Just seen a promo on the News channel for a special 'NHS Winter' day of programming on the channel this Friday. The promo featured one of the health correspondents out in the newsroom at the social media/interactive desk area. Judging by the look and feel of the promo, it looks like there could be some live presentation from the newsroom 'pit' itself on Friday - something I don't think we've seen since they moved in and the Queens visit.
Just seen a promo on the News channel for a special 'NHS Winter' day of programming on the channel this Friday. The promo featured one of the health correspondents out in the newsroom at the social media/interactive desk area. Judging by the look and feel of the promo, it looks like there could be some live presentation from the newsroom 'pit' itself on Friday - something I don't think we've seen since they moved in and the Queens visit.
That promo has been around since before Christmas. NHS Winter is a regular feature on Friday mornings on the BBC News Channel.
This has always happened on NC which makes little sense coming from the sports centre. In fact I'm surprised that these are set as templates in Salford considering they moved after the new graphic set was in use. I can understand why some regions still use the old graphics but it is quite sloppy for NC to still have what was put out after the last Winter Olympics 4 years ago.
Yes. In the early days of the BBC web presence this wasn't the case, and you had to type the www. to guarantee to reach the various BBC websites (though some browsers automatically added it). However when the BBC changed their internet service infrastructure to redirect non-www requests to the www version, the BBC changed their on-air/on-screen policy and requested programmes NOT to use the www prefix verbally or on-screen.
Many shows (mainly - but not always - made by indies - like Only Connect) ignore this, as do those who create graphics by cut and pasting from a browser URL bar to ensure the right link is shown.
Did they ever/do they still have a policy of pronouncing the '/' as 'slash' and not 'forward slash'? I recall watching an episode of CBBC's Sunday morning show 'Smile' around 10 years ago, and when reading out the address they mentioned something about not being able to call it forward slash anymore.
Did they ever/do they still have a policy of pronouncing the '/' as 'slash' and not 'forward slash'? I recall watching an episode of CBBC's Sunday morning show 'Smile' around 10 years ago, and when reading out the address they mentioned something about not being able to call it forward slash anymore.
Off the top of my head, I always remember the news site being read out as "BBC dot co dot uk, slash news" (not forward slash, as I wrote for some reason). The one that annoys me is "stroke".
Looking up "forward slash" has taught me that it is a retronym, thanks to the creation of the backslash.
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Did they ever/do they still have a policy of pronouncing the '/' as 'slash' and not 'forward slash'? I recall watching an episode of CBBC's Sunday morning show 'Smile' around 10 years ago, and when reading out the address they mentioned something about not being able to call it forward slash anymore.
This page on the BBC website says that 'forward slash' should not be used:
Quote:
The URL SHOULD be pronounced as: 'bbc dot co dot uk slash sitename'. The 'slash' element MUST NOT be read aloud as 'forward slash'.
John Humphries says 'stroke' rather than slash and I seem to remember a BBC News presenter - George Alagiah possibly - promoting a BBC News special website as "bbc dot co dot uk [topic title]" omitting the slash completely.
Did they ever/do they still have a policy of pronouncing the '/' as 'slash' and not 'forward slash'? I recall watching an episode of CBBC's Sunday morning show 'Smile' around 10 years ago, and when reading out the address they mentioned something about not being able to call it forward slash anymore.
This page on the BBC website says that 'forward slash' should not be used:
Quote:
The URL SHOULD be pronounced as: 'bbc dot co dot uk slash sitename'. The 'slash' element MUST NOT be read aloud as 'forward slash'.
Is that why when Sharinjit Leyl is doing the Asia Business Report breakfiller on BBCWN, she just say... "bbc dot com asiabusiness"
Although Rico still adds the "forward-slash", i believe