AN
Seeing the news was announced after 21:45, I think it would be difficult for the news team to organise & get permission from ITV to go on air and then tell the guys in Aus. The implications of not letting the viewers know the phone numbers as well could be against them. its Live programme not expecting breaking news.
Considering I'm a Celeb still uses cue dots communication does seem to be quite basic, it's not like a live show from The London Studios, I expect trying to organise an early finish and then after that is organised, them communicating when that finish was going to be so the regions know when to run their presentation and ITN know when to come on, on a live show, in 10 mins would possibly be quite a big ask.
They should have dropped the ad break though, although ITN may not have been ready.
Andrew
Founding member
Yes, bad form from ITV not just from a repuation point of view but also purely from ratings - they've 9m watching I'm a Celeb and they've sent them over to BBC1. They really should have wrapped up I'm a Celeb a little bit early - just cutting the exit walkways and voting info and ending on a more sombre note would have been the right thing to do.
Seeing the news was announced after 21:45, I think it would be difficult for the news team to organise & get permission from ITV to go on air and then tell the guys in Aus. The implications of not letting the viewers know the phone numbers as well could be against them. its Live programme not expecting breaking news.
Considering I'm a Celeb still uses cue dots communication does seem to be quite basic, it's not like a live show from The London Studios, I expect trying to organise an early finish and then after that is organised, them communicating when that finish was going to be so the regions know when to run their presentation and ITN know when to come on, on a live show, in 10 mins would possibly be quite a big ask.
They should have dropped the ad break though, although ITN may not have been ready.
AC
Due to the death of former South African President Nelson Mandela, we’ve suspended our normal BBC One Schedule.
— BBC One (@BBCOne) December 5, 2013
VM
It seemed as though they could only allocate a very brief amount of time to that newsflash before the ad break, and so I presume they tried to squeeze as much information into that as possible. That's presuming the newsflash was only scheduled after the news came in.
I do agree it could have been worded better.
Oh and "...is dead" - what happened to a bit of respect, eh ITN?
It seemed as though they could only allocate a very brief amount of time to that newsflash before the ad break, and so I presume they tried to squeeze as much information into that as possible. That's presuming the newsflash was only scheduled after the news came in.
I do agree it could have been worded better.
JO
Already reported.
http://www.tvforum.co.uk/forums/post895685#post-895685
BBC This Week ... Cancelled (Twitter)
Already reported.
http://www.tvforum.co.uk/forums/post895685#post-895685
MA
Possibly not, Mark Austin retweeted a message earlier from someone basically implying it was the media stirring up something and that there was nothing to cause alarm.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25248760
I wonder if they had much knowledge this announcement was going to be made.
Possibly not, Mark Austin retweeted a message earlier from someone basically implying it was the media stirring up something and that there was nothing to cause alarm.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25248760
BA
BBC Parliament has a ticker pointing people to the BBC News channel and the website, specifying the news.
DA
Well, it is what the EPG is for. Notice that they haven't yet removed This Week.
Blimey, the BBC even managed to update the EPG with their 10 minute 'News Special' . . .
Well, it is what the EPG is for. Notice that they haven't yet removed This Week.