I've just seen a BBC News thread in the main TV Home forum section [perhaps it should be moved over to the Newsroom?], which stated that there was some sort of fault at 2130.
I've just seen a BBC News thread in the main TV Home forum section [perhaps it should be moved over to the Newsroom?], which stated that there was some sort of fault at 2130.
Presumably there was a problem with cutting straight from the weather into the Shipman programme. If there wasn't, and the director chose to return to the news summary despite having it read over a picture of Ed Mililand, then I think that was a very poor decision.
The presenters rightly sounded very concerned that viewers may connect the stories being read to the picture on the screen, which meant they had to remind viewers of the technical problem after every story . . . which just prolonged the agony even further.
Not the best 10 minutes for the channel but, hey, these things happen I suppose . . .
Does anyone have any idea as to when Zeinab Badawi;s interview with Gordon Brown is going to be played out in full, extracts seem to be being 'force leaked' every 12 hours or so?
Does anyone have any idea as to when Zeinab Badawi;s interview with Gordon Brown is going to be played out in full, extracts seem to be being 'force leaked' every 12 hours or so?
With hindsight it would have perhaps been better to get Peter Gibbs to walk out of shot and leave that end board from the weather up, if that were practical in the confines of the weather studio.
I imagine that when the vision mixer failed they were able to emergency cut between the playout server and weather studio. Perhaps they need to have a source available on emergency cut with a generic BBC News slide?
Thanks for that. I always try to reflect on whole long form interviews rather than selected extracts. Will watch either live or off the iPlayer later tonight.
Thanks for that. I always try to reflect on whole long form interviews rather than selected extracts.
Yes, and even the extracts they are showing on the News Channel are really badly treated:
Given the choice of pictures v. graphics, graphics win again. Is no-one in the gallery even watching these days? This 'covered-up face' output is poor. Can't the ugly boxes be taken down for just a couple of minutes so the actual pictures can be seen?
With hindsight it would have perhaps been better to get Peter Gibbs to walk out of shot and leave that end board from the weather up, if that were practical in the confines of the weather studio.
I imagine that when the vision mixer failed they were able to emergency cut between the playout server and weather studio. Perhaps they need to have a source available on emergency cut with a generic BBC News slide?
Would they have done the BBC One Simulcast from N9, if things hadn't been fixed in time?
There is a clip on You Tube somewhere where 'in the old days' they couldn't bring you the late BBC News, read over a menu caption(post 1985), due to a problem in the studio & the news was transmitted later.
I've just seen a BBC News thread in the main TV Home forum section [perhaps it should be moved over to the Newsroom?], which stated that there was some sort of fault at 2130.
Presumably there was a problem with cutting straight from the weather into the Shipman programme. If there wasn't, and the director chose to return to the news summary despite having it read over a picture of Ed Mililand, then I think that was a very poor decision.
It would've made the next programme start and finish early. They're meant to have a few minutes spare to run through the headlines.
I've just seen a BBC News thread in the main TV Home forum section [perhaps it should be moved over to the Newsroom?], which stated that there was some sort of fault at 2130.
Presumably there was a problem with cutting straight from the weather into the Shipman programme. If there wasn't, and the director chose to return to the news summary despite having it read over a picture of Ed Mililand, then I think that was a very poor decision.
It would've made the next programme start and finish early. They're meant to have a few minutes spare to run through the headlines.
. . . but would have given them a bit of time to fix the problem, even if they had to fill for a few minutes between the end of the Shipman programme and the weather.
