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Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 10:58 PM on 8th February 2012
The BBC has given the green light to reduce the number of newsreaders used on its rolling news channel.
A review by the BBC Trust lifted a stipulation that for major international stories, the BBC News Channel should always aim to have a newsreader on the ground as a co-presenter to the newsreader in the studio.
The report stated of the costly practice: ‘BBC News is no longer required to have co-presenters for its rolling news output from the scene of international stories.
Two’s a crowd: Presenters Ben Brown and Louise Minchin. The BBC has announced plans to reduce the number of presenters on its news 24 service
‘In future, decisions on how to
present international stories will be based solely on editorial merit
rather than a specific requirement.’
The station, which costs £45.5million
a year, has been told it must find ‘new ways to improve’ without any
dip in quality amid the BBC’s cost-cutting drive.
News 24 is also expected to employ fewer on-the-ground hosts for international stories
One suggestion under discussion is to
switch from two presenters in the studio to a solo anchor on weekdays,
as happens at weekends.
The News Channel has a rota of around
13 newsreaders. A BBC spokesman said it had no plans to axe anyone from
its current line-up.
The review also signalled a cut in
the channel’s business coverage.
At present it is committed to it every
hour, but this has been refined to just 9am to 7pm during the week.
The
Trust also said many viewers wanted the News Channel to cover a greater
range of issues, with less emphasis on the U.S. and more on European
news.
It found that the channel is now watched by close to a fifth of UK adults, compared with just 11.5 per cent in 2006/7.
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Ive never seen dual presenting on sky news so why cant the bbc do it? they’re just on a gravy train thinking they’re so self important – guess what, you’re not. No doubt some TV executive will invent a reality show they can compete on in 18 months time to present again for a year.
– whatsleftoftheuk, lostpressreleaseland, 8/2/2012
RUBBISH!!!!
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DAVE, out of the mouth of …. I wish I could have said that first. DO YOU really come from COCKERMOUTH!
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WHO is going to cover up for them when they make a c… ups. Perhaps the professionals will come back. Better still, start at the top with salary and job cuts, also with minorities quoters being eased to professional levels.
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Maybe we could get rid of the BBC. That would save money. Or at least let it be optional. Like SKY, if you want to watch the repeat programmes , and left wing biased news reports, then you subscribe and receive the signal down the digital box. If not, don’t subscribe and then don’t receive the signal, save money, and feel like we live in a democracy by having the freedom to choose.
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Okay…..I agree that we don’t need two people to sit behind a desk and read the news. Now let’s wait wait and see how the male/female ratio pans out.
PS……Just by the by, why do all news channels have reporters standing outside various locations when absolutely nothing is ‘going on’ in said location?
Example: Why do we need to see some reporter standing outside of the Houses of Parliament, in order for the viewer to ‘grasp’ that this a story about something, erm, political?
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Keep all the good looking women so we have something nice to look at while ignoring the totally left wing biased news
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BBC News ….. FAR TOO MUCH emphasis on World News.
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BBC News 24 is my default channel, it’s excellent. However, I do agree… WHY do we always need a reporter ‘at the scene’???? We only see the reporter but there will be a whole lot of crew and equipment in tow. Daytime I think 2 presenters are often needed, and some banter makes for a more interesting programme. Rest of the time I agree, one news reader is fine as it”s all repeated stuff anyway. Sadly however these cost cuts have another consequence, more people in the dole queues, let’s not pretend otherwise.
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First out ENGLISHMEN, next out hetrosexuals, so we know what will be left.
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Just do away with the BBC News as it supports the enemies of Britain
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