The New ITV & BBC Weather Thread

Yes I read that as contractually ends on 30th but an agreement perhaps has been reached to continue providing servicing to ensure a smooth transition.

Would be interested to know what has caused such a perceived delay.

Finally Spring is on it's way!

The Schaf is on Newsnight tonight, and not as a result of some faux-pas of broadcasting fluffery

TONIGHT: @Schafernaker reports on the devastating force of Hurricane Irma pic.twitter.com/XqJjQZzyut

— BBC Newsnight (@BBCNewsnight) September 11, 2017

A two year period before the partnership ends, well-known faces quitting, talk of transition periods and extended deadlines...

This is 'Mexit' isn't it?

Projects like this do over run sometimes, it's not ideal but it's one of those things and happens for all sorts of reasons; logistical, technical, administrative. Or just because the deadline was too tight in the first place

The outgoing contractor is usually good enough to extend their services until the new one is ready, they'll get paid for it of course. Pulling the plug and walking away helps no-one

It's not the first contract changeover that the BBC have had which has overrun

I guess broadcasting is a small industry and burning bridges isn't a clever move. A reputation for being professional in trying circumstances does no harm in pitching for other contracts.

Although I bet the new supplier doesn't do this

RetroRerun presents a 'nice touch' advert from the Westcountry Television switch over from TSW. I don't like the unaligned text though. pic.twitter.com/8VyxUqez9v

— RetroRerun (@retrorerun) July 20, 2017

Some might say he's joining in the stupidity of voluntarily standing outside during dangerous conditions, but he's no different to the dozens of other reporters who do the same.

It's only a matter of time before one of them is killed or seriously injured by a piece of flying debris, then
we'll have days and days' worth of mawkish analysis about how such a thing could have occurred

Can't remember which channel it was but they had a reporter in someone's house yesterday who said "it's too dangerous to go out side" so why are the reporters outside in dangerous hurricane weather?

It'll be one of the Oklahoma tornado chasers again like Tim Samaras, just you watch. Come April/May those guys' chances of dying goes waaaay up.

So I see Meteogroup took over the contract but the bulliten just new as a bit strange.

Not sure about these new graphics, they're a bit abstract for me.

Is that BBC Weather's explanation of a sunset?