Points West broadband streaming

I note Points West is doing a catch-up service on their website. I believe they were the last region to do so. It's also in broadband.

See www.bbc.co.uk/pointwest

The links are to the right of the page.

It's actually www.bbc.co.uk/pointswest

Goodness me.

Now I know why I watch Spotlight instead.

I see they're still reading out press releases as if they're the absolute truth and never bothering to question so much as one tiny detail.

Somebody told me it had improved since the "terrible twosome" were no longer editing, but, sadly, that doesn't appear to be the case.

And I never thought much of "the doily" as a presenter, but this new, and even dumber blonde, is even worse.

I think I'll stick with Plymouth. Even this week, with the "B team" on duty, it's streets ahead of the Bristol fiasco.

What is it about Bristol and news, I wonder? Neither side seem capable of a decent programme in my view.

Whoops, finger trouble, thanks for spotting the mistake.

Certainly not the last region to do so as the North West still haven't got any kind of online streaming, let alone a decent website for NW Today / Tonight.

Why can't all the regions have broadband streaming? the video is sent back to London after all for Sky.

Maybe they will if iPlayer is approved?

on this subject. is it just me or have the BBC's streaming servers been apauling of late? I'm having terrible trouble with them

All regions don't have broadband streaming as it is more than just telling it to encode, it's actually quite a complex task. Not only that, the resources are being put into the iPlayer work which is why all regions aren't available as a "Watch Wales Today" etc on each regions homepage.

I think the iPlayer content is being encoded in London, though, so it's no extra strain on the regions. Encoding is, yes, complex but surely achievable via the command line functions of Real/Helix Producer.

I would have thought the BBC would have enough Real/Helix servers to encode all the regions at the same time and upload them. There's always a discalimer on the news console saying "there's stuff either side so the automatic recorder don't miss it "

Indeed. But the Points West programmes appear to be very well timed, don't you think?