AUSTRALIAN SOAPS MUSCLE OUT TV NEWS IN BRITAIN
January 24th 2008 01:43
Brit broadcasters seem to have their priorities set right – Channel Five will move its 5.30pm news to create an hour-long burst of Australian soaps comprising Neighbours, which is moving from BBC1, and Home and Away, from next month.
Neighbours, to which Five secured the rights last year in a GBP300 million 10-year deal, will air in the 5.30pm slot every weekday from February 11.
Home and Away will continue to run in its usual 6pm slot, but will now follow Neighbours rather than the 5.30pm Five News.
The Guardian said, “It is understood that the scheduling of Neighbours on Five's flagship channel has been designed to closely match the times that fans have become accustomed to after 21 years of it running on BBC1.”
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