noggin's posts, page 119

26th Anniversary of the biggest shake up in ITV

I do wonder how PSB broadcasting will develop in an all-IP future. If there is a nationwide multicast system and still a concept of linear channels (rather than unicast narrowcasting) - there may still be an EPG etc. - and still payments to the platform operator (or government if they manage it) in return for nationwide access.

However with no 'gifted spectrum' in return, it does raise the question about whether ITV will continue to have PSB responsibilities. (Answer - I suspect they won't)

Long term I can see a future where the BBC/Public Service broadcasting is funded via a household tax or a separate personal 'public service' tax (as Germany and Sweden respectively).

The Sport Thread

I couldn't find anything on it that was 50 or 60Hz. However it was mainly documentary content which could naturally be shot at <50Hz.

Coronation Street

If the cost of repeating them makes commercial sense based on the advertising revenue that their target audience will generate - sure. However I suspect they will appeal to an older audience that may not be as lucrative to advertisers...



Because they appeal to an audience that generates a high enough volume of viewers that advertisers want to target?

ITV and the programmes on its channels main and biggest aim is to get the right eyeballs to watch the adverts in between their shows (and to meet their Ofcom PSB requirements).

Loose Women

Yes - I think TC2, then TC7 afterwards, was the 'bought out' small studio used by BBC News. They would only use other studios if TC2/7 was out of action for some reason, as they had already paid for their existing 'main block' studio.

The same approach was used by BBC Sport in TC5, when that was their bought out studio.

For a relatively long-time all the small studios at TV Centre were bought out: TC2 for CBBC, TC5 for Sport, TC7 for News.

As they were much smaller than TC3,4,6 and 8 - the 'Medium sized' studios at TV Centre (which were the popular studios) - the smaller studios were harder to sell for ad hoc shows, and selling them as a buy-out made more commercial sense.

Loose Women

I think most people in BBC News would describe N1 and N2 as the main studios in News, as they were the home of the main bulletins. Whilst TC2 was larger, it only really did the ex-Lime Grove stuff (Breakfast News and Newsnight)

What is the oldest tv you still use?

Yes - SDR would make sense - but integrating that into a 'real world' live TV system is non-trivial.


AIUI there are off-the-shelf modulator chips that do a good job - though you need to use a pair of them to cope with the non-standard sound/vision carrier offset.

Loose Women

I suspect they'd need to borrow ABC's cheque book as well...

What is the oldest tv you still use?

Given that modern graphics cards can be persuaded to generate 377i25 output I suspect that won't be tricky , but it would need a System A modulator...

Eurovision 2019

This year it was Videohouse from Belgium, who are part of Euromedia (who also own CTV in the UK)


http://www.videohouse.be/index.php/en/

http://www.euromediagroup.com/browse-trucks/cars-regie/

Euromedia, whilst not as international as NEP, are a large company with operations in multiple European countries (France, Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, UK etc.)

What is the oldest tv you still use?

The state of it - I think everything in it is potentially lethal if powered. (Capacitors in particular will probably go bang loudly...)

I bought it many years ago to stop it going to land fill. I keep meaning to find someone to restore it. (No idea if even the tube is still functional)

What is the oldest tv you still use?

I have a single tuner pre-ITV BBC 405 line set... I've never come close to considering powering it up

Good Morning Britain

Looked to me more like an internal corporate presentation for ITV Studios operations both around the UK, and around the world?

The BBC do corporate 'ring mains' regularly when they want to tell staff about new policies, or changes taking place in the organisation. They sometimes come from The One Show studio, presented by people like Joanna Gosling or Naga Munchetty who then interview BBC managers... (They are called 'ring mains' as they are usually viewable on ring main TVs or the IP ring main on a BBC computer.

My guess is that the ITV show may have been an ITV Studios internal presentation - but possibly less about change, and more about a chance to review the year and celebrate successes as a company?