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New Sky channels: Crime, Comedy, Documentaries, Nature

valley posted:
Are Sky Nature and Sky Documentaries both broadcasting in 2160p?


Wasn't the announcement that their 2160p content would be available on-demand?

I don't think there was a suggestion that they would run SD, HD and UHD broadcast channels (or use their small number of UHD ad-hoc streams to overlay the HD channel with UHD content when the source was UHD - as per Sky Sports UHD?)

Checking on kingofsat there are only SD and HD channels listed on 28.2E for Sky Nature?
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International Sports Coverage

harshy posted:

SkyQ uk boxes sadly cant handle HLG HDR. Sad


As of today they can. (But not the V1 Sky Q boxes)
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Eurovision 2021 - Netherlands - NPO/AVROTROS/NOS

TVArchive posted:
JamesLaverty1925 posted:
2019: Netherlands- 12/26
2018: Israel- 22/26
2017: Portugal- 11/26
2016: Ukraine- 21/26
2015: Sweden- 10/27
2014: Austria- 11/26

So in the past 6 years 4 winners have been from the first half?


And in the last 20 years nobody has won from positions 1-9 other than Turkey in 2003 (which was a year with a reverse recap).

That suggests 'late switch on' is an issue ?
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Eurovision 2021 - Netherlands - NPO/AVROTROS/NOS

The reverse recap was to also help address the earlier songs not being seen as widely - as audiences ramp up during the show. By showing the recap in reverse order you benefit the songs that come later in the recap (and were earlier in the show and seen by fewer)
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BBC Four to become archive channel (p15)

JetixFann450 posted:
To be fair though, the lack of communication did lead viewers into thinking that BBC Three would end up becoming a "streaming linear channel" in a sense and similarity of other streaming channels/services like Pluto TV. No one thought it meant they were trying to just put programmes on a "section" in iPlayer.


I don't know anyone who thought that. It was pretty clear that the move online was a move to VOD, as. they discussed the savings in closing the linear channel operation as part of the announcement. (Those savings were in playout, not distribution - as the CBBC issue meant that there were effectively little-to-no distribution savings)
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Eurovision 2021 - Netherlands - NPO/AVROTROS/NOS

Flux posted:
dvboy posted:
Their dress rehearsal performance wasn't much better. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8kLJ-kMDrQ


They’re at least in the right key there, just slightly pitchy. It’s not the cleanest track pitch-wise, but if you compare it to the recorded song she comes in a good semi tone higher than she should in the actual performance and they all (backing singers inckuded) never come back to the backing track’s key. They’re not just singing some bum notes - they’re actually singing the whole song in the wrong key, so there’s a constant clash. It’s painful.

At the time I remember the claims we didn’t get any points due to politics, but you can’t exoect anyone to vote for a song performed *that* badly.


They also repeatedly blamed 'the monitors' (i.e. the foldback wedges - or in-ears if they had them - which I don't think they did)
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BBC Four to become archive channel (p15)

Steve in Pudsey posted:
For most channels, absolutely. For a channel that has only existed on iPlayer for the last 4 years, are those issues really barriers?


Yes - I think they are. One of the barriers to BBC Three has that it's effectively been behind an IP paywall on top of the licence fee. Not everyone has unlimited data or connected TVs. A chunk of the audience they've lost may well have mobile phones and a basic telly, but no broadband or OTT option.

As for it being unreactive - I think there will be an expectation that it can react to a lesser or greater extent as much as BBC Four - particularly during major obit situations (you can imagine the headlines otherwise...).

I also would expect BBC Three to become a home for Glastonbury output again were it to reappear as a linear channel - I wouldn't expect it to be a jukebox.
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Good Morning Britain in 2020

Steve in Pudsey posted:
If they are looking within the existing ITV Daytime pool of talent you would have to say Eamonn Holmes is the obvious option for a Piers style role.


After his recent 5G comments? Not sure that's a great idea...

Quote:

If they are broadening the net and bringing somebody in... Jeremy Paxman could well be available?


They would need to open the cheque book I suspect.
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BBC Four to become archive channel (p15)

Stuart posted:
I wonder whether BBC Four could change to starting at 9pm, which better suits its genres, leaving space for BBC Three to have the 7pm start?


That would make some sense - though the issue BBC Three had when it was a linear channel previously was that it commissioned comparatively little pre-watershed friendly content, which made the 1900-2100 bit of the schedule quite tricky.

Most of the recent BBC Three 'hits' have been post-watershed shows, and if they are on a reduced budget still, commissioning stuff that's less 'Three' to fill a schedule may not be sensible?

In comparison, BBC Four has far more pre-watershed content - so it may make sense for BBC Three to run in the CBBC capacity 2100-onwards, and BBC Four to stay sharing with CBeebies and start at 1900?
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TV Breakdown Appreciation Thread

Markymark posted:
valley posted:
I know that CBS use Evertz ATP gateways at the DC facility, one of those could have failed in theory.


In theory yes. It's not really 'cricket' to publicly name individual manufacturers for high profile failures, particularly making mention of them in the preface to a You Tube clip, and particularly if posted using your real name! In my experience, there is often no single cause, and/or the problem is excasabated by facility staff not fully understanding how to implement a work around. The broadcast engineering community is a small one, and there's awful lot of flow of staff and contractors between companies. Don't 'dis' others products or work, you might find yourself working for them or with them one day.


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There are exceptions to this - for instance if it's known that equipment suffers frequent failures because of a design fault (say power suppliers overheating and failing regularly) then that is likely to be discussed in the open.

However single, one-off failures, that are not necessarily attributable to a single, specific, hardware or software failure, but instead result from a configuration or installation or interoperation or operation error are seldom a reason for professionals to 'name and shame' - though in private they may share the experience to assist the wider industry in stopping it happening to others. Or they may not.
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The BBC World News Thread

Yes - I doubt it's jamming. It's far more likely to be a rebroadcast that has been interrupted in the video domain

Look to me like they receive BBC World News, decode it, delay it a little bit to give them warning of something they need to blank, they then cut to black when that happens, and then cut back when the report they want to censor is over. The resulting censored feed is then rebroadcast to Chinese viewers?
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TV Breakdown Appreciation Thread

Technologist posted:
But DTT did not have Teletext ever .... and DSAT in the nations did not have Teletext on it ever.... and as PQ was completed after Central Code and mux there was no “extra kit” required
So I’m mystified !


Aren't DSat subtitles implemented using WST subtitles (for Sky boxes) as well as DVB subtitles (for Freesat boxes)?