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  • "Welcome, if you're watching ..."

    From J. P. Gilliver (John)@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jan 30 16:20:24 2022
    The news channel often start their bulletins, especially in the small
    hours, by saying:

    Welcome, if you're watching in the UK or around the world

    (or similar wording; I think they sometimes say "planet").

    It irritates me because I can't see what the "if" clause actually
    _means_; until we get the Martian colony going, then I _will_ be in the
    area described. So it's actually pointless. (And if I _wasn't_ watching,
    I wouldn't hear it.) [Plus, if I'm in the UK, I'm in the world too.]
    --
    J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

    They put two and two together and make a dozen, provided they take off their socks to help them count that far. (From "Walking the Dog", by "Smilodon".)

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  • From J. P. Gilliver (John)@21:1/5 to Andy Burns on Sun Jan 30 16:47:35 2022
    On Sun, 30 Jan 2022 at 16:37:28, Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote
    (my responses usually follow points raised):
    J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

    The news channel often start their bulletins, especially in the small
    hours, by saying:
    Welcome, if you're watching in the UK or around the world
    (or similar wording; I think they sometimes say "planet").
    It irritates me because I can't see what the "if" clause actually
    _means_; until we get the Martian colony going, then I _will_ be in the
    area described. So it's actually pointless. (And if I _wasn't_ watching,
    I wouldn't hear it.) [Plus, if I'm in the UK, I'm in the world too.]

    Isn't it used to indicate the UK and World versions of "News 24" are >simulcasting?

    Even if it is, why say it - what does the viewer care?
    --
    J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

    in the kingdom of the bland, the one idea is king. - Rory Bremner (on politics), RT 2015/1/31-2/6

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  • From Woody@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jan 30 17:09:24 2022
    On Sun 30/01/2022 16:47, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
    On Sun, 30 Jan 2022 at 16:37:28, Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote
    (my responses usually follow points raised):
    J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

    The news channel often start their bulletins, especially in the small
    hours, by saying:
              Welcome, if you're watching in the UK or around the world
     (or similar wording; I think they sometimes say "planet").
     It irritates me because I can't see what the "if" clause actually
    _means_; until we get the Martian colony going, then I _will_ be in the
    area described. So it's actually pointless. (And if I _wasn't_ watching, >>> I wouldn't hear it.) [Plus, if I'm in the UK, I'm in the world too.]

    Isn't it used to indicate the UK and World versions of "News 24" are
    simulcasting?

    Even if it is, why say it - what does the viewer care?

    The UK viewer may not care as they have chosen to watch it, but those
    overseas watching on BBC World may not realise what it is?

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  • From Andy Burns@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jan 30 16:37:28 2022
    J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

    The news channel often start their bulletins, especially in the small
    hours, by saying:

    Welcome, if you're watching in the UK or around the world

    (or similar wording; I think they sometimes say "planet").

    It irritates me because I can't see what the "if" clause actually
    _means_; until we get the Martian colony going, then I _will_ be in the
    area described. So it's actually pointless. (And if I _wasn't_ watching,
    I wouldn't hear it.) [Plus, if I'm in the UK, I'm in the world too.]

    Isn't it used to indicate the UK and World versions of "News 24" are simulcasting?

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  • From Richard Tobin@21:1/5 to G6JPG@255soft.uk on Sun Jan 30 19:04:21 2022
    In article <q+kK4DLIrr9hFwBo@a.a>,
    J. P. Gilliver (John) <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
    The news channel often start their bulletins, especially in the small
    hours, by saying:

    Welcome, if you're watching in the UK or around the world

    (or similar wording; I think they sometimes say "planet").

    It irritates me because I can't see what the "if" clause actually
    _means_; until we get the Martian colony going, then I _will_ be in the
    area described. So it's actually pointless. (And if I _wasn't_ watching,
    I wouldn't hear it.) [Plus, if I'm in the UK, I'm in the world too.]

    It's to exclude blind people.

    -- Richard

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  • From Adrian Caspersz@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jan 30 18:31:36 2022
    On 30/01/2022 16:20, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
    The news channel often start their bulletins, especially in the small
    hours, by saying:

    Welcome, if you're watchingin the UK or around the world

    (or similar wording; I think they sometimes say "planet").

    I'm waiting for a huge juicy IT contract to modify customer contacts
    databases to include an extra address field for planet, and another for
    sex and species (just in case...)

    --
    Adrian C

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  • From MB@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jan 30 19:03:05 2022
    On 30/01/2022 16:47, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
    Even if it is, why say it - what does the viewer care?

    Is it used as a feed for any foreign broadcasters at times?

    I can't see the problem no different to any other radio or TV station identifying itself.

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  • From J. P. Gilliver (John)@21:1/5 to MB@nospam.net on Sun Jan 30 23:34:39 2022
    On Sun, 30 Jan 2022 at 19:03:05, MB <MB@nospam.net> wrote (my responses
    usually follow points raised):
    On 30/01/2022 16:47, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
    Even if it is, why say it - what does the viewer care?

    Is it used as a feed for any foreign broadcasters at times?

    I can't see the problem no different to any other radio or TV station >identifying itself.

    But the speech announcement _doesn't_ say it's BBC; it just says
    "Welcome, if you're watching in the UK or around the world". There's
    plenty of BBC branding in the video part.
    --
    J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

    The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush.
    It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment.
    -Robert Maynard Hutchins, educator (1899-1977)

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  • From Andy Burns@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jan 31 07:48:13 2022
    J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

    the speech announcement _doesn't_ say it's BBC; it just says "Welcome, if you're watching in the UK or around the world". There's plenty of BBC branding
    in the video part.

    Maybe that's overlaid with "XYZ news" in other parts of the world?

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  • From MB@21:1/5 to Andy Burns on Mon Jan 31 08:59:38 2022
    On 31/01/2022 07:48, Andy Burns wrote:
    J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

    Maybe that's overlaid with "XYZ news" in other parts of the world?

    That's quite possible and they will need a standard wording as a cue for
    when to switch.

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  • From Brian Gaff (Sofa)@21:1/5 to MB@nospam.net on Mon Jan 31 15:14:00 2022
    If Monty Python was still on they could have a silly field day here.
    Welcome to the news, there is none so I'm going to take my clothes off and dance naked around the studio instead.
    Brian

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    On 30/01/2022 16:47, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
    Even if it is, why say it - what does the viewer care?

    Is it used as a feed for any foreign broadcasters at times?

    I can't see the problem no different to any other radio or TV station identifying itself.


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  • From Brian Gaff (Sofa)@21:1/5 to G6JPG@255soft.uk on Mon Jan 31 15:11:21 2022
    Well I guess its a bit like what the heck can we say we have not said
    before.
    When we do our talking newspaper we quite often find a whole number of
    tracks saying and next we have or next up is, or this article is about. and since you want to vary the actual subject matter and not consultation out
    your audience its not unusual to have several with the same greeting
    together.

    How may ways are there to say things after all.


    Brian

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    "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote in message news:q+kK4DLIrr9hFwBo@a.a...
    The news channel often start their bulletins, especially in the small
    hours, by saying:

    Welcome, if you're watching in the UK or around the world

    (or similar wording; I think they sometimes say "planet").

    It irritates me because I can't see what the "if" clause actually
    _means_; until we get the Martian colony going, then I _will_ be in the
    area described. So it's actually pointless. (And if I _wasn't_ watching,
    I wouldn't hear it.) [Plus, if I'm in the UK, I'm in the world too.]
    --
    J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

    They put two and two together and make a dozen, provided they take off
    their
    socks to help them count that far. (From "Walking the Dog", by
    "Smilodon".)

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  • From Chris Youlden@21:1/5 to Adrian Caspersz on Wed Feb 2 16:09:11 2022
    On 30/01/2022 18:31, Adrian Caspersz wrote:
    On 30/01/2022 16:20, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
    The news channel often start their bulletins, especially in the small
    hours, by saying:

             Welcome, if you're watchingin the UK or around the world

    (or similar wording; I think they sometimes say "planet").

    I'm waiting for a huge juicy IT contract to modify customer contacts databases to include an extra address field for planet, and another for
     sex and species (just in case...)


    Do people having sex watch, then? No accounting for taste.

    --

    Chris

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