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Yes, it'll be interesting to see how it works. I suspect it will mostly be between sub-regions, although maybe there might be sharing between regions depending on where a story takes place. For example a story in Wiltshire might be on Meridian West and ITV West and something in North Kent shared between London, Meridian East and Anglia.
Of course that sort of sharing is something the BBC has done for years, it's not uncommon to have a report from a BBC East reporter on BBC London for a story that's in somewhere like Chelmsford. That's why there's sometimes a quite serious story about a murder or similar 10-15 minutes into a BBC regional news programme - two regions are doing it and the one has first dibs.
Although in my experience most sharing in BBC regional news is for standby stories, not 10% of the programme
The other thought is that they will probably commission multi-region features that work anywhere or can be tailored to the region. A bit like those stories you get on local radio which are a national story but written to make it sound like it's about the local area, e.g 'a report out today says cancer survival rates in Devon rose 5% last year'.... 'a report out today says cancer survival rates in South Yorkshire rose 5% last year' etc.
I wonder how this 'out of region' content will work. Will it just be content from the other half of the sub-region, or from another region, will both sub regions necessarilly feature the same out of region content?
Yes, it'll be interesting to see how it works. I suspect it will mostly be between sub-regions, although maybe there might be sharing between regions depending on where a story takes place. For example a story in Wiltshire might be on Meridian West and ITV West and something in North Kent shared between London, Meridian East and Anglia.
Of course that sort of sharing is something the BBC has done for years, it's not uncommon to have a report from a BBC East reporter on BBC London for a story that's in somewhere like Chelmsford. That's why there's sometimes a quite serious story about a murder or similar 10-15 minutes into a BBC regional news programme - two regions are doing it and the one has first dibs.
Although in my experience most sharing in BBC regional news is for standby stories, not 10% of the programme
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How much content will there be available without it being tenuous, particularly for the likes of Granada who only have one sub-region.
The other thought is that they will probably commission multi-region features that work anywhere or can be tailored to the region. A bit like those stories you get on local radio which are a national story but written to make it sound like it's about the local area, e.g 'a report out today says cancer survival rates in Devon rose 5% last year'.... 'a report out today says cancer survival rates in South Yorkshire rose 5% last year' etc.