The BH complex (once it's been redeveloped) has been chosen because it can house the whole of BBC News in one place. TV centre can't do that ... there isn't enough room and as has been mentioned World Service have to leave Bush House as the lease is up and it isn't a cost effective building.
The News Centre at TVC will just become offices for other productions etc.
MM
Mr Me
I think that BBC News actually has fully operational emergency studios it can switch to 'in a secret location' somewhere outside of London in the event of an attack on TV Centre - or so I have read I think in Radio Times, when they did a feature on how the BBC was going to cover the war on terror.
As Nicky as mentioned, there are many different contingency plans in place for different senarios, not just for News but for all of the BBC's output.
These are not public knowledge for obvious security reasons. Back-up facilities aren't just located in & around London, but throughout the UK
MM
MillyMaster
There has already been an example of the transfer of operations of the BBC hasent there? When there was a power faliure before that Euro 2000 match, which resulted in the BBC News at Six and the rest / most of the BBC being knocked off air. I recall seeing something on the net that said network control was temporarily switched to BBC Birmingham.
Also, the pictures I have seen of Broadcasting House make it seem quite small. Is it actually that big to house the WHOLE of BBC News?
(Edited by MillyMaster at 3:38 pm on Nov. 1, 2001)
I also have heard or read that the new news centre will be much more open for the public to see, as TV centre was not.
Good news!
LS
Larry Scutta
Steve Naylor posted:
The official reason for moving back is that big name interviewees don't want to travel to West London for interviews and things and the BBC thinks that my merging all BBC News services into a news hub in central London they will be better served - BBC World Service is also to move there I think then as Bush House lease is up.
And also by 2008 the current news centre will be out of date - 10 years is a long time in broadcast technology - so it will be a case of upgrade or move anyway.
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Journalists I don't think ever liked moving to West London as there really is nothing around TV Centre and it's not the safest area late at night - when many journalists are around...
Ahhhhh, common misconception. The majority of the journalists in the News Centre have always been at TV Centre (well ever since the 60's)
It was only the radio news people that moved from the centre of London
SN
Steve Naylor
Yeah but I know many journalists feel Broadcasting House is their spiritual home!
Oh and Broadcasting House is a huge building!! Goes back a long way with loads of more modern buildings attached...