Are the NC and WN on a simulcast at the moment or not? At 10:30 the graphics all disappeared off, the presenter in Washington handed over to 'Martine Croxall, on the News Channel', and the graphics came back on. Certainly during the January Paris attacks they did a simulcast with one NC presenter and one WN presenter.
France closing their borders, which for now at least will limit anchors being on location over the weekend. I know it was fast moving but was quite surprised none of the main news channels had a translator ready to go for the French presidents speech. BBC relied on showing a Twitter translation.
Are the NC and WN on a simulcast at the moment or not? At 10:30 the graphics all disappeared off, the presenter in Washington handed over to 'Martine Croxall, on the News Channel', and the graphics came back on. Certainly during the January Paris attacks they did a simulcast with one NC presenter and one WN presenter.
They are simulcasting. The graphics had to be removed as viewers in America joined coverage that were expecting WNA and got Martine Croxall presenting special coverage instead.
Looks like the broadcasters have been caught out with it being a Friday night. If this had happened on a weekday daytime, I'm sure we'd have a terrestrial channel showing rolling news or at least some news reports by now.
Looks like the broadcasters have been caught out with it being a Friday night. If this had happened on a weekday daytime, I'm sure we'd have a terrestrial channel showing rolling news or at least some news reports by now.
ITV had no excuse not to stay with it really - the football could have waited. The BBC absolutely right to stick with Children in Need and remind people of the good in the world at a time when the news is dominated by evil, especially with two other avenues to point people towards.