Channel 5 general discussion

No it doesn't matter, but I'm just saying that term isn't common as people say on the forum. (And yes, that was before I was working in the industry)

One of the bits of playout automation I'm working with this very moment has them scheduled as DOGs. But, yes, most channels refer to them as bugs.

Tends to be a BBC term, one of a number of things that historically were called one thing at the Beeb and another everywhere else.

A bit like "CSO" (Beeb) and "Chroma-key" (everywhere else).

BUGs are called watermarks in Australia. We also call menus 'signposts'.

That was a brand-name issue apparently, although they never seemed to have any problem with the term 'Aston'

Meanwhile, back on topic . . .

Would it be safe to assume that Channel 5 HD is to take Freeview HD channel 105 recently vacated by BBC Three?

At least so called OSNs 'On screen Nexts' were short lived. Even the Beeb jumped on that bandwagon for a time.

This notoriously appalling incident seemed to put a merciful end to those:

http://web.orange.co.uk/images/ice/tv/doctor_who_3fe4cecf39693064120f81d704f39950.jpg

When classless idea met shockingly bad design via tactless timing.

I thought watermarking was inserting something (inaudible to the viewer) onto the audio track for either copyright purposes or audience measurement?

The OSN's still appear on some of the smaller channels, just not on the mainstream channels - Challenge still uses them to name but one example. Not as big as the BBC One one above mind you.

UKTV uses them, but there could still be a good five minutes or so before the programme actually finishes.

According to Wikipedia, "A digital watermark is a kind of marker covertly embedded in a noise-tolerant signal such as an audio, video or image data."