bbc news24/world

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aaronryder 27 September 2001 6:44am

i want to know what you think.

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Square Eyes Founding member 27 September 2001 6:56am

Well what would be the point ? They serve very different audiences. We would get hardly any domestic news at all, only news that would be relevant to the rest of the world !

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Isonstine Founding member 27 September 2001 7:01am

News 24 and World are VERY different services.

BBC News 24 is aimed at a UK audience and is payed for by the license fee.
BBC World is aimed at a worldwide audience (with no bias) and is funded by advertising.

So it would be impossible to merge the two.

Also BBC WORLD is more of an information channel rather than a news channel. Sometimes the news is shortened to 5 minutes on the hour to make way for a documentary. Its not a rolling news channel like News 24. (Unless a big story breaks)

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harshy Founding member 27 September 2001 9:04am

Yeah BBC News 24=****
presentation
BBC World=excellent presentation, but transmitted in mono.

No I hope they never merge!

(Edited by harshy at 4:31 pm on Sep. 29, 2001)

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ToM 27 September 2001 9:14am

They are both great channels but should stay that way in my opinion!

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aaronryder 30 September 2001 1:16am

What I was thinking is just 12 hous of the day they sould merge.
That is what i meant by should they merge?.

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harshy Founding member 30 September 2001 3:44am

Yes but there is a branding problem, and quite frankly both channels need their branding especially BBC News 24!!!!!!!

(September 2001)