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BBC Persian

(December 2008)

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seamus
I would think that they would have saved that space for Breakfast, in the future?
BH
Bvsh Hovse
josh205 posted:
I think it may be the real window. If you look at the picture of BH, the second window down from the top has the same style windows as in the Persian set.


It's real.

josh205 posted:
I do like the studio though, it seems as if they have two seperate studios like BBC Arabic. One main one with the desk, newswall and another which has the gallery in the background.


The desk near enough faces the back of the gallery, so the cameras can swing round 180 degrees to give the gallery as a backdrop. The second presentation area is at the far end of the newsroom, where there is a wall of Barco monitors. Neither are fully enclosed studio spaces like Arabic.
AC
aconnell
Bvsh Hovse, is there anything more we should know about BBC Persian, seeing as though it is out in the open now?
BH
Bvsh Hovse
Inspector Sands posted:
theBlockerPH posted:
i guess it will also be available on Livestation, just like BBC Arabic...


BBC Arabic's not available in the EU unfortunately so I doubt we'll get Persian either

I wasn't aware Arabic was on Livestation, they must be taking it 'off air' as I'm not aware of any livestation encoders at Bush House.

Persian is available on Hotbird 13e across Europe and will be streamed from bbcpersian.com. Many of the documentary programmes do not have international streaming rights though, so not every programme on the schedule will be available online.
SN
snarfu
Studio may look good but who puts carpet on the floor where there are cameras on peds?

Anyway things are looking good for the launch next week.
BH
Bvsh Hovse
aconnell posted:
Bvsh Hovse, is there anything more we should know about BBC Persian, seeing as though it is out in the open now?


Don't think there are any surprises left, but then I've been looking at it for months now. I'll post the exact start time once it's confirmed.
BH
Bvsh Hovse
snarfu posted:
Studio may look good but who puts carpet on the floor where there are cameras on peds?

All the Bush House TV studios have carpet I think, and it doesn't cause any problems. News programming doesn't really call for lots of dramatic crab/ped moves - and it help the acoustics when your studio is built in a small space.
HA
harshy Founding member
Inspector Sands posted:
theBlockerPH posted:
i guess it will also be available on Livestation, just like BBC Arabic...


BBC Arabic's not available in the EU unfortunately so I doubt we'll get Persian either


its on 13e and 15w, 13e is a european satellite.
IS
Inspector Sands
harshy posted:
Inspector Sands posted:
theBlockerPH posted:
i guess it will also be available on Livestation, just like BBC Arabic...


BBC Arabic's not available in the EU unfortunately so I doubt we'll get Persian either


its on 13e and 15w, 13e is a european satellite.


I meant on Livestation
PE
Pete Founding member
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1109502/15m-year-Iran-BBC-channel-doesnt-want.html

Quote:
The BBC is to spend £15million a year of taxpayers' money on a TV channel aimed at Iranians.

The corporation launches Persian TV next Wednesday, hoping it will compete with tightly-controlled state media in the Islamic republic.

But the broadcaster has already come under fire for wasting public money on the channel, which will be largely inaccessible to British TV viewers.


blah blah blah
JO
Joe
But surely it isn't the BBC's choice?

Oh, I just noticed it was in the Mail when I pressed back - not sure why I'm even going to post it.
ST
Stuart
Hymagumba posted:
blah blah blah

A well constructed point, Hyma.

£15m may not be an enormous amount of money in the grand scheme public expenditure, but it does raise the question as to why the UK government feel the need to provide a TV service for Iran in the first place. It obviously hasn't been welcomed.

I don't see the Iranians rushing to provide a TV channel for us, maybe because they don't see the requirement.

Perhaps if we didn't go around needlessly irritating foreign governments in this way then their more extremist citizens wouldn't be quite so tempted to visit here to practice their knowledge of explosives.

Providing commercial services through BBC Worldwide which showcase BBC programmes is an entirely different concept to that employed by the FCO in producing an 'alternative news service' specifically aimed at the citizens of a foreign country, especially one with which we are not on the best of terms most of the time.

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