BBC news at 10 o`clock move was in best interests of viewers says BBC Chairman.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-19 October 2000-BBC: BBC news at 10 o`clock move was in best interests of viewers says BBC Chairman (C)1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:18102000 BBC Chairman Sir Christopher Bland has said that the decision to move the BBC ONE news from nine to ten o`clock was taken in the best interests of viewers, and reaffirmed the independence of the BBC Governors.

The BBC has just moved the BBC ONE news from nine to ten o`clock. It is now on six nights a week and the length of late bulletins in the Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland and the English regions has been doubled. Early indications are that the move is popular with the public. In a major speech to a distinguished audience of opinion formers in Belfast tonight (Wednesday, October...