RN
Exactly - George Bush never appeared in the countdown.
Maybe once the BBC have conducted a face to face interview with President Trump? There's no law to say they have to display a image of the President of US on the BBC Countdown! Things don't have to be replaced like for like- it's merely a countdown showing some of the things BBC news reflect on
Exactly - George Bush never appeared in the countdown.
MA
Exactly - George Bush never appeared in the countdown.
And thankfully, he never started one.
Exactly - George Bush never appeared in the countdown.
And thankfully, he never started one.
SP
Does BBC News have any footage that they can use outside of the context of news reporting? Much of they will have is agency and pool feeds rather than stuff to which the BBC owns the copyright.
NE
I think Christian will end up becoming a main presenter on network bulletins in years to come.
Christian Fraser is a superb presenter - I think he's going to go on to much bigger things in the future.
I think Christian will end up becoming a main presenter on network bulletins in years to come.
LL
London Lite
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I caught a bit of 100 Days earlier. The chemistry between Christian and Katty is excellent and I'd prefer this format to continue instead of WNT in the BBC4 1900 slot.
RK
The DTL studio lighting has always looked like crap. I'm honestly surprised they didn't update it when they launched the afternoon Biz Live.
As to the background monitor going out I would guess that the recorded loop ended. I'm surprised they couldn't use a live shot - I think they have a camera looking against a Live window backdrop.
The lighting is having problems with Katty Kay in New York City on 100 Days on BBC News HD.
The DTL studio lighting has always looked like crap. I'm honestly surprised they didn't update it when they launched the afternoon Biz Live.
As to the background monitor going out I would guess that the recorded loop ended. I'm surprised they couldn't use a live shot - I think they have a camera looking against a Live window backdrop.
NG
The DTL studio lighting has always looked like crap. I'm honestly surprised they didn't update it when they launched the afternoon Biz Live.
As to the background monitor going out I would guess that the recorded loop ended. I'm surprised they couldn't use a live shot - I think they have a camera looking against a Live window backdrop.
The NY DTL studio backdrop used to be a downconversion of an HD camera on the roof of the building.
That HD camera was installed in the mid-00s, long before any other HD gear had been installed, to allow a high quality NY skyline to be projected into a screen in the (quite short-lived) World Business Report multicamera studio in NY (which was otherwise 4:3 SD)
The projector was often only partially seen in close-ups, and would have looked very low-quality if fed SD. (I believe there was a D-VHS machine with a backup available. This pre-dated Blu-ray - at least ouside of Japan...)
noggin
Founding member
The lighting is having problems with Katty Kay in New York City on 100 Days on BBC News HD.
The DTL studio lighting has always looked like crap. I'm honestly surprised they didn't update it when they launched the afternoon Biz Live.
As to the background monitor going out I would guess that the recorded loop ended. I'm surprised they couldn't use a live shot - I think they have a camera looking against a Live window backdrop.
The NY DTL studio backdrop used to be a downconversion of an HD camera on the roof of the building.
That HD camera was installed in the mid-00s, long before any other HD gear had been installed, to allow a high quality NY skyline to be projected into a screen in the (quite short-lived) World Business Report multicamera studio in NY (which was otherwise 4:3 SD)
The projector was often only partially seen in close-ups, and would have looked very low-quality if fed SD. (I believe there was a D-VHS machine with a backup available. This pre-dated Blu-ray - at least ouside of Japan...)
SW
Looked more like that was because they were in the spare studio for maintenance or whatnot in the usual one.
Not sure where else to post this but there was a new backdrop on BBC London News in the tea time bulletin this afternoon - it shows the Millennium Bridge and Tate Modern.
It seemed to be a static daytime image so nothing to get too excited about.
It seemed to be a static daytime image so nothing to get too excited about.
Looked more like that was because they were in the spare studio for maintenance or whatnot in the usual one.