1
BBC News Channel
Part l: Key characteristics of the rvice
grateful1. Remitassoonas
BBC News Channel should deliver up-to-the-minute, accurate, impartial and
independent news, analysis and insight. It should provide fast and comprehensive
coverage of local, UK and international events as they unfold and specialist analysis to put the news in context.
2. Scope of this Licence
BBC News Channel should be available for 24 hours every day. It should be
transmitted free to air for reception in the UK as a live broadcast on digital television and it may be simulcast on fixed and mobile internet protocol networks.
It may also offer its broadcast content on fixed and mobile internet protocol networks or via other platforms 1 for ven days after it has been broadcast. On the same platforms, it may allow urs retrospectively or prospectively via pre-booking to download multiple episodes of first-run ries (known as ‘ries stacking’)2 until a date no later than ven days after the last episode in the relevant ries. The
aggregate volume of such "ries stacked" content must reprent no more than 1of all television content offered on demand. On the internet, it may give urs 30 days after downloading the content to access it for the first time and may allow ur repeatedly consume downloaded content for up to ven days after first access. 5% s to It should offer programme-related content uk.3 Some programmes should have interactive television features available on digital platforms.
1 Provision by particular providers over certain platforms has been specifically approved by the Trust
in its On-Demand public value test of April 2007. Content may also in future be syndicated to other providers and platforms, whether over the internet or otherwi, in accordance with the Trust’s Syndication Policy for BBC on-demand content.
2 The Trust’s guidelines for which programmes may be included in ries stacking are tho where the ries has a distinct run, with a beginning and an end and a clear ‘narrative arc’ or tho with
exceptionally high impact. The should cover a broad range of programmes, in terms of genre and appeal. 3 This includes the offer of some news and current affairs output on-demand for an unlimited time period after initial broadcast. Any expansion of this offering will require the approval of the BBC Trust.
3. Service budget
BBC News Channel has an annual rvice budget of £45.5 million.
Any planned or actual change in annual expenditure on the rvice of more than 10% in real value requires approval from the BBC Trust and may entail variation of this Service Licence. This parameter of change is t to allow variations in spending which ari from regular, cyclical factors s
uch as spending on major sports events, a reasonable level of operational flexibility (e.g. programme scheduling) and changes in accounting policy. Allowing for the factors, the Trust may judge that planned or actual change in annual expenditure of less than 10% should require its approval if the implications of this are significant for the character of the rvice or its market.
4. Overview of aims and objectives
BBC News Channel programmes should exhibit some or all of the following characteristics: high quality, innovative, engaging, original and challenging, and it should nurture UK talent.
BBC News Channel should deliver its remit by drawing on the BBC’s newsgathering operations across the UK and around the world to provide accessible, fast, comprehensive news coverage and context bad on the BBC’s values of accuracy, impartiality and independence. U of shared resources with other BBC news operations should bring financial benefits.
It should offer a comprehensive news rvice each hour, including sport, business, personal finance and clear, comprehensive weather updates from across the UK. There should be a news summary on the half hour.
BBC News Channel should aim to deliver breaking news first and, wherever possible, immediately but not to the detriment of accuracy. In the event of significant breaking news, BBC News Channel may also be broadcast on BBC One or BBC Two.
It should offer a rvice of regular updates on breaking stories and there should be significant live coverage. But the distinctiveness of BBC News Channel should lie in its ambition to offer a broad, varied, rious and analytical news agenda with strong coverage of the UK, from across the UK and from the rest of the world including Europe. It should cover a wide range of stories, particularly in-depth coverage of international affairs and events in the UK’s nations and regions, going beyond the headlines and bringing important stories to air that do not receive widespread coverage elwhere.
As well as reporting stories, it should explain them clearly, using current affairs background and information, and graphics and analysis by specialists to enhance viewers’ understanding. Built programming should be high quality and distinctive. BBC News Channel should u digital and interactive technologies to reach the widest possible audience, and should continue to explore new and emerging technologies with the aim of delivering greater value to audiences and of supporting the BBC’s public purpos.
