TH
She's been anchoring most of the day - certainly this morning she presented most of each hour.
The BBC World News Editor seemed to be incredibly defensive and stressed during that interview. And rightly so, considering how far behind they were in comparison to Sky. Steve Hewlett got it completely right in my mind in his questioning of Jon Williams and the BBC coverage.
Sky's Anna Botting anchoring Live at 5 in Tripoli.
She's been anchoring most of the day - certainly this morning she presented most of each hour.
The BBC World News Editor seemed to be incredibly defensive and stressed during that interview. And rightly so, considering how far behind they were in comparison to Sky. Steve Hewlett got it completely right in my mind in his questioning of Jon Williams and the BBC coverage.
MO
This is covered in this Media Guardian article and is very damning if you ask me.
Lots of excuses, none good enough.
For Christ's sake they admit the reason they didn't cover the storming of Gaddafi's compound was because the reporter was editing a piece for the 6. So, you missed history because you making a news programme. Is it just me that doesn't think that makes sense.
The BBC should make the bulletins bottom priority and rolling news number one. Let the 1, 6 and 10 use whatever material the News Channel has already broadcast - edit it all up, get some London based foreign correspondents to talk over the packages. Leave the lives to live TV - i.e. rolling news.
I'm listening to Radio 4's Media Show. Very interesting discussion regarding Sky and BBC's recent coverage of Libya. If you can bear to be without any visual stimulation for 30 mins, give it a listen on i-player. Should pop up on there shortly after 14:00hrs.
This is covered in this Media Guardian article and is very damning if you ask me.
Lots of excuses, none good enough.
For Christ's sake they admit the reason they didn't cover the storming of Gaddafi's compound was because the reporter was editing a piece for the 6. So, you missed history because you making a news programme. Is it just me that doesn't think that makes sense.
The BBC should make the bulletins bottom priority and rolling news number one. Let the 1, 6 and 10 use whatever material the News Channel has already broadcast - edit it all up, get some London based foreign correspondents to talk over the packages. Leave the lives to live TV - i.e. rolling news.
GI
^^^ I wouldn't be surprised if that was true, BBC still has national bulletins as their absolute No1 priority and everything else comes after it, the way News channel is treated during big breaking news shows it, this new info shows it. I guess it also shows BBC is still a very traditional media output and rolling news coverage comes as something a bit alien to them.
GI
Very fair to compare national television with a cable news channel. And if it's not a competition then why is he using ratings as an argument?
Quote:
Williams told Steve Hewlett on BBC Radio 4's The Media Show on Wednesday that many more people tuned into the news bulletins on BBC1 and the BBC News channel than watched the BSkyB-owned service. Williams later tweeted: "War not a competition."
Very fair to compare national television with a cable news channel. And if it's not a competition then why is he using ratings as an argument?
IS
In general no they shouldn't - the bulletins are more important. They are the traditional flagship have more viewers, they're also something that Sky don't do.
Rolling news is all very well but a lot of it across all channel is just filler. Give me a half hour wrap up of events than hours of looped footage and chatter any day (and of course as good as Sky's coverage was, they put out a lot of this too!)
The BBC should make the bulletins bottom priority and rolling news number one.
In general no they shouldn't - the bulletins are more important. They are the traditional flagship have more viewers, they're also something that Sky don't do.
Rolling news is all very well but a lot of it across all channel is just filler. Give me a half hour wrap up of events than hours of looped footage and chatter any day (and of course as good as Sky's coverage was, they put out a lot of this too!)
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His reaction to being asked if they had asked Sky News if they could show Alex's report was funny, it felt like he was coming across as "We are the BBC don't you know".
PE
Very fair to compare national television with a cable news channel. And if it's not a competition then why is he using ratings as an argument?
Sky is on Freeview though.
Pete
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Quote:
Williams told Steve Hewlett on BBC Radio 4's The Media Show on Wednesday that many more people tuned into the news bulletins on BBC1 and the BBC News channel than watched the BSkyB-owned service. Williams later tweeted: "War not a competition."
Very fair to compare national television with a cable news channel. And if it's not a competition then why is he using ratings as an argument?
Sky is on Freeview though.
MO
Very fair to compare national television with a cable news channel. And if it's not a competition then why is he using ratings as an argument?
Sky is on Freeview though.
Surely Sky News is available to everyone now that analogue has been turned off.
Quote:
Williams told Steve Hewlett on BBC Radio 4's The Media Show on Wednesday that many more people tuned into the news bulletins on BBC1 and the BBC News channel than watched the BSkyB-owned service. Williams later tweeted: "War not a competition."
Very fair to compare national television with a cable news channel. And if it's not a competition then why is he using ratings as an argument?
Sky is on Freeview though.
Surely Sky News is available to everyone now that analogue has been turned off.
DV
Not necessarily so Moz, Sky News on DTT is only available on the main transmitters, it's not available on Freeview Lite relays. In addition DSO is still not complete.