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US Election Night: Domestic Coverage

(November 2008)

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JF
JamesyFish
theBlockerPH posted:
looks to me that the broadcast will end at 1300 GMT, since it will be World News Today (Mishal Hussein)...

so unusual for News Channel to have a very prolonged broadcast... they usually stop it at 2nd hour of Breakfast, like on Super Tuesday.

EDIT: they're doing that weird simulcast again, US Election report (Jon Sopel) from BBC News at 01, simulcast on BBC WN then Lucy Hockings on WNT


Now Ellie Crisel has taken over, solo for the first time?
BA
bakamann
BBC World News and News Channel, I guess doing simulcast again...

Is BBC want to save licence fee by simulcasting to World News? or vice versa...
NG
noggin Founding member
theBlockerPH posted:
BBC World News and News Channel, I guess doing simulcast again...

Is BBC want to save licence fee by simulcasting to World News? or vice versa...


It isn't a saving thing per se - it is because they only have one Washington studio and it makes more sense to provide a simulcast service rather than leave BBC World News and BBC News Channel fighting out between themselves for resources, reporters, field producers, circuits etc.

For big overseas stories the editorial requirements of the News Channel and World News are going to be largely similar and the quality gained by pooling resources is significant.
NG
noggin Founding member
BBC trounced ITV in the ratings.

BBC One show got 1.6 million and a 25% share (This doesn't include the couple of hundred thousand watching on the News Channel AIUI? Sky and BBC News Channel were in the same order of magnitude - though as the evening wore on Sky lost out to the News Channel AIUI)

ITV got 300,000 and a 7% share.
BA
bakamann
i can't believe that quarter of British population prefers to listen to some stupid rants, e.g.: Bolton...

but since I'm overseas, I don't have ITV. only have AJE, CNN US, FOX.
NG
noggin Founding member
theBlockerPH posted:
i can't believe that quarter of British population prefers to listen to some stupid rants, e.g.: Bolton...

but since I'm overseas, I don't have ITV. only have AJE, CNN US, FOX.


To be honest - Bolton was a very small part of the BBC coverage. They had a much bigger presence on the ground in the US - and their service felt a bit more newsy than ITV's, which was a bit more chatty and late night in feel. (The ITV stuff felt like a show made in the UK, the BBC felt like a show made in the US)
FO
fodg09
noggin posted:
BBC trounced ITV in the ratings.

BBC One show got 1.6 million and a 25% share (This doesn't include the couple of hundred thousand watching on the News Channel AIUI? Sky and BBC News Channel were in the same order of magnitude - though as the evening wore on Sky lost out to the News Channel AIUI)

ITV got 300,000 and a 7% share.
. Do you have the Sky News ratings?
FA
fanoftv
noggin posted:
theBlockerPH posted:
i can't believe that quarter of British population prefers to listen to some stupid rants, e.g.: Bolton...

but since I'm overseas, I don't have ITV. only have AJE, CNN US, FOX.


To be honest - Bolton was a very small part of the BBC coverage. They had a much bigger presence on the ground in the US - and their service felt a bit more newsy than ITV's, which was a bit more chatty and late night in feel. (The ITV stuff felt like a show made in the UK, the BBC felt like a show made in the US)


I'd agree with that, and that's why I feel it was a better programme overall, it was relaying the news to us rather than trying to have some effect on the results because of their presence in the US.
And as said earlier in the thread, presumebly with the vast difference of budget in the two shows ITV did a splendid job.
AB
ashley b Founding member
fodg09 posted:
Do you have the Sky News ratings?


According to Broadcast:
Quote:
The corporation also won the battle of the rolling news channels with BBC News 24 averaging 106,000 (2.06%) between 11pm and 2am.

Sky News's coverage, which also began at 11pm, wasn't too far behind with an average audience of 79,000 (1.55%).
FO
fodg09
ashley b posted:
fodg09 posted:
Do you have the Sky News ratings?


According to Broadcast:
Quote:
The corporation also won the battle of the rolling news channels with BBC News 24 averaging 106,000 (2.06%) between 11pm and 2am.

Sky News's coverage, which also began at 11pm, wasn't too far behind with an average audience of 79,000 (1.55%).


Thank you.
GO
gottago
theBlockerPH posted:
i can't believe that quarter of British population prefers to listen to some stupid rants, e.g.: Bolton...
You think that 15 million were up watching at 3am? Confused
MR
mromega
Significant screw up by the BBC on the announcement of the Obama Chief of Staff.

Aston said "Republican Rahm Emmanuel chosen as Chief of Staff"

Rahm is a Democratic Party member of the House of Representatives from Illinois.

It's just shoddy fact checking.

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