thats a shame. I’d rather see this as a politics nerd
Totally. I’d rather see the UK feed.
I only remember Maxine for when she breached the BBC guidelines by telling viewers she was happy when Boris Johnson went out.
Not sure if they are doing this, but perhaps they will have a daily election blog with a live stream of the UK feed. IIRC prior to the merger when there was major UK political news, they would always make the UK channel available online via the live blog for the event.
BBC’s Election Night coverage will be headed by Laura Kuenssberg and Clive Myrie.
The new Election 24 brand, departing from the 9-year-old hexagon symbol, started to appear on screen, seen here before throwing to the BBC Verify studio:
The new talk-based Newsnight debuted last night, with the News Channel’s off-centred circle pandemic spread onto the intro:
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i love that description lol 
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Probably was already in motion prior to the election being called but bit weird that they dropped the in-depth reporting format just as the election campaign begins.
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Think it had to be done when it was for financial reasons… especially with the UK-only news channel coming back (temporarily? I’m hoping it quietly stays after the election).
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Was done as part of overall cost cutting that was behind the merger.
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Have they said why the bulletin is moving? Is it a similar situation as ABC in Sydney moving out of CBD areas?
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Pretty much.
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It is part of the BBC’s decentralisation plan. Its sports news and programs like Match of the Day have been presented from Salford for more than a decade.
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And BBC Scotland is now in charge of Question Time’s production.
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I do like that little handover bit with all the optouts on the screen there.
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Seems a bit weird to me? I’m sure there’s some good motives behind keeping the production of news shared across the country, but I thought broadcasting house was supposed to be the “hub” that brought all their resources together.
This seems to be undoing that, especially when they have that huge studio B recently decked out mostly for the News at 1/10 etc and quite costly to run.
Personally didn’t mind the flagship bulletins being positioned in London.
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It’s all about optics. They don’t look so London-centric if they go “oh x amount is broadcast from somewhere else”.
Its part of a fairly comprehensive plan to diversify the broadcaster - this is what their model will look like in 27/28
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Yes and no. In this particular case I think it’s more to do with staffing - the breakfast show already comes from Salford and has done for some years. By moving the 1pm news up there as well, the two shows can (and will) share staff and resources.
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And what will the current London based anchors do?