BBC Wales Today

I can't find any threads for Wales Today but I'm sure I've seen one before. Please move if there is a more suitable place.

Anyway just wanted to share this clip from tonight's news - a drunk cameraman, a broken tripod or foul play? If you turn the sound up you can hear kids in the background (but they don't sound that close). Matthew kept going, no problem..

http://www.rhwyd.org/tvforum/wt-camera-06-08-22.jpg
video in mp4 format (5MB)

Ooer.

Looked as if the ball slipped rather than the whole tripod. The bigger tripods have a ball that can be moved so the camera can be leveled, I'd guess thats what slipped. On a slight tangent, I note your clip is propper widescreen.

I've only just noticed that South Today is 14:9 not 16:9, are the other nations/regions the same?

AFAIK, the only 14:9 regions left are Look North Newscastle, Points West, Spolight and South Today.

To be honest, I didn't actually realized South Today was 14:9 untill today.. Evidentally my TV crops more than I realized.

I would have thought most of the regions in the south would have gone full 16:9. North West Today went 16:9 a months ago.

Dont know if this has been mentioned anywhere, but the BBC Wales Political Editor has changed - David Williams has made way for Betsan Powis (spell) who famously had zero viewers when she presented the pre-Dragons eye era of BBC Wales Political Programmes. Bad Choice.

I guess it just depends on the BBC Region really, as many have moved to brand spanking new facilities in recent years so 16:9 comes standard, but there are some like North West who have recieved an upgrade anyway, but NW had really outdated equipment prior to it's upgrade, it often looked embarassing on screen.

[/QUOTE] Dont know if this has been mentioned anywhere, but the BBC Wales Political Editor has changed - David Williams has made way for Betsan Powis (spell) who famously had zero viewers when she presented the pre-Dragons eye era of BBC Wales Political Programmes. Bad Choice.

The presenter you mention there wasn't Betsan Powys it was Bethan Rhys Roberts. Betsan Powys is a former Panorