BBC Ten O'clock News

I read recently that there were plans in place for an imminent change to the BBC's News at ten O'clock and that there would be one fixed anchor (Michael Buerk or Peter Sissons). then I noticed that, quite unusually this past weekend, Peter Sissons presented the Weekend News. I think it's time for the BBC to give a more fixed identity to its weekend bulletins with a fixed presenter to the likes of peter Sissons (if he's not going to retire. the programme should be presented by one person to have some continuity and the weekend news should be on at fixed hourly times like 3 and 6 and 9 for example. That way, there would be more continuity. personally, I more often miss the weekend news on the BBC due to the strange and varying times that it is on. The new bulletins would benefit more from a fixed titles such as the BBC weekend News and would have a stronger identity than is currently being conveyed through the use of generic news titles. What is the general opinion??

I much prefer a mixture of people presenting. I think this because I would find it boring when, at 10 o'clock it was ALWAYS Peter or Michael. I also think that more of the general public would get pretty bored aswell, and as a result, a drop in viewing figures.

Just now, I'm finding Mr Edwads pretty boring. He's always on the Six, and I would like to see posiblly someone like Anna or a News24/World presenter giving him a break! Anyone agree?

So all in all, the one presenter thing, I don't like, please may this not happen!

BBC News (bbc one and two) should merge with news 24

So when bbc 1 show a bullitin, BBC news 24 shows it too.

Also the 10 bullitin should be 2 presenters, peter sissons and micheal burke, perhaps...

the news at 1 should come from the n24 studio, and the 6 should be the most active

I still feel that the Weekend News needs a stronger identity and presence - it doesn't have the same appeal. I would be interested to know if the weekend viewing figures reflect this.

There was a time when the weekend newscaster presented all 3 bulletins on BBC 1 on both Saturday's and Sunday's.

I think it was about 1988 when the 9 O'clock News went solo that Michael Buerk and Martyn Lewis presented the late evening weekend news bulletins as well as the 9'O'Clock News during the week.

But BBC news on 1 & 2 and n24 are two totally different types of news. n24 is rolling news but BBC news bulletins are detailed summaries of the news so far.

I don't think 1 and 2 make much of an effort to be different as it is- whenever a development in the war occurs or there is a news special, BBC TV on terrestrial just gets lazy and hands over to n24. Basically a closedown in disguise! I can't imagine ITV **** ing off to the ITN News channel for every news special

ITV are not in a position to go to the ITN News Channel, unlike BBC One who feel obliged at present to go straight at once to BBC News 24 when there are serious happenings around the world.

ITV News is not ITN, and so ITV would broadcast their own extra news bulletins and specials provided by ITN, but the ITN News Channel would broadcast their own news specials.

Before N24 came along, the extra long news bulletins and news special used to be provided by BBC One. Now that there is BBC news 24 on the air, they simply use News 24 to provide these news specials. Also the government receive the public's licence fee so what better use of that money by the BBC than to significantly increase N24's audience indirectly.

It would also be a waste of licence payers money to dust down Hew Edwards, Jennie Bond and Anna Ford to provide news specials and extra long bulletins on BBC One as well as what's shown to very few viewers on N24.

The BBC are thinking what's the point of N24 being on air if nobody is going to the channel, so they just switch over.

And the Beeb also have 8 hours between 1am and 9am set aside for a simulcast of News between BBC One and N24. Perhaps a preview to the licence fee payers of how the Beeb want you to watch the news in the future. Just on the speciallist News Channel.

Once TV goes fully digital, the BBC don't want the licence fee payer to still watch the same mix of everything on BBC One and Two, while N24 and other stations they intended to attract some of the present One and Two viewers get dismal viewing figures.
They want to move many of their present programmes over to these new channels and create brand new audiences, even if BBC One's daytime viewing figures suffer. But as long as BBC One don't lose their evening audience, the corporation will hail their TV revolution a major success.

Following rumours of a return to the Nine for the BBC, the following may shed some light on the matter.

From Produxion.com:

'This week ITV news provider ITN wrote to Downing Street asking for governmental intervention as the ratings war between ITV's News at Ten and BBC1's Ten O'Clock News roars on. It argued that BBC1 had failed to come good on its promise to generate more viewers with it's switch to the 22:00 slot (pre-June), and should therefore move its bulleting back to 21:00. The BBC on the other hand claimed it had boosted its audience, saying that its figures for the year since June were up in comparison to before the switch. Both statements were of course correct, but which of the two parties is in the right? '

So ITN are playing it dirty then, clearly because the BBC have the best average ratings for the ten o' clock news bulletin.

If anything, it'll be nationals who take N24

Just found this, if its to anybody's interest:

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I know there has been some controversy over the BBC's Ten O'Clock News and ITV's News at ten coming head to head but did anyone else notice their Political correspondents coming 'head to head' last night. Following the recent developments in Northern Ireland, I was alternating between the two channels. Listening to John Sergeant on ITN, I noticed there was loud interference. I checked Sky but they were on US terror and then I went to BBC 1 where Andrew marr was also doing a live from Downing Street. John Sergeant could also be heard over him. If the two channels knwo they are expected to go live at the same time, why do they stand so close or is it a case of unnecessary rivalry to the detriment of quality for the viewers? Did anyone else pick up on it?