noggin's posts, page 235

Russia Today

I don't agree. RT would love you to believe that though... Then they can bend it... Or state that 'one person's truth isn't another person's truth'. Which in general is specious nonsense.



No - the Russians and Iranians know the truth isn't favourable to their positions, so want to suppress it. That's not the same thing.



Apples and Oranges.

RT is state sponsored propaganda. It is provocative because it broadcasts falsehood intentionally, and is far from unbiased. It has a position. That position is almost universally the same position as the Putin government.

BBC Persian is publicly funded (but no longer Grant-in-Aid FCO funded) unbiased broadcasting of facts. It is provocative because it provides truthful and factually verified information, in Persian, that Iran's rulers would rather its people didn't hear. It contradicts the 'state line' and casts doubt on the honesty of Iran's rulers.

Yes - the British Government initiated the formation of the BBC Persian TV service (and previously funded the BBC Persian radio services for decades) - but the British Government have always taken the view that unbiased broadcasting is a better advert for British values, than propaganda. The government sees the benefit of Britain being seen as having a free broadcast media by those living in countries without any.

The government is directly funding some new language services, but the existing World Service operation is now funded by the licence fee. The FCO does have an input into the regions the BBC broadcast in - but not what the BBC broadcasts. That's the key and vital difference that people like to ignore.

RT is state controlled, World Service was state funded. They are not the same...

Sounds Like Friday Night

Six ep commission is effectively an on-air pilot surely?

AppleTV 4K and Apple Video Services.

It also looks like the ATV 4K doesn't support HLG - so iPlayer UHD HLG stuff is unlikely to be supported (unless the BBC also does an HDR 10 version of HDR content)

Russia Today

Indeed it does - but I'm not sure what 'truth' has to do in a discussion about RT...

PDC Recording

Not as part of the spec, but it would be entirely feasible for TVH to tune early (as I believe it does if it has a spare tuner) buffer XX seconds of transport stream, and then when it detects the EIT p/f trigger to write a chunk of the buffer from before that point to start the recording? (A bit like video cameras that record 10"/30" etc. before you press the record button)

U.K. TV working in France

Yep - the 2 pin version is commonly known as the 'Europlug' - as it is compatible with both of the main continental 3-'pin' connectors (which either use a third bumpy pin or a side mounted strip of metal for earth). You can also get universal 3-pin connectors compatible with both main socket standards.

The 2-pin Europlug also works in Denmark - but the 3 pin variants don't safely as they are unearthed - as Denmark doesn't use Schuko. (You can plug them in - but they won't be earthed...)

France's terrestrial system is largely DVB-T2 based. If you have a recent TV chances are it will have a TNT (the French equivalent of Freeview) logo as well as a Freeview HD logo on the box or manual. If so - you may just be able to do a factory set-up and tell it you are in France not the UK (you can often set language independently of country)

Freeview HD and TNT are both DVB-T2 based - but there are subtle differences. TNT often uses Dolby Digital Plus audio - not AAC or MP2 - for instance. A Freeview HD set may not be guaranteed to be fully compatible - you may have EPG issues etc., and in 'Freeview' mode the channels may not map to the proper French numbers, whereas in 'France'/TNT mode it should work as a French TV.

Anglia/East of England News Discussion

Think that depends on your definition of cloud. It could have changed since I was last involved in it - but ENPS was based around multiple servers around the UK, with individual programmes and stations hosted on a specific server, though that server may not have been sited locally. The backups for each area were hosted on a different server. There were also 'reflectors' that ensured running order updates from a specific server were received by machines actively working to that area, but not to areas 'just looking' at another server's content. (i.e. if you were working on Points West, your running orders were on a BBC West server, along with those of the local radio stations in that patch, and your PC looked at a BBC West reflector so you got instant running order updates. If you were working at Look East, you could open running orders on the BBC West server, and look at the Points West running order, but you wouldn't necessarily see updates happen instantly)

You could call this 'cloud' hosting - and it may be the servers are now off-site rather than on BBC premises, and may be 'virtual' running on commercially hosted VMs (though ENPS has a lot of information security stuff around it - so I'm not sure that is the case)

BBC Sport - new graphics (Reith font)

Yep - though recording a connected iOS device in Quicktime Player on a Mac has been possible for quite a while now (though it's not a widely advertised feature)

The Sport Thread

All bets are off when you work in the US. (AIUI the concept of a world feed is a little more 'tenuous' there...)

Lorraine September 2017 onwards

And given the current operation increasingly shares production staff and crew between ITV Daytime shows, splitting them across more sites would hardly be efficient (nor would building and running an additional gallery be cost effective - and I doubt it is practical to broadcast next to a site with major demolition and construction work taking place - though the BBC are now managing to...)

Tube Explosion: 15 September 2017

Yes - there are still tours of other BBC buildings - like the operation Media City in Salford, and I believe PQ in Glasgow? These have presumably been suspended due to increased security.

Tube Explosion: 15 September 2017

I believe it may be to reduce continuous noise for residents as per British Helicopter Associations guidelines for filming : http://www.britishhelicopterassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/Civil-Helicopter-in-the-Community.pdf

Obviously it won't remove the noise, but it should be less intrusive than a constant hover.

As others have said - hovering is also inherently less fuel efficient and may have a safety implication.