't really like that much either, the main shot is so awkward, the distance from presenter and plasma seems like miles.

Sorry if this has been asked before, but will the changes mean there will be a 23:00 (UKT) edition of Newsday on Sundays? And if so, what will fill Friday (UK) evenings?

Edit:

Looking at Sunday 24th June on http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-radio-and-tv-12957298 it would appear Newsday does indeed have a 23:00 showing on Sundays, with it listing 'BBC World News' at 23:00 on Friday evening. So I guess that effectively means the 'weekday' schedule, in the sense of a programme's target audience being seeing it on Monday morning, will begin on Sunday evening and end on Friday evening?

Perhaps the target audience being the breakfast time weekday audience in Asia.

Does this mean the news channel simulcast will begin at midnight and not one on a Sunday evening? As Babita will be presenting Newsday she will not be free to deliver the extra hour. They aren't going to make the evening presenter stay for another hour, are they?