2
Part II: Contribution to public value
5. Contribution to the promotion of the BBC’s public purpos
5.1 Sustaining citizenship and civil society
BBC News Channel should make a very important contribution to this purpo amongst its audience by providing accurate, impartial and independent news and analysis.
It should broadcast a comprehensive news rvice each hour, including sport and weather updates, plus a news summary on the half hour. It should also broadcast hourly business news from 09.00hrs to 19.00hrs on weekdays.
It should always aim to be truthful and fair, exploring multiple viewpoints and giving voice to a wide range of opinions.
BBC News Channel’s parliamentary reporting should include significant debates and parliamentary occasions as well as live coverage of Prime Minister’s Questions. The Prime Minister’s monthly press conference should also be covered live. Beyond Westminster, the channel should cover key speeches from the party conferences. This coverage should extend beyond the major parties – a ma
tter of particular significance for audiences in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
BBC News Channel’s coverage of European politics should aim to explain EU institutions and their work through live coverage and reporting by specialist correspondents.
BBC News Channel should promote debate by encouraging its viewers to interact with the channel, to comment on issues and to put their questions to experts and tho in authority. It should augment its news coverage with ur-generated content (such as video, still images and messages submitted by viewers), subject to u of appropriate editorial controls. It should make it as simple as possible for audiences to contribute.
5.2 Bringing the UK to the world and the world to the UK
BBC News Channel should make an important contribution to this purpo amongst its audience, primarily by bringing the world to the UK, by offering comprehensive and in-depth coverage of world affairs, with a wide range of international stories in its regular coverage. Its distinctive agenda should be supported by the BBC’s international newsgathering bureaux and correspondents who can offer an international context to events and underlying issues.
When a major international story breaks, BBC News Channel should aim to co-prent its rolling news output from the scene.
3
BBC News Channel should include a range of international voices across the output, including in-depth interviews with significant figures.
Conditions
BBC News Channel should:
•Feature more international news coverage than the other main continuous news channel(s) in the UK
fishermen>头像英文
5.3 Reflecting the UK’s nations, regions and communities
BBC News Channel should make an important contribution to this purpo amongst its audience by offering strong and diver coverage, regularly using BBC correspondents bad in national and regional newsrooms.
workout造句When covering major UK stories, BBC News Channel should reflect the fact that news stories may impact differently in different parts of the country, by eking to feature perspectives or examples from across the UK.
BBC News Channel should cover UK politics across the schedule, including proceedings of the devolved Parliament and Asmblies. It should also cover all UK by-election campaigns and results. Opinion should be sought not only from politicians but also from groups such as business people, trades unions, academics, pressure groups and the public. Viewers should have the opportunity to put questions to the channel’s guests when appropriate.
BBC News Channel should provide coverage of cultural events of significance to the UK, its nations and regions, and internationally.
It should also report sports news throughout the day, with sports news every hour and a round-up of the day’s main sports stories every evening.
Conditions
BBC News Channel should:
tov
•Feature more local and regional news coverage than the other main continuous news channel(s) in the UK, in part through giving regional
perspectives to national stories
•Report sports news throughout the day, rounding up the day’s main sports stories every evening, delivering at least 100 hours of sports news each year
5.4 Promoting education and learning
BBC News Channel should play its part in delivering this purpo to its audience via the provision of trusted news and information on a range of topics such as business and economics, personal finance, science and technology, religion, arts and culture.
adenovirus4
2012安徽理综
5.5 Emerging communications
The BBC’s sixth public purpo is defined in the Charter as "in promoting its other purpos, helping to deliver to the public the benefit of emerging communications technologies and rvices and, in addition, taking a leading role in the switchover to digital television".
酚醛塑料BBC News Channel should contribute to the promotion of this purpo in a variety of ways which are described in this Service Licence.bjork
5
