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…and finally

Will we still be able to login to access our private messages?
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…and finally

bye yall



How did I know you were going to post that?
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…and finally

(Porting this now since I don’t know when on March 31st it will close).

So long TVForum a place where there’s repeated and diagrams discussions of whether or not Studio E’s light boxes can change color just because they look brown when off.

Thank you to staff and the online friends I’ve made.

And a shameless plug I know most will move to TVLiveForum but I’m a moderator over TVNewsTalk. We’ve gotten scoops over the years. The forums active but a lot of us are more so on the discord server.
interestednovice, Asa and mark gave kudos
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The Sky News Thread

One bit I noticed is that they aren’t taking the two feeds - one of the witness and the other of the exhibits. Surely NBC could have sent it.
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MSNBC new graphics

For a news channel, very strange for it not to have a ticker/fipper.
I take it the clock graphic under the MSNBC logo alternates with programme title?


For a news channel, very strange for it not to have a ticker/fipper.
I take it the clock graphic under the MSNBC logo alternates with programme title?



Yes it does. MSNBC dropped the ticker a few years ago as they viewed it as a distraction to the content (and probably numerous focus groups said so - Comcast and NBCU love their data). When needed they did add it and all they do is shift everything up.
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NBC News, MSNBC, ABC News and others from across the pond

mark posted:
WSB records and delays WNT to 6:30PM, the show is fed at 6PM. They probably had the wrong video in the playlist.

Ah, so it wasn't a live feed after all. I thought it sounded like a file mix-up, but couldn't understand how that could be the case if the version they should have been broadcasting was live.

I had no idea the live feed is actually at 6pm - thanks for clearing that up.


Nope, many stations just tape delay it to keep the shows in pattern with weekdays 6:30. Im surprised the previous weeks show wasn’t wiped from the playout server.
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BBC News – Behind the Scenes

Here's a little video made by BBC Output Operations which some might find interesting:





So the audio feed isn’t sent with the video or encoded with the camera in the HDSDI out? That seems like a way to get things out of sync.
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NBC News, MSNBC, ABC News and others from across the pond

mark posted:
WSB, the ABC affiliate in Atlanta, somehow managed to air the first 10 minutes of a week-old edition of World News Tonight on Sunday, instead of the live programme.

https://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/abcs-atlanta-station-televised-first-10-minutes-of-previous-sundays-world-news-tonight-instead-of-live-edition/474557/

No info on how it happened. Anyone care to hazard a guess?


WSB records and delays WNT to 6:30PM, the show is fed at 6PM. They probably had the wrong video in the playlist.

Also today on WJZ there were some issues likely with genlocking (although the set displays were okay) with the PCR feed. There was a similar issue with audio and minor video disruption last summer that was caused by the last device that inserts the time/temp/ticker that is overlaid in master control. Today I learned although CBS affiliates are hubbed out of Encompass in Atlanta via command and control infrastructure (and I knew the racks are in the station) the master control switcher is owned by Encompass. Of course all the ad inventory was kept and perfect.

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Downing Street Briefing Room

Is having them government controlled really an issue? The cameras in parliament are controlled by parliament, and other than being a bit conservative (small c) in their output, there's rarely any complaints or issues with the coverage. They're using the room for in-person press conferences, so it's not like they'll be able to hide what's happening in the room from the press if someone asks an awkward question.


I asked something similar to some journalists here about having a if there’s a permanent pooled camera and a beauty shot provided by the White House among other things, and their answer was no. It had to do with church and state and they wouldn’t want one. I’ve seen some issues where they don’t like that the WH provides a preproduced webstream for there Covid updates and that it’s not fed on the White House fiber ring.
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Downing Street Briefing Room

Here’s something I posted on Twitter.

I see all the cameras are they controlled by government? Or will there be a pooler controlling the cameras each day? Or will there be the option for broadcasters to choose ISOs? I am asking this for the freedom of the press. The way the cameras are setup along the wall it doesn’t look like the average photog can setup their camera without blocking one of those PTZ cameras.

I am contrasting this with the White House. Yes it’s cramped. But in the back there are equipment racks for each broadcaster and I believe the middle one is reserved for the pool operator. Each other broadcaster has one or two (such as doing hits for NBC and MSNBC simultaneous or FNC or FBC) cameras either mounted on their equipment rack or ceiling. Then next to the lectern there are cameras next to the podium where the pooler takes an image of the person asking the question along with other networks either getting a wide shot with an ENG camera or PTZ cameras on the ceiling.

The only time I’ve seen the WH cameras covered was when there was some sort of threat and they didn’t want cameras (which I believe are always or remotely controlled) to see their surveillance techniques.


The point I am trying to make is that the cameras in the White House are broadcaster controlled where the ones in 9 Downing Street appear to be government controlled.
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Piers Morgan to leave GMB

Looks like there be more fall out due to this debacle, this time across the pond (and a continent). CBS is taking The Talk off the air Monday and Tuesday to investigate the comments Sharon Osbourne said to Sheryl Underwood about Piers Morgan and race.

https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/the-talk-hiatus-sharon-osbourne-controversy-1234930387/
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ITV Channel Islands HD

What airs overnight on SD channel 3?


Do you mean what does ITV Channel Islands broadcast overnight, or ITV London?


Yes.

Also. There’s a satellite backup feed of the few Freeview muxes available. Does the satellite feed carry the feed bit for bit as it would on Freeview as such no encoding would be required on the transmitter end?