Is anyone supposed to be monitoring the BBC Sport red-button feeds? The FOM feed of the F1 practice was lost, losing audio (we still have 5 Live commentary) and vision stuck on a still frame for 3 or 4 minutes before being cut to this slide:
Edit: Crofty has just said it's because of a "power failure at TVC".
Lies! The power failure is at the EBU.
From the BBC Sport website:
Quote:
"The pictures that the BBC uses for F1 practice sessions are provided by the host broadcaster, FOM. These feeds travel via satellite to multiple broadcasters across the globe, and take a complex path before arriving at the BBC's transmission base in west London. Today, near the end of FP1, there was a power failure in Geneva, affecting the route that the host feed takes. This interrupted the transmission for the remainder of the session. We hope that normal service will be resumed for FP2, by re-routing of satellite feeds where necessary."
Due to the expected rain tomorrow, the Queen's Club have decided to move tomorrow's Tennis final between Andy Murray and Jo-Wilfred Tsonga to 12.00. This, of course, causes a scheduling headache as it will clash with the British MotoGP. Will be interesting to see what they decide to do...
EDIT: Andrew Cotter has just said Tennis will be on BBC One. EastEnders moved to BBC Two at 2.30pm.
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Sue Barker said the Queen's Final will be live on BBC1 tomorrow from midday - presumably therefore shunting The Politics Show back an hour to pre-empt Country Tracks?
They could switch coverage to BBC2 at 2.30 if they wish and run the delayed EastEnders omnibus on BBC1, but under these circumstances, with BBC1 having to hit the F1 coverage later, they'd need to move Songs of Praise.
Or... put EastEnders on BBC2 at 2.30, giving the tennis an uninterrupted run on BBC1 if needed. I think they'll do this, leaving Songs of Praise where it is for now (and only switching it across to BBC2 at 4.30, if they're still playing by then).
Of course, I may be talking rubbish. And it might yet rain and ruin all the above...
It's a bit tight, isn't it? There are quite a few fixed points in the schedule too: Pentecost for one, and they're probably not keen to drop Songs of Praise.
In the past they've shunted the MotoGP warm-up to Red Button only, and gone live on network at the race start time (possibly due to an Andy Murray match too), so maybe we'll see that again.
BBC Scotland will also be trying to shoehorn in a River City omnibus somewhere.
Then again, there's going to be a big tennis-shaped hole in BBC Two's afternoon schedule, so that might be where all the delayed programmes go.
Well, at the moment, the tennis is running from 12pm - 3pm on BBC1, with the Politics Show moved to 11am, and EastEnders on BBC2 at 2.30pm followed by an extra Flog It! at 4.25pm.
BBC1 has Escape to the Country at 3pm so, if the tennis overruns or is delayed, there's no issue with running through until 4pm on BBC1.
Its unlikely, but in the event of a long rain delay or a marathon match, BBC1 could run with the tennis until 4.25pm then move to BBC2 (with a 10-minute filler on BBC1 until the news). Then Songs of Praise could run after the tennis on BBC2. There's a repeat of the last episode of 'The Story of Ireland' due on BBC2 at 5.10pm, which could be delayed until 7pm and replace the scheduled Top Gear repeat.
As for River City, if the tennis runs to plan, it can move to 3pm on BBC1. Or there's an hour-long slot at 11.30am on BBC2 where Flog It is at the moment, but presuambly BBC Scotland would prefer not to run it in an earlier timeslot to what was originally scheduled. That could end up being tricky.
Anyway, I'm just confusing myself now. ***head exploding***
I know this has been discussed previously but what are the exact rules governing in-programme sponsor logos?
I ask as throughout coverage of the French Open final on EuroSport HD, a large white box containing the Peugeot logo, independent from the other graphics (ie not "sponsoring" the scoreboard, etc), has been popping up in the top left corner of the screen for around 5s every 10-15 mins or so.
Is ESHD localised at all or a Europe-wide service? If the latter, do different rules apply?
Although there is some localisation on Eurosport HD, it, in common with the other Eurosport channels, is licensed and regulated in France, so Ofcom rules do not apply to it.
Well, at the moment, the tennis is running from 12pm - 3pm on BBC1, with the Politics Show moved to 11am, and EastEnders on BBC2 at 2.30pm followed by an extra Flog It! at 4.25pm.
BBC1 has Escape to the Country at 3pm so, if the tennis overruns or is delayed, there's no issue with running through until 4pm on BBC1.
Its unlikely, but in the event of a long rain delay or a marathon match, BBC1 could run with the tennis until 4.25pm then move to BBC2 (with a 10-minute filler on BBC1 until the news). Then Songs of Praise could run after the tennis on BBC2. There's a repeat of the last episode of 'The Story of Ireland' due on BBC2 at 5.10pm, which could be delayed until 7pm and replace the scheduled Top Gear repeat.
As for River City, if the tennis runs to plan, it can move to 3pm on BBC1. Or there's an hour-long slot at 11.30am on BBC2 where Flog It is at the moment, but presuambly BBC Scotland would prefer not to run it in an earlier timeslot to what was originally scheduled. That could end up being tricky.
Anyway, I'm just confusing myself now. ***head exploding***
Ooh, that's not miles away from my suggestion, I'm quite proud of that!
It appears they've moved things round in a bit of a bitty way so far. At the moment, there's a generic The Politics Show from 1100-1200, but the listings for the regional Politics Shows remain from 1200 - 1305. I can only presume it's a bit of a headache to move 14 different events, and once they've worked out how to do that, the tennis will move forward to 1200.
The schedules for Scotland appear to not have the tennis at all at the moment, which I'm assuming is an oversight!
If you're interested in keeping an eye on things, here's links to the schedules for Sunday:
BBC One London BBC One Scotland BBC Two England BBC HD (fillers a-go-go, since it was due to be showing the tennis from 1430-1710 - though this suggests it ought to be showing EastEnders)
