We note that the simulcast of World News broadcast at 7pm on BBC Four continues to struggle to attract audiences.. its average audience is around 50,000 and has fallen by around 12 per cent on the previous year, at a time when BBC Four was increasing its overall audience. We will consider ending BBC Four’s service licence commitments in this area if the BBC can propose a plan to showcase its international journalism more effectively for domestic audiences.
We also heard some concerns regarding 5 live’s news programming; in particular that entertainment topics continue to feature extensively throughout news programming... we believe the station is meeting its service licence commitments in this regard.
The RadioCentre asserts that less than half of The Jeremy Vine Show should count as news content, as it estimates at least one in four of the ‘news’ features on the show should not be considered as genuine news stories. We have investigated these concerns and believe the BBC calculates its compliance against this condition on a reasonable basis
More than half of the audience of the BBC News at Ten watches the programme only once per week. As one of the BBC’s flagship news programmes, there are signs that viewing to the BBC News at Ten is under some pressure, having fallen by around 10 per cent in the last few years. The audience at 10pm is still influenced by live viewing of the 9pm slot on BBC One, which itself has fallen by around 20 per cent in the same time period.
In 2013, less than one-third of 16 to 24 year olds watched BBC News each week.
And an interesting audience survey chart from the annexe, which shows, contrary to the views of the Wee Eck, that BBC News and Current Affairs are doing alright in
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