BBC World [soon to be BBC World News]

In that case its most likely your box / setup causing the problem. Try turning it off and on again.

Poor Karin .. from memory past 2 days...

Friday 0500-0800GMT
Saturday 0100-0600GMT
Saturday 1200-1800GMT

She has been on about 4-5 other times during the past 7 days.

Sounds a bit Willcoxian, that. She is a good presenter, though.

I have noticed that BBC World news bulletins are now ending with a sting and burst of music, as opposed to going straight to the weather presenter or to adverts or breakfiller, as was formerly the case.

I only noticed that 25minutes ago lol, don't like the choice of sting as its a rather sudden cut.

I agree, Damo.

Good thing Anita is not there any longer, as she was prone to giving a long stare down the (far studio left) camera at the end of her bulletins, which she remained fixed with even when we went to the overhead closing shot with full closing music. The new "sting" would be too abrupt for Anita's usual dramatic endings. LOL.

In fact, I am sure you will have a clip of that somewhere in your archives - the ice maiden of BBC World uttering the words "and that's all from the BBC World Newsroom.........for the moment......."!

Come back, Anita!

Freaky because I was on TV ARK before looking at old videos and one was of a close with Anita McNaught, the close wasn't her signature but she did continue to stare at the camera during the aerial shot!

I do wish Anita was still at World though, Adrian and Stephen too.

Depends where you are watching. Weather is not sponsored in all parts of the world. While some parts get a sponsorship sting, other parts get a music sting.

I'm in the Asia Pacific region (I live in NZ) and sometimes we get a Maldives weather sting and sometimes the BBC World sting!

I see.

I live in the Middle East, and we always had a mixture of either no sting or sponsor sting, depending on the programme.

Today, it's BBC World sting, and then weather. We no longer go straight to the weather presenter as the next frame. I like this new way better.

I like it better too but I feel the peice of music is wrong and doesn't really have a closing feel.

Thats because the channel never closes

But the news does, when there going to a programme. Look at AlJazeera English for example, they play closing music to all of their bulletins.