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Crimewatch with Jeremy Vine and Tina Daheley

Blake Connolly posted:
TROGGLES posted:
Trouble is there arn't many studios left to make it in. Llandaff's going and because of the shortage of production space the costs are through the roof.


The old studio being on its way out and therefore not getting an upgrade explains why Crimewatch was the last networked programme on BBC One to still be made in SD.


Though for at least some of its time in Wales, Crimewatch didn't come from a TV studio, but was a 4-waller with an OB truck parked outside.
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BBC World News from New Broadcasting House

Yep - in some territories BBC World News and BBC World News HD are FTA / Clear (i.e. unencrypted) on some platforms - but also encrypted on other platforms.

http://en.kingofsat.net/find.php?question=bbc+world+news&Submit=Zap
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Government White Paper on the BBC

Charlie Wells posted:

It'll be interesting to see whether they're forced to reveal salaries of presenters employed by independent production companies


For big ticket presenters, it is more likely that the talent is contracted separately to the production deal, though for lower paid presenters this isn't always the case.

Equally though, I would expect a broadcaster to get a breakdown of that level of budget from an indie for an original commission (not for an acquisition), so they WOULD know how much they are paying for talent...

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and presenters who are paid via limited companies.


Don't think that would make any difference. How you contract someone is kind of irrelevant to this case. You will be contracting that company for the presenting services of the presenter - no difference to contracting them directly in this regard.
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The Colour Red On Camera

Only reason I could think that material would play a part would be because of the thickness and sharpness of the weave pattern in the jumper. Saturated red was always a bit of a stress test for some bits of the PAL chain, and with certain frequencies of luminance information also causing chroma interference I can imagine a repeated red pattern being quite challenging. Cashmere presumably had a much finer knit...
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International News Presentation: Past and Present

Mouseboy33 posted:
WW Update posted:
A new look for N24 in Germany:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS9rKmfhwc4

This relaunch looks great. Not too pleased with the studio. The boring gray concrete walls and the blue corpse lighting doesnt help it. But the theme is fantastic. And I love the graphics. Too bad the BBC News is starting to look even more dated when you compare it with something like that. It needs a top to bottom refreshed. Those broken swirling globes are done or at least need a complete re imagining. Well done to N24.


Interesting. Lighting is very interesting... All feels very flat and lifeless. Colour scheme not a great choice - and the concrete looks a bit artificial.

Graphics are workmanlike and titles have a consistent look - but they don't strike me as memorable. The music similarly.

I personally dislike any 'look' that involves shunting/pushing/sliding of studio cameras as part of an animation sequence. Anodyne and un-distinctive would be my view.
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2016 Paralympic Games

Brekkie posted:
C4 really needed to put a second and arguably third channel into service tonight with the tennis final, basketball semi final and usual swimming and athletics finals, though fair play to them for moving away from them to concentrate on the tennis.

Really annoying though they haven't adopted the standard tennis ad break structure, meaning every 4th game or so is missed.


I don't think C4 have more than one gallery available in Rio for sport (Last Leg is separate I think), so they (or Sunset & Vine) would need to find galleries in the UK to fire up to accommodate production, potentially adding graphics, handling presentation and commentary, co-ordinating ad breaks etc. That's non-trivial, and probably not in the plan.

It's not just a case of cutting up a world feed in London.
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Government White Paper on the BBC

This new talent pay initiative does make it very easy for ITV, C4 and Sky to poach talent though - gives them a very clear baseline to base bids on...
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Government White Paper on the BBC

Inspector Sands posted:
flaziola posted:
Just seen a report on the One. In relation to disclosure of wages couldn't the talent just be paid by separate companies and the BBC just buy the programme.
For example, all BBC news anchors employed by BBC Global, BBC World News operator, and the corporation simply buys the bulletins from BBC Global.

That presumably is the case with someone like Graham Norton. His show is made by So Productions, so I would assume they pay him for that, not the BBC


That would depend on the talent deal specifics I suspect. Could be that Graham is contracted separately to the production of the show (and includes other shows like his Radio 2 and Eurovision commitments)
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Crimewatch with Jeremy Vine and Tina Daheley

Steve in Pudsey posted:
So the BBC is one again closing studio facilities that are actually needed? Great move.


Don't think Llandaff was exactly running at 100% utilisation - particularly since I believe they moved production of Pobl to their drama centre (which has lots of sound stages used by shows like Doctor Who.) One series of Only Connect was also shot at the drama sound stage site - presumably using an OB truck...

I guess the major issue is that the obvious cost saving you can make for lower utilisation studios is to not equip them with galleries, and design them with connectivity to an OB truck, so you can only hire the 'control room' (i.e. OB truck) when you need it.

However the actual major cost is the actual space the studio occupies - which costs the same whether it is in use or not - and TV studios don't offer the same return on investment as accommodation etc.

The reality is that studios increasingly need to be built in cheaper locations - not major cities with high land costs.
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BBC loses Great British Bake Off

HenryL96 posted:
I have watched a number of edited down repeated on The Good Food network and it's shocking to see how much is cut to make room for adverts. It'll be around 16 minutes. While I realise he current show- and repeats- are produced for the hour, the cut shows are too uncomfortable and the focus is completely on the judging not baking time. I'll be interested to see what C4 do... but it's destined to be the next come dine with me...


I assume they'll drop the 'history' films which will save them a couple of minutes. Who knows they - they may make it a 75 or 90 minute slot so that it breathes in the same way. (Though not sure that sits with the announcement)
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BBC loses Great British Bake Off

Mouseboy33 posted:
I wonder if LOVE Prod shot themselves in the foot. This move was handled so badly and kinda PR disaster for such a high profile international show. How can you announce a major move without securing the talent that presents the programme?


Quite easily. High profile talent deals are normally done at a channel level in the UK, not an indie or production dept level. Talent fees will depend on the channel - not the show. The production deal for the show was no doubt completed VERY quickly (in hours not days) once talks with the BBC broke down - leaving no time for the channel to even start talent deals.

This is quite an unusual situation...
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Diminishing BBC

Mike.Anderton posted:
l suppose after the cutbacks by BBC , taking BBC 3 off and putting it online, getting rid of the voice and the latest with the great British bake off, it would be fair to assume that the BBC will now take a cut in licence fee's?


Err - they have. They now fund the BBC World Service, S4C, funded the local TV backbone and subsidised Local TV and funded Licences for older viewers, and also funded rural broadband and digital switchover subsidies etc.

That equates to a major cut in BBC income... Couple that with the last few years of a frozen licence fee when talent and broadcast inflation has been higher than average inflation, and you can see that the BBC have had quite a major cut.

That's why they gave back F1 and Open Golf rights early, and are not paying over-the-odds for formats.