Sochi 2014 - Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games

I liked the little note they stuck on the trolley at the very end of the live show. Something like "I'm off to get trollied".

I wonder if they nicked that beloved trolley from a car park and covered up the supermarket name with the BBC Sport logo. DQF and all that.

The C4 Paralympic trailer:

Is Balding presenting for C4?

According to this, no it will be Jonathan Edwards from BBC Sport:

"Ade Adepitan and Arthur Williams will join Jonathan Edwards and Kelly Cates to anchor coverage from Channel 4’s London presentation studio, and Rachael Latham and Daraine Mulvihill join Iwan Thomas on the ground in Sochi.
Jon Snow will host live coverage of the opening ceremony with commentary provided by fellow Channel 4 News presenter, Krishnan Guru-Murthy. Keme Nzerem, Channel 4 News’ Sports Correspondent, will report from Sochi across the Paralympics with reports in each evening’s news programmes.

Another member of that 2012 team will also return: with Alex Brooker alongside Adam Hills and Josh Widdicombe for two special Sochi editions of hit entertainment show, The Last Leg. The trio will take a look at the weird and wonderful talking points of the week and also look at the stories and highlights from the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

Arthur and Kelly will present the Paralympic breakfast coverage before handing over to Ade and Jonathan who will anchor coverage of events in the mid-morning. The presenting team will be joined by a range of guests over the Games, including summer Paralympic athletes Richard Whitehead and Nathan Stephens, giving their expert opinion on the events and helping give detailed explanations of each of the sports and the equipment used."

SOURCE: http://www.channel4.com/info/press/news/channel-4-to-broadcast-150-hours-of-coverage-from-sochi-paralympics

Now the games are over, I've uploaded the screen captures I've been making - primarily of the OBS graphics, but including several examples of BBC graphics and other bits and pieces I've spotted.

In total there is almost 1000 images, mostly HD quality - you can find them here.

Uhh. Obviously.

Is there any need for that? Why would it be obvious to anyone who didn't have that knowledge?

Or not...

Fibre-ing back every individual studio camera feed to a different continent is relatively new, and not that obvious to those who don't follow the more technical side of the industry (and so the whole Today team didn't decamp... Most of them were still in New York I suspect).

There was also far less editing on-site for the main NBC Sport operation than even in London 2012. Recordings and Camera rushes were file transferred back to London and New York for editing there, rather than doing as much editing on-site in Sochi. Lots of EVS and Avid integration. Fibre and high-bandwith connectivity across large distances is a game-changer for big even production.

Uh. Right....
Anyway.....
Some more pics of CBC Canada's set. Nice use of natural materials and modern elements. Though a bit dark for my taste.