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Wimbledon moving the news to BBC Two

With the Six on BBC Two, and instead of discussing it in the main thread, why not split it up? (July 2011)

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CR
Critique
So, seeing as, once again, the Six is on BBC Two, I thought it'd make more sense to split it from the main BBC News thread, and discuss it all here.

Mishal is presenting the Six, if you wanted to know.

What'll happen to the Regional News, do you think?
AN
Ant
Haven't heard anything being mentioned yet about the move on BBC One, unless I've missed an aston.
CR
Critique
Ant posted:
Haven't heard anything being mentioned yet about the move on BBC One, unless I've missed an aston.


Someone just mentioned it in the BBC News thread. And, they've literally just said it. And, it's on air.
AN
Ant
The BBC Two Scotland link into the news mentioned Reporting Scotland, but I suspect they've just taken the script from the BBC One announcer.
TV
TVnut15
Was any regional bbc2 idents used?

(couldn't see myself, before sain on bbc1, was too late for intro)
J1
j10cool10
My EPG is showing Wimbledon moving to BBC Two from 6:30pm for the regional news on BBC1.
BR
Brekkie
Does BBC2 get interupted by announcements the tennis is over on BBC1 during the news?

We all know it's a ridiculous situation, but understand why it happens. However considering it's an inevitability why don't the BBC publish an alternative schedule in the TV guides in the event the tennis runs on BBC1.
TV
TVnut15
Does BBC2 get interupted by announcements the tennis is over on BBC1 during the news?

We all know it's a ridiculous situation, but understand why it happens. However considering it's an inevitability why don't the BBC publish an alternative schedule in the TV guides in the event the tennis runs on BBC1.


BBC Two doesn't get interupted, though their sports bulletins may change frequently enough
BR
Brekkie
P.S. On Wednesday did all the nations run with extended bulletins at 10.25pm as well considering they aired their own bulletins at 6.30pm on BBC2.
AB
aberdeenboy
Because the length of a tennis match is totally unpredicatable. It's impossible to know until the last minute if the news will move to BBC2 or be delayed... or when the regional programmes will move to... or exactly how BBC2 will have to compensate. It's not straightforward unlike, say, decisions on which World Cup games to show.

TV Guides are so last century. What matters in these situations is for the EPG to be updated quickly and accurately - and in many parts of the country, of course, everyone now has access to them as switchover's been completed.
GM
GMc
P.S. On Wednesday did all the nations run with extended bulletins at 10.25pm as well considering they aired their own bulletins at 6.30pm on BBC2.


BBC Scotland did. Not sure about the others.
:-(
A former member
Does BBC2 get interupted by announcements the tennis is over on BBC1 during the news?

We all know it's a ridiculous situation, but understand why it happens. However considering it's an inevitability why don't the BBC publish an alternative schedule in the TV guides in the event the tennis runs on BBC1.


It should be made clear i think for next year by the BBC what they intend to do. If the game finishes before 6.30pm, then local news should follow as normal. If the game is finished by 7.00pm, then regional news should take first place over The One Show. If still on going, a 30min programme follows BBC News at Ten. Not exactly hard.

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