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Live Inside No. 9 breakdown

Inspector Sands posted:
Wonder if the bit from The One Show was specially recorded or was it from when they were guests and they somehow just made sure the correct thing was said?


They had matte-ed out whatever was in the plasma in the wideshot with a static One Show logo (which was presumably showing something they didn't want seen in their live show) - so I think it was taken from the broadcast of The One Show. If you'd shot it specially you'd have ensured either the plasma wasn't in shot or the content in it was appropriate.
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Live Inside No. 9 breakdown

Inspector Sands posted:

From a TVF perspective it's a good thing the regional news wasn't on as it was set in Manchester but they wouldn't have got North West Tonight in that telly (not that it would have been I suppose as they would have timed it exactly)


It would have been pretty easy to arrange a vision feed from Salford to Maidstone if that had been needed.
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Why do some adverts have shaky video on some channels?

If you have MotionFlow, Natural Motion etc. enabled - all bets are off. That's just your TV guessing what the in-between frames should be. I always disable it on any TV I own. I like to see the original broadcast, warts and all, not a guesstimated mess.
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South West England & CI Thread

Markymark posted:

Were they using the name 'FaceTime' colloquially ? Because I'm not aware iphones of ipads have video and audio inputs, or does Apple have something that runs on Macs ?


FaceTime is a core MacOS app that is installed as standard in most modern MacOS releases. You can also use HDMI outputs from iPhones and iPads using the Lightning to HDMI adaptor (I think), and I think you can also AirPlay screen mirror to an Apple TV with an HDMI output. (Most News studios have Apple TVs as a neat way of getting iPhones and iPads on-air without having to use a cable)
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Bombs sent to CNN NYC Studio, Clintons, Obama's & others

Rkolsen posted:

Also, I’d undoubtedly venture that during any building fire alarm people would normally grab their personal items and photographers gathering cameras and a CNG. The video clip sounded like this is a fire alarm and evacuate the building. Nothing like a bomb threat or a special code word for people to get out ASAP. I’m sure if it was the latter the anchors would have left the desks as soon as they heard it. If it was the former I’m sure people would gather their usual gear.


In the UK you'd never normally specify the reason for evacuating a building - so as not to cause a panic.

The only variation is if you have an 'invacuation' rather than an 'evacuation'. An invacuation is where leaving the building could be hazardous (say a suspect car or van is parked outside) At that point many buildings will have areas defined as 'Internal Shelter Areas' or 'Internal Safe Areas' that are far enough away from windows etc. to be deemed safe places to congregate.

This is why many buildings now use a tannoy system to announce evacuations or invacuations- rather than just basic 'get out' sirens or bells.
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NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC affiliates and TODAY

Schwing posted:
mannewskev posted:
I think I'm on pretty safe ground in asserting that murder is always wrong.


And that’s where we disagree. By your standard, if a loved one whom you were very close to was in extreme pain or suffering and had little or no quality of life, and for whom pain relief and treatment was offering little or no relief, you would allow them to continue to suffer? You would not attempt to end that state of affairs? Could you honestly say that murder would be wrong in that instance? I’m not sure that I could.


I suspect that once it was legalised it would no longer be defined as, or called, murder. If it's illegal, then by definition society has decided that it IS wrong.
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all new Phil posted:
There’s a real danger in saying to people that something is wrong, but that you can’t question it or even discuss the reasons why. That ultimately breeds contempt. Right now there’ll be a whole load of people looking at the consequences for Megyn Kelly after what she said who can’t understand what was so bad about it. In this incident it will only further embolden those, who probably support Trump, who now probably think a great injustice has happened.


Yes - but she was asking a table of white people what was wrong with it... If you want to discuss blackface and whether it's racist and/or offensive and wrong - maybe, just maybe, having someone of colour on the panel might have been an idea? Otherwise - maybe - don't discuss it in that way?

You can have an intelligent and nuanced discussion about it - but I'm not sure that kind of discussion will ever happen on Megyn Kelly's show. She has form in this area after all...

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/10/25/megyn-kelly-nbc-blackface-racist-comments-white-supremacy-column/1760679002/
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bilky asko posted:
mannewskev posted:
bilky asko posted:

Whether something counts as murder or manslaughter is questioned all the time in courts.


But that it is wrong, is never questioned.

Except the issue is whether what is being described should be classed as blackface.


Putting on makeup to make a white person look black is blacking up, or black face. It's offensive. Even if the person doing it doesn't mean to offend - that doesn't stop it being offensive.
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Eurovision 2019

DVB Cornwall posted:
I really hope SDF isn't reserved for the 'funny bits', we'll see. I note that there was zero reference to the widely vilified 'Mello' branding during the hosts presentation (which incidentally took an hour) last week.


Yes - hopefully that failed rebrand exercise has been consigned to history. AIUI that was a pitch from last year's new Exec, but SVT got cold feet and rowed back on it (hence the branding mish mash). Wonder who is producing the show this year.
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BBC News Channel Presentation - 21/03/16 onwards

Brekkie posted:

It really isn't to the UK audience. Mass shootings happen daily in the US whilst a helicopter crash at a Premier League football club which is part of modern sporting history and is actually a developing story really is worth the breaking news coverage, including main channel newsflashes IMO.


Agree it should be covered - but don't see it as BBC One Newsflash territory.
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Eurovision 2019

DVB Cornwall posted:
I’d imagine Saade and Finer will lead with the others having contributory roles in the presentation. The subsidiary roles in Melodifesivalen are clearly signposted. Saade clearly chosen for the set change musical items.


Not sure - Marika and Kodjo both have broadcast experience too (though I'd forgotten Saade is ex-Disney Club)

Be interesting to see how they use them all. Saade and SDF can both do musical parodies or straight performances. SDF can also do great comedy stuff (she's another Petra), and Marika has a comedy background too from Parlamentet.
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The Late Late Gay Byrne Irish Television Thread

Markymark posted:
noggin posted:


Did RTÉ initially run in 405/50 internally for the first year or so - or were the 405/50 transmitters always fed via (at that point optical) standards converters? (Multistandard 405/625 studio equipment was feasible at that point I believe)

AIUI RTÉ launched their 625/50 services before BBC Two launched in the UK - so 405/625 dual-standard sets were presumably not widespread at that point.


Yes, if WiKi is to be believed, RTE went to native 625 line working, summer 1962, after initially launching on 405 lines.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/405-line_television_system

Richard Louge's now defunct website had chapter and verse on this ISTR


Yep - but was the first year of 405-line only transmission accompanied by 405-line production, or was it 625 production standards-converted to 405? Wikipedia skirts that issue. (Standards conversion was possible - the BBC had to do it for years before to handle 625 line Eurovision contributions to the UK)

I'd imagined they ran 405 native to keep the quality up - but that's just a guess.