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To come back to my points:
1. Regional news gets consistently higher audience figures ACROSS THE NATION than most other programmes.
You didn't read the answer properly
2. It's a requirement under the Charter
That's not going to change, believe me
3. Regional News operations are an essential part of the national news system
No, not in my opinion - FACT. That's how the BBC works.
4. Your "it's not very good" comment is not objective, you don't like it, most of the audience do.
Of course most people don't watch. MOST PEOPLE don't do anything, rarely do you get over 50% of the population.
Almost no-one watches BBC3 so your argument certainly doesn't stand up. More people watch regional news than will ever watch BBC2/3/4, ITV2/3/4 or all the other minority channels
5. Audience research shows that people want regional/local news
People want more local news not just local news.
The regions were not created by the BBC. It's the transmitter coverage that dictates the region and half of them were put up by the ITA. The ITV regions correspond with one or two slight tweaks.
"So? People always want stuff and then don't want to pay for it." Don't see the problem here, they've already got it and they're paying for it. Try taking it away and then see what fuss is kicked up!
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Wednesday 12 March 2014 11:52AM
Your research omits some vital points:
1. Regional news gets consistently higher audience figures across the nation than most other programmes.
2. It's a requirement under the Charter
3. Regional News operations are an essential part of the national news system
4. Your "it's not very good" comment is not objective, you don't like it most of the audience do.
5. Audience research shows that people want regional/local news