BBC World News from New Broadcasting House

Gallery view during a Friday edition of Biz Live AM.

Some hiccups at the end 0700GMT edition of World News. There was a toss to the weather which was just a still image of the video, then a spinning globe, a minute or two of darkness, a bit of b-roll, a blank coming up graphic and they finally returned at 0728.

Nice that World News America came from London with a Tim Wilcox anchoring giving the team time off. Most of the reports were airing throughout the day found their way into the broadcast but they did manage to tie a report from Russia and Ukraine in with Donald Trump while an analyst from London spoke. Then there was a Skype report (does the BBC use Skype? I thought users were required to use a courtesy tag) with a Stanford professor in his office about a third party candidate requesting a recount.

I like it when the syndicated broadcasts come from London (GMT, WNA when it comes from the field or London, 0200 GMT bulletins) which air in HD on PBS. The overall PQ from London looks much better than the Washington studio - is it different cameras? better lighting?

Any video? I am guessing it's a localised issue and it only happened in the US region?

Just went back on my TiVo and the incident was deleted.

Edit : Thought I should add that there seemed to be no rhyme or reason why it was automatically deleted. I had older shows titled "BBC World News" but they still remain. Wonder if it has to do with the fact that those episodes were previously scheduled?

It looks like Global has new graphics and music. The graphics sort of remind me of Newsday, but with a blue palette. Very nice.

The original look was better imo, especially the music.

The graphics I think are better - I was never quite sure what the Global graphics were supposed to be - but the music is inferior. Still hints of the past theme there though.

The old music was better.
Speaking of Newsday, I guess the terms and phrases I hate hearing the most on BBC World News including 'trending/most watched online/on social media' and 'gone viral' will now be said on every edition of Global since there now seems to be a regular slot (not long, definitely under a minute) about ten minutes into the show where we are subjected to what's trending online or on social media newsworthy or not instead of another news headline.

I'm afraid it's something that's going to be increasingly common. Mainstream media outlets are pushing new digital content hard, their content at least, and the BBC has started making content for its news app in a very big way. With the current focus on fake news on the internet, the BBC is asserting itself in the new marketplace as a trusted news supplier. "Trending online" is just a new way of referring to stories "everyone's talking about down the pub", which was the buzz phrase in newsrooms for years...

It's all getting rather dangerous now, we're about to get a US President who seems to use Twitter to set his agenda, and the media follow by reacting to it. It might all be new, clever and trendy, but I'm not convinced it won't all end in tears.

I'm sure that's why it's important trustworthy news suppliers make their mark on social media.