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(April 2008)

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Steve in Pudsey
DrewF posted:
Steve in Pudsey posted:
chris_rgu posted:
10.57 news update came from TC7 this morning.


Are they still doing the daytime summaries in TC7 or are they back to the clip studio?


Back to the clip studio


Ta, that's that theory shot down in flames! I was wondering if they were using TC7 because the Daily Politics was going to relaunch in TC7 rather than Millbank (as the Sunday version will come from TC7) and they were able to staff it for the bulletins.
FN
FromtheNorth
Look out for a special local opt at 1815 in the Six O'clock news. Local reports on the economy from your region
ST
Stuart
FromtheNorth posted:
Look out for a special local opt at 1815 in the Six O'clock news. Local reports on the economy from your region

Would this be a first then: to actually have an opted-out regional report in the middle of a main news programme other than on one of the 'specials' for elections etc?
CH
chris_rgu
Stuart posted:
FromtheNorth posted:
Look out for a special local opt at 1815 in the Six O'clock news. Local reports on the economy from your region

Would this be a first then: to actually have an opted-out regional report in the middle of a main news programme other than on one of the 'specials' for elections etc?


No, they did an economy opt out a couple of years ago.
WE
Westy2
Lets see who is awake in the regions at 1815 then!
DA
David
FromtheNorth posted:
Look out for a special local opt at 1815 in the Six O'clock news. Local reports on the economy from your region


What are BBC One HD doing?
WA
watchingtv
David posted:
FromtheNorth posted:
Look out for a special local opt at 1815 in the Six O'clock news. Local reports on the economy from your region


What are BBC One HD doing?


Business news

EDIT: any sleepy regions?

George not very good at ad lib like Fiona
Last edited by watchingtv on 13 December 2011 6:25pm

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itsrobert Founding member
I've posted this in the YouTube Gold thread in Media Websites, but it might actually get a wider viewership here. It's a very interesting video about how the BBC News virtual studio was created in the 1990s:



I know noggin has explained it to us several times over the years, but it's good to see it all happening for real. Those robotic cameras were very clever indeed. And I bet changing those 7 panels over several times a day was a real PITA for the crew.
PC
Philip Cobbold
Wow I've been looking for that for ages.
IT
itsrobert Founding member
Philip Cobbold posted:
Wow I've been looking for that for ages.


Me too, Philip. I've never seen it before but I've heard people mention it from time to time. It was well worth the wait! Some of the YouTubers commenting on the video have suggested that the owner send off a copy to TV Ark on DVD. I certainly hope that happens so it can be preserved for posterity.
MS
Mr-Stabby
Great video. Do modern virtual sets like the ITV News one use all robotic cameras?
PC
Philip Cobbold
It would be nice to see some more from How Do They Do That as well. I seem to remember they used to do a big action stunt sequence from time to time, and I'm sure there was one that involved someone hanging off the slanted BBC logo sign on the side of TV Centre.

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