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ITN do not belong to ITV, Channel 4 or Channel 5. ITN is simply a network provider of news. ITV just simply cannot switch to ITN News Channel.
News 24 on the other hand does belong to the BBC, hence why BBC One switches to its news station for news specials and extra long news bulletins. It's a waste licence payers money to dust down Nicholas Witchell, Hew Edwards or Jennie Bond to cover the same tragic incidents on BBC One as N24 using their presenters. And N24 is exposed in such extraordinary circumstances to a bigger TV audience rather than the paltry viewing figures that generally exist.
And BBC would think what's the point of setting up station like N24 if nobody was going to watch it. That's why the corporation have handed N24 the responsibility to provide the breaking news.
Like it or not, Breakfast is already simulcast on N24 and BBC One for 3 hours, and there is 5 hours at night showing the same news on both N24 and BBC One before that. This is a preview of the way the BBC want you to watch the news once the analogue signal is switched off - on N24.
News 24 on the other hand does belong to the BBC, hence why BBC One switches to its news station for news specials and extra long news bulletins. It's a waste licence payers money to dust down Nicholas Witchell, Hew Edwards or Jennie Bond to cover the same tragic incidents on BBC One as N24 using their presenters. And N24 is exposed in such extraordinary circumstances to a bigger TV audience rather than the paltry viewing figures that generally exist.
And BBC would think what's the point of setting up station like N24 if nobody was going to watch it. That's why the corporation have handed N24 the responsibility to provide the breaking news.
Like it or not, Breakfast is already simulcast on N24 and BBC One for 3 hours, and there is 5 hours at night showing the same news on both N24 and BBC One before that. This is a preview of the way the BBC want you to watch the news once the analogue signal is switched off - on N24.