I've noticed on a few occassions now, that when BBC1 hands over to News 24 in the early hours of the morning, the ident lasts a lot longer. This is usually the case when Dean Lydiate is announcing. For example, after Live 8 on Sunday morning at 3:40am, he gave us at least 20 seconds of Capeoria before he spoke. Is there any particular reason for this, or is Dean just treating us?
It's so that you don't crash into News 24 at a completely random point, like in the middle of a sentence or during a report. The handover usually comes at the end of a package (whether during the news or during one of the feature programmes). Sometimes you'll find that they've got the timing completely wrong, and the ident crashes out before it's even finished, and they cut abruptly into N24. Usually they play it safe by filling with lots of trailers and promos before, and then letting the ident roll until an appropriate opt-in point arises.
It was good when they used to join at the top of the hour. BBC ONE would play a NEWS 24 countdown in to the headlines. It was quite common to have continuity and then a long countdown, even 90 seconds a few times! They do not seem to do that anymore.
I've noticed on a few occassions now, that when BBC1 hands over to News 24 in the early hours of the morning, the ident lasts a lot longer. This is usually the case when Dean Lydiate is announcing. For example, after Live 8 on Sunday morning at 3:40am, he gave us at least 20 seconds of Capeoria before he spoke. Is there any particular reason for this, or is Dean just treating us?
As it's been pointed out before, it's not the network announcer who chooses the duration of the symbol, it's the director.
It was good when they used to join at the top of the hour. BBC ONE would play a NEWS 24 countdown in to the headlines. It was quite common to have continuity and then a long countdown, even 90 seconds a few times! They do not seem to do that anymore.
Who decides how long the countdowns should be, and how many trails should be played, and how often?