noggin's posts, page 126

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noggin Founding member 21 November 2018 9:46am

Wither BBC

How much goes on that crap local tv? How much on broadband improvements? How much for the world service ?

These are what causing the problems

As someone who travels frequently with work I find the World Service invaluable. Nothing better than switching on BBC World when jet-lagged in Sydney.

Beware conflating BBC World News on TV with the BBC World Service - they aren't the same thing, and are separately funded.

BBC World News (the TV operation) is a commercially funded TV operation, BBC World Service was an entirely separate, government-funded operation (running mainly radio and online service as well as non-English language TV content) It is now mainly licence-fee funded, with some government assistance.

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noggin Founding member 20 November 2018 11:16am

I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! 2018

bluecortina posted:

Fluffy Bunny Feet posted:

"There will be some surprised looking faces in the edit suite today if they are trying to edit around that particular sequence for inclusion in tonight’s show!!"

Probably not if the cameras are ISO'd

Indeed. Given the bulk of the show appeared to be OK, I’m wondering if that particular sequence is/was cut by some sort of small remote facility and fed back to the main truck? I used the know a few people on the show back in the day and could have asked - but no more.

AIUI there are two operations for I'm A Celebrity (ignoring the spin off show).

There is a main, presentation, operation that handles the live element of the show (presenters, Its etc.) and can rehearse. Then there is a second 'reality' operation that cuts the camp sequences as an independent operation. (This is a bit like the difference between the Emma Willis-fronted 'main show' and 'the house' coverage on Big Brother)

I expect the main show is cut on a vision mixer but it's possible that the reality operation is cut 'cuts only' on a router - which is also, incidentally, how EastEnders is cut. The router should be cutting in VBI - but may not be?

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noggin Founding member 18 November 2018 10:40pm

I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! 2018

Inspector Sands posted:

harshy posted:

I’m really surprised it’s live there’s no satellite feed or anything yet it looks like it’s coming from a few miles away.

These days there shouldn't be any difference in picture quality for something from so far away, assuming it's given enough bandwidth and not re-encoded en route.

There shouldn't be any difference between fibre and satellite, or some sort of IP solution, again as long as the latter is given enough bandwidth

True - though fibre connectivity can often offer far higher bitrates than satellite. You seldom see satellite circuits over 50 or 60Mbs and require MPEG2 or H264 Long GOP codecs. Fibre circuits can used the same codecs and bitrate as satellite, but can also be in the 200+Mbs for J2K (which is intra), or in some cases uncompressed.

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noggin Founding member 18 November 2018 12:05pm

Anglia/East of England News Discussion

m_in_m posted:

South Today posted:

A busy day for Leigh Milner the lunchtime bulletin now the late bulletin. She also popped up on the sofa reporting on CiN events across the region. I can't understand why they just didn't let her have a crack at the main editon alongside Stewart, as he was flying solo this evening.

Look East is frequently presented solo now when Susie or Stewart are off for a day or few. If they are off all week it seems to be covered.

Given Cambridge is solo presented it might end up going that way in Norwich in future - when one of them naturally leave.

Yes - I think many BBC English regions are moving back towards solo presentation. There was a move to double-heading when audience research suggested it was preferred (the Six O'Clock News moved to it too), but in times of cost reductions, it is cheaper to have a single presenter...

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noggin Founding member 18 November 2018 12:02pm

BBC Two 2018 Revamp

TIGHazard posted:

noggin posted:

Josiah. posted:

BBC America has been using as well, I've noticed it when watching some of the episodes of the current series of Doctor Who.

I think that is likely to be used on a lot of BBC Studios (the production arm) sold through BBC Studios (the bit of the BBC formerly called BBC Worldwide). ISTR that a lot of 'sold shows' had more than just the white BBC blocks that we get domestically when I've seen them broadcast on channels abroad.

It's the blocks in a purple/blue square isn't it? I've seen that on Dave when they show Top Gear

Yes - that was the previous branding I believe. The new one is B&W with animating dots on stalks? Can't remember if it is BBC Studios or just BBC branded.

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noggin Founding member 18 November 2018 10:37am

BBC Two 2018 Revamp

Josiah. posted:

Conor98 posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlaoRjD6S8Y
Okay, completely unrelated to the topic but the BBC has a new animated logo for their DVDs and before their programming on streaming services like Netflix.
Very minimalistic with the black and white and the music is nice.

BBC America has been using as well, I've noticed it when watching some of the episodes of the current series of Doctor Who.

I think that is likely to be used on a lot of BBC Studios (the production arm) sold through BBC Studios (the bit of the BBC formerly called BBC Worldwide). ISTR that a lot of 'sold shows' had more than just the white BBC blocks that we get domestically when I've seen them broadcast on channels abroad.

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noggin Founding member 18 November 2018 10:33am

Children In Need 2018

all new Phil posted:

DVB Cornwall posted:

As for a single host the BBC have one who could carry it. Greg James, and he's not employed on Fridays as well. He's got the persona to attract young ones and isn't too gross for the older viewer too. I'd include Roman Kemp despite not being a BBC presenter as one for the future too.

The One Show really needs (apart from it's fundraising segment) to be ditched. The almost seemless flow from regional news magazine to CIN was a brainwave when introduced.

Greg James doesn’t exactly have much experience of hosting shows like this...

Err - Greg's already presented Children in Need hasn't he? In 2016, after Sir Terry had passed away, and Dermot O'Leary (who had stepped in to cover Sir Terry's illness in 2015) had returned to ITV, Greg presented the opening section of the show with Tess Daly, effectively covering Ade's role this year?

Greg's got a good track record of live TV (Glastonbury, Sounds Like Friday Night, The One Show to name a few) and is a consummate live broadcaster (the fluency he has on the radio translates perfectly to TV).

(Or were the ...'s ironic?)

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noggin Founding member 18 November 2018 10:31am

Children In Need 2018

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noggin Founding member 17 November 2018 3:23pm

Children In Need 2018

623058 posted:

Its become a machine, its make so much money now, there is no entertaining value to the programme, and hasn't been the case in years. but no one cares since its make lots of money.

It was still the most watched show on TV yesterday - averaging 6.2m (over 30% share I think ) and peaking at 7.1m. So people chose to watch it.

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noggin Founding member 16 November 2018 12:55am

BBC News: Presenters & Rotas

all new Phil posted:

I loved the green look to The World...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IcABdxI0gI

That looks like a pre-recorded opening up to the first wide shot after the titles. The wide-shot / not-quite-so-wide-shot mix with the look-up is a bit klunky (which makes me think it's a recorded/live transition). That transition could have been separate for two areas.

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noggin Founding member 16 November 2018 12:51am