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BBC News | Presenter & Correspondent Reshuffles

BM11 posted:
This must be a little unusual for the BBC to have someone publically leaving for a rival but still set to do a few weeks work before hand. In the past a departee in that manner is shuffled off on to gardening leave.


Normally gardening leave is used where you'd have a conflict of interest, or be able to take commercially sensitive information to a rival, or where the departure hasn't been amicable.

Adrian Chiles announced he was leaving The One Show, but worked out his contract before leaving for ITV, as there was no reason for him not to.
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Resignations from Government (Presentation discussion)

Inspector Sands posted:

One advantage of that is that they're not having to juggle both their cabinet job and their constituency


You don't have to be an MP though, you can also be a member of the House of Lords (which don't have constituency responsibilities in the same way)

Gordon Brown's 'Government of all the talents' included a number of ministers appointed from the House of Lords (and not necessarily Labour Party members) - I think including cabinet roles.
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The Sport Thread

Hatton Cross posted:

But then Sky do have Pick TV as an FTA outlet, so highlights could end up there, and be part of the new rights deal with FOM/Liberty Media.


Though Pick TV wouldn't satisfy an Ofcom FTA requirement as it's not on Freeview Lite and isn't the British GP still a live Category A crown jewel? Or has that changed?
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Off Air Broadcast Feeds

Steve in Pudsey posted:
I imagine VM to Director is not an uncommon career path?


VM to director isn't unheard of (particularly in News) - but PA/Script Sup, FM and Cam Sup to director are a bit more widespread as routes outside of News.
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Resignations from Government (Presentation discussion)

News96 posted:
Studio C althrough surely E would have been free since Simon McCoy did Afternoon Live from Westminster today.


Presumably although the studio wasn't on-air - the gallery still was...
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25 years since ITV Schools ended.

james-2001 posted:
Did anyone else have a "TV room" at school? That's what we had at primary school rather than pushing the TV on a trolley round classrooms (though they did do that occasionally). Had posters on the wall with that year's BBC and ITV Schools/4Schools schedule too.


Yes - at junior school there was a TV room in an annexe which was also a youth club space. The TV was a Rediffusion style set with a rotary dial on the wall to switch between the BBC and ITV (as Rediffusion TVs of that era didn't have internal tuners - and each channel was delivered on a separate wire...)

We didn't have a VCR at junior school (nor did we have computers)

At secondary school we had a Philips NV1500 in one of the classrooms used for Art, Design and Technology and within my time at the school a number of VHS machines were purchased - which were usually installed on trolleys with a TV. However as there were a large number of mobile classrooms (used for language learning) which were a pair of classrooms with communal steps, not really conducive to a trolley and 21" CRT TV - those rooms had a dedicated TV and VHS machine. I remember the excitement when a satellite dish arrived to allow us to watch French and German TV live in the late 80s!
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BBC News Channel Presentation - 21/03/16 onwards

AlexS posted:

The weather presenters also appear on radio and sometimes world during their shifts and may provide guidance to the autocue readers in the regions who pretend to know about meteorology (the few regions with properly qualified forecasters have less interaction with London from what I've read in the past.


'Autocue readers'? None of the BBC weather presenters - national or regional - read a pre-scripted forecast from prompt. Whilst many of them are not full meteorologists, all of them have had meteorological training, along with training in how to present a forecast. In regions with CSO or projector presentation the prompt screen is likely to be switched to either the CSO composite (so the presenter can see what they are pointing at) or the clean output (so they can see what's in the projector - as often you can't see that with your own eyes from the position you are presenting from) Similarly those using LCD or Plasma screens may also use this technique as their on camera pointing may not be quite what they'd think.
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Off Air Broadcast Feeds

harshy posted:
i imagine the person pressing the buttons in the gallery must be a cool, calm and collected person, the director must be at them all the time.


That's not the case at all (the 'at them' bit - VMs are always cool!). Most directors and VMs/TDs have a very collaborative working relationship. US and Aussie directors are often a bit shoutier than Brits, but that's a national characteristic, tied in with a slightly different TV culture.
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BBC Wales Today

Newsroom posted:
Wales Today has finally gone HD. Just watched the main programme from last night, a vast improvement.


I don't think it has. BBC Wales won't have HD studio facilities until the move to the new building.
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Good Morning Britain

marshmallow posted:
Interesting that the whole segment was broadcast (to Sweden) in English. Of course, a very large proportion of Swedes can speak good English, many more than most Brits can speak Swedish, or any other language for that matter, but presumably for a sizeable chunk of viewers that was the equivalent of GMB broadcasting in German for 5 minutes.


Many Swedes consider English almost as a second first language these days - so it's a bit more like a Welsh language breakfast outlet broadcasting an English interview.

I think Sweden has something like 86% of its population fluent in English - so it really isn't a huge issue for most. In Norway (where English fluency is pretty much identical) - they don't burn in Norwegian subtitles for English language shows, they are optional 'soft' subtitles (like those for the hard of hearing)
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2018 FIFA World Cup Russia

Worzel posted:
Is ITV using smartglass behind the presenters in the Moscow studio?


No - they are setting and striking an LED matrix wall believe it or not. (So they have LED side screens throughout, an AR roof throughout, and either a real window or an LED screen behind)

I don't think you could achieve anywhere near the performance ITV are achieving with projection onto smart glass.
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Good Morning Britain

If anyone is wondering why Nyhetsmorgon are outside in Visby, it's because it's that time of year when all the main Swedish political parties hold conferences in Almedalen (a park in Visby). It's a chance for the public to chat to politicians and vice versa, plus all the news broadcasters get to interview them. It's a bit like having the Tory, Lib Dem and Labour conferences at the same time in the same place. A bit.