I didn't think a BBC channel targeted at a UK audience (albeit in this case global with the UK as a subset) could be funded by adverts either?
Would it be directly funded by adverts - I would suggest no it is perhaps being indirectly funded perhaps by a grant/dividend of profits from the commercial operation which is funded by adverts up to the public broadcasting side of the BBC.
Furthermore, I think only ITV London & Granada actually produce their local news in HD, the other macro-regions just broadcast upscaled SD: the quality of which is questionable to say the least.
Meridian is a native HD studio operation, I see them (albeit the Kent version though I live in the Thames Valley)
in HD.
FWIW BBC South are using HD cameras (Sony HDC-300) though of course the studio infrastructure is still SD
I didn't think a BBC channel targeted at a UK audience (albeit in this case global with the UK as a subset) could be funded by adverts either?
I think if the licence-fee funded BBC News operation provides content to BBC Global News channels, it would be expected for them to pay for it, as otherwise the BBC licence-fee would be subsidising a commercial operation. That's not quite the same thing as 'content being funded by adverts'
It's not massively different to BBC Worldwide investing a lot of money in blue-chip documentaries at the pre-production and production stage (in expectation of future commercial sales) rather than just buying them after the fact. (And that is now the norm for big factual shows at the BBC)
Furthermore, I think only ITV London & Granada actually produce their local news in HD, the other macro-regions just broadcast upscaled SD: the quality of which is questionable to say the least.
Meridian is a native HD studio operation, I see them (albeit the Kent version though I live in the Thames Valley)
in HD.
FWIW BBC South are using HD cameras (Sony HDC-300) though of course the studio infrastructure is still SD
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C-300s?
You're right, !! My typo The HDC-X300 is a different kettle of fish !
I saw a breaking news item on CNN International this morning about 8:50 relating to the train crash in Germany. It was covered very briefly and vaguely with a map shown on screen there, as you might expect for an international channel. I decided to take a look at the UK news channels to see what they were doing.
BBC One (not really expected to step up for this) was on the "fluffy" part of Breakfast so nothing there, BBC News channel was looking at the markets on Business Live, and doing their paper review with someone talking about Donald Trump, then the weather, then an trailer for Victoria Live - she was going to be covering "boob jobs" today (again). I didn't wait for the top of the hour.
Sky News had pictures, and a "train expert" on the line, also reporting the latest on the wires and pretty much giving it the normal breaking news, rolling coverage treatment.
Fine, this was in Germany, but I can't help think that something big breaking - even in the UK - at this time of day would cause a real headache for the BBC now. It feels like they are so locked into the formats and features programming, that they can't break out very easily to report breaking news any more.
Maybe it's just a sign of the times, and I'm the old-fashioned one.
When I glanced at the videowall at the university I work at it seemed there was a bit on Victoria Derbyshire about the crash? Did it take them a while to get on to it?
When I glanced at the videowall at the university I work at it seemed there was a bit on Victoria Derbyshire about the crash? Did it take them a while to get on to it?
I first saw the story on Breakfast when it was breaking, at about 8.15.