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Coronavirus | Television News Coverage

DVB Cornwall posted:
Impressive lunchtime news ratings for BBC News 09 Nov 2020





The One O'Clock News has always traditionally rated pretty well.

Here are last week's figures. >40% share and >3m audience is not unusual at the moment.

Mon 2nd Nov 3.0m/43.4%
Tue 3rd Nov 3.0m/42.7%
Wed 4th Nov 2.5m/37.3%
Thu 5th Nov 3.3m/41.2%
Fri 6th Nov 3.4m/40.8%
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BBC Three

DVB Cornwall posted:
The proposed idea is to put together a 'service' of content already on the iPlayer, but run it as a 'channel' so if you wanted to see a BBC Three service with a schedule it would be available on the iPlayer. So a linear channel of content delivered via the iPlayer instead of traditional broadcast.

This would be in addition to individual programmes being available via the iPlayer.


SVT in Sweden (the Swedish equivalent of BBC TV) trialled a similar 'linear / on-demand' hybrid channel delivered via IP - called SVT Flow.

if you went to watch SVT Flow you could watch it like a linear channel - as shows were available in real time, but you could also skip shows you didn't like and jump forwards or backwards in the schedule in a more on-demand way. It didn't find an audience...

I suspect this was less about the delivery via linear vs on demand and less because the shows weren't that distinctive or interesting.

I think 'linear via iPlayer' will struggle in the same was as on-demand via iPlayer has in BBC Three terms - people just don't watch iPlayer that way. If you are watching a TV in your living room - you are likely to be watching linear TV via Freeview, Sky, Virgin or Freesat - and a linear channel like BBC Three really needs to be in that ecosystem alongside BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Four etc. You need to be able to set recordings for shows in your PVR, and see those recordings alongside your BBC One, Two, Four recordings etc. It needs to feel like a regular channel...
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Good Morning Britain

Markymark posted:
I don't understand what's changed overnight that required tighter measures within the studio from today, that weren't required before Lockdown V2 kicked in ?


I think many shows are reducing staffing back to the absolute bare minimum. Whilst crew on most of these shows are deemed 'key workers' and thus able to still travel to and from work, there are likely to be far fewer studio guests (possibly none) and other non-core presenters may return to presenting from home. As a result you may need fewer cameras to cover the studio element, and that will reduce the minimum number of crew needed to make the show - and if you follow the sentiment of the law, you should reduce your crewing to reflect that.

Similarly, the fewer people you have on-site, the lower your risk of spreading infection amongst your crew. Social distancing and mask wearing reduce your risk, but they don't remove it. Reducing the number of people present will reduce your risk. With crew potentially still having to use public transport to and from work, that is still a risk that you are exposing people to infection. The fewer people who take that risk, the better.
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The Sky News Thread

TTRWE posted:

Shows the folly of the current studio set-up in Sky News, having to hire things in for a few days thad then having to scrimp on how long they hire it for. If only they had a studio with a big screen and didn't have to rent it, you know, like they did for about the majority of the 21st century before the vanity project studios.


You do realise how hugely expensive LED screens are ? If you think they can't afford to hire one - what makes you think they have the massively larger amounts of money available to buy one ?
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The Sky News Thread

Universal_r posted:
Someone’s laptops screen just got shown on air.*


Doubt it's a laptop - far more likely to be a MacMini in an apps bay.
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Little Mix The Search

Jonwo posted:
Andrew posted:
Jonwo posted:
The final is live so I think they’ll leave it especially as it’s not as important a news story compared to England going into lockdown.

Tell that to whoever scheduled Wednesday on BBC One

Daytime is different as it’s mostly pre recorded content, pulling a live show an hour before it is due to start is unlikely and very expensive as they’re already prepping for it.


Yes - and if it contains an interactive viewer-vote they can't go ahead and fully record it for later broadcast.
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BBC One HD anno

Andrew Wood posted:
The trouble is, the announcement does go out on SD telling you to tune SD!


I think some regions opt-out to replace the announcement when they are the networked/HD show, though it may depend whether the show is live or pre-recorded.
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Linking up a black screen of death to TV

Yes - USB 2.0 has such a low bandwidth that low resolutions and/or image compression will be required to get PC video output via a USB 2.0 bus. They will be using DisplayLink or similar protocols which will require a display driver to be installed in many cases (though it's conceivable that Windows Update may install one automatically). Doing this headless could be tricky.

For info - USB 2.0 has a max bandwidth of ~400Mbs, 1366x768 at 60Hz would require ~1500Mbs (i.e. 1.5Gbs) if it were uncompressed and only carried active video. DisplayLink uses some compression.
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Frank Bough RIP

Markymark posted:
It's a little odd that no sign of a tribute programme has emerged yet (?)

It might be because such a show will inevitably have sports clips, which would require lots of advance paperwork to clear, I recall David Coleman's programme took a while to appear?


I'd be surprised if he received a major tribute show, as it would be impossible not to cover the multiple scandals without being accused of a whitewash, but including them would be seen as insulting to his family. I think doing nothing is probably the least-worst option in this case.

It's a pity his career ended in the way it did - but it did.
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Strictly Come Dancing | 2020

MrUdagawa posted:
adamiow posted:
I'd give Anton a shot, but it probably won't happen. I expect he won't mind that he is out, as I expect he has had to live away from his wife and children.



He hasn't had to live alone. Jacqui Smith was living alone ( she mentioned it on her podcast)


Yes - either the celebrity or the professional has to be living as a single-person to merge with a household as a support bubble. In many cases this is the professional, but not in all cases.
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Strictly Come Dancing | 2020

Brekkie posted:
Johnr posted:
So Bruno just pops up for a chat rather than actually voting in the results show

I don't really think they're missing him on the Saturday show.


It definitely feels as if Craig is being more balanced this year - adding some positivity to his comments (much needed in the current climate) that Bruno would otherwise have added. It works certainly - and three judges feels pacier than four.
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ITV stations that lost their franchise

Markymark posted:
noggin posted:
Markymark posted:

Like just about any radio station, (with two or more studios !)


Apart from the main BBC Radio networks - who all have presentation operations with the exception of Five Live?


I did say just about Cool

I'm not sure Radio 1 and 2 do, they use the 'flip:flop/offer:accept operation between studios I think ? I'm pretty sure all the national and local commercial stations are the same ?

So it's probably just Radio 3 and 4 ?


When FiveLive started it was the first mainstream BBC network to do it I think (I think Radio 5 before it had presentation) - not sure if R1 and R2 have followed suit. Wouldn't surprise me.