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Westy2
itsrobert posted:
Westy2 posted:
the eye posted:
Westy2 posted:
Couple of annoying things.

Why on the TOTH simulcasts, do you get the titles twice on the news channel, once for them, then again for BBC1 viewers?

Why put that Alastair geezer in N6 for an hour at midnight, then at 1am, move him to what's left of N8?

If World haven't moved in yet, why can't he do his entire shift from N8 at midnight instead?

If World will be controlling the overnight simulcasts (I gather!) eventually, why don't the News Channel amend their shift pattern to reflect this?

(Noticed this yesterday/last night by the way!)


Last TOTH of the night from BBCW is midnight. Where would Al go at 12am for NC?


N6, as mentioned above!


The overnights are currently coming from N 9 . N8 is News 24's old home which is currently out of action.

The overnights can't come from N6 all the time because running a proper studio is more expensive than running a newsroom set. Noggin said a few pages back that there are additional health and safety requirements for a studio which would need more staff. Considering they're trying to cut costs, I can't see that happening. Also, a period of downtime overnight in N6 provides an opportunity for maintenance.

NC and World can't merge at midnight because World News America is on at that time on BBC World and BBC America. 1am is the earliest the two channels can merge, hence why it is done that way. The only way they could merge at midnight every night is if NC takes the whole hour of WNA.

Once N8 is ready for BBC World, the overnights will come from there.


Forgive me, the studio(the same one used at 930pm while the Ten is prepared) looks the same.

But on the occasions I've seen output from the World studio, it seems darker than the old N24 studio, so I was under the impression that they'd moved into a 'stripped down' version of N8, moving a desk, chairs & screen into the one corner, thus when N8 wasn't being used as 'back up' to N6!

I'm Confused
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Link
itsrobert posted:
NC and World can't merge at midnight because World News America is on at that time on BBC World and BBC America. 1am is the earliest the two channels can merge, hence why it is done that way. The only way they could merge at midnight every night is if NC takes the whole hour of WNA.

Slight OT but I wish NC would take the whole hour of WNA, it really annoys me that they butcher it so much (and so badly). It's a really good show too, so I don't understand why they do it....it seems really pointless, unless there's a genuine reason (?)
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gregmc
Is it me or have they slowed down the last few seconds of the titles. Heres a video from tonight's Ten:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-opSItzn1I
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Phen
Its too difficult to tell from that video - you only have the last 2 seconds of the titles Confused but they certainly haven't changed the News Channel titles anyway, whatever about the Ten.
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bakamann
i wonder if BBCW will look like that awful NC box, because if they do...
they may still use the N9 for Overnight, since they need to rest the newswall.
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m_in_m
N9 is being mothballed, it won't therefore be available for day to day usage.
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r2ro
theBlockerPH posted:
...since they need to rest the newswall.


It's been mentioned previously that the screens in N6 are, and always have been, on for 24 hours a day as it is so resting the newswall isn't a problem.

IIRC the reason for the overnight simulcast coming from N8, when the rebrand has finished, is because that requires left staff to operate than N6.
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harshy Founding member
m_in_m posted:
N9 is being mothballed, it won't therefore be available for day to day usage.


so what does this mean, they keep everything where it is, but just not use it, will they get rid of the cameras, plasmas and get desks in its place?
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benjy
The image being used for "Headlines from BBC News" on the Video/Audio page of the website appears to still using 9 year old branding, somehow!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40116000/gif/_40116162_news_6649.gif
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Joe
r2ro posted:
theBlockerPH posted:
...since they need to rest the newswall.

It's been mentioned previously that the screens in N6 are, and always have been, on for 24 hours a day as it is so resting the newswall isn't a problem.

Wasn't it said on here that that wasn't the case anymore? However, the point is they were, at leastat some point, left on all the time, so they do not need to rest it.
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Pete Founding member
Jugalug posted:
Wasn't it said on here that that wasn't the case anymore?


Was it? I was under the impression last time they turned them off they had so much trouble getting them all back on again correctly they decided to just leave them on all the time.
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Davidjb Founding member
Jugalug posted:
r2ro posted:
theBlockerPH posted:
...since they need to rest the newswall.

It's been mentioned previously that the screens in N6 are, and always have been, on for 24 hours a day as it is so resting the newswall isn't a problem.

Wasn't it said on here that that wasn't the case anymore? However, the point is they were, at leastat some point, left on all the time, so they do not need to rest it.


ISTR that originally they were left on all the time because they could behave very eratically when turned on and took time to settle down. I think they have all been tinkered with since so that they can be turned on or off as desired.

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