There also used to be a 9:30 World News bulletin weekdays too. Not sure when that stopped - around 2004 I think.
I think the weekday World News 09:30 bulletin stopped when N24 relaunched with the now BBC World News set. It was always the only time you would see BBC World News astons used on N24 in their full glory from the flags era.
It carried on a long time after BBC World and BBC News 24 shared the same graphics package (though the route BBC World's gallery took to News 24's meant that the astons were always a few lines lower and didn't quite line up)
There also used to be a 9:30 World News bulletin weekdays too. Not sure when that stopped - around 2004 I think.
I think the weekday World News 09:30 bulletin stopped when N24 relaunched with the now BBC World News set. It was always the only time you would see BBC World News astons used on N24 in their full glory from the flags era.
It carried on a long time after BBC World and BBC News 24 shared the same graphics package (though the route BBC World's gallery took to News 24's meant that the astons were always a few lines lower and didn't quite line up)
Sorry yeah I meant it was the only time you got to see the BBC World flags astons on N24 when both channels were in that era. Im not having a good day at wording things today.
There also used to be a 9:30 World News bulletin weekdays too. Not sure when that stopped - around 2004 I think.
I think the weekday World News 09:30 bulletin stopped when N24 relaunched with the now BBC World News set. It was always the only time you would see BBC World News astons used on N24 in their full glory from the flags era.
It carried on a long time after BBC World and BBC News 24 shared the same graphics package (though the route BBC World's gallery took to News 24's meant that the astons were always a few lines lower and didn't quite line up)
Sorry yeah I meant it was the only time you got to see the BBC World flags astons on N24 when both channels were in that era. Im not having a good day at wording things today.
It was definitely still going on after the December 2003 relaunch but not too long after that.
Not sure if this was the case yesterday, but Rico is in front of the Singapore skyline this morning, as opposed to the frosted glass. Looks much better. Shame about the BARCO display behind Babita, though. Hopefully they'll change it soon.
Not sure if this was the case yesterday, but Rico is in front of the Singapore skyline this morning, as opposed to the frosted glass. Looks much better. Shame about the BARCO display behind Babita, though. Hopefully they'll change it soon.
Rico was only in front of the frosted glass for the very first edition of Newsday on Monday 01:00-01:30 (uk time). After that, he has remained in the Singapore studio as normal.
There also used to be a 9:30 World News bulletin weekdays too. Not sure when that stopped - around 2004 I think.
I think the weekday World News 09:30 bulletin stopped when N24 relaunched with the now BBC World News set. It was always the only time you would see BBC World News astons used on N24 in their full glory from the flags era.
It carried on a long time after BBC World and BBC News 24 shared the same graphics package (though the route BBC World's gallery took to News 24's meant that the astons were always a few lines lower and didn't quite line up)
Ah the non lining up astons! I remember them well!
There also used to be a 9:30 World News bulletin weekdays too. Not sure when that stopped - around 2004 I think.
I think the weekday World News 09:30 bulletin stopped when N24 relaunched with the now BBC World News set. It was always the only time you would see BBC World News astons used on N24 in their full glory from the flags era.
It carried on a long time after BBC World and BBC News 24 shared the same graphics package (though the route BBC World's gallery took to News 24's meant that the astons were always a few lines lower and didn't quite line up)
Ah the non lining up astons! I remember them well!
I'd forgotten all about that little quirk. It was a quick way of telling which gallery was controlling proceedings. Especially useful during joint news specials, as I recall.
Can someone in the know explain something to me? BBC News in Asia (sorry I don't have a better name) are clearly capable of opting-out on regional BBC World News, as it has done for some time with a locally-produced Asia Business Report. But is it possible for them to produce all BBC World News output?
I ask because it dawned on me if they could, with Newsday now a joint production, would it be possible for Rico and co to continue Newsday while N8 carries breaking news on the NC only? If they could, this could theoretically solve the long-standing problem of domestic breaking news.
Things may have changed since I visited BBC World in 2003, but I'm fairly sure everything has to go through the BBC World control room in London ( N8 now, or N9 as it was then). Even though Asia Business Report is only shown in Asia, I imagine it is still produced by London. Certainly when I visited their studios they recorded a short Asia Today programme every day at 22:30 to be broadcast in Asia overnight. They very often use the back half hours when the channel is showing something pre-recorded to record another programme 'as live'. Like I say, it's been a long time since I visited their studios and things may well have changed now but that's how it was done then.
I'm not sure that much has changed. Singapore might have a small gallery for switching cameras and playing out packages, but I don't think it's got enough to make a fully-formed programme.
It would (just about) be possible for them to get a programme back to London, into Red Bee, and back out again though.
I only ask because I got the impression Asia Business Report - which must be live as Rico is busy 45 minutes of the hour and relies on latest market figures from Singapore - appears to begin in Asia shortly before the UK opts back in as a few times last week Babita finished UK-only stories after the headlines and then abruptly cut to Asia Business Report, half way through the titles. Presumably the titles didn't air like that in Asia, so was NC only? (I can only imagine the point of doing a UK story and then cutting back to ABR is that ABR is preceeded by some sort of sponsorship? Babita also does the pause before the UK story suggesting WN opt out at that point?)
Anyway you're probably right and only one live program could occur - I just wondered if they had more flexibility now that the program is produced from both locations, than the standard London-based BBC News bulletins that have to cover both? Surely covering British breaking news extensively would be even more difficult now the programme is Asia-oriented?
One thing I also noticed about Singapore's output was the frame they use to show market figures - not even close to BBC News or Newsday style, in fact very very dated looking! The same with their studio which still has that red bar across the backdrop, which is a design from the 'cream' era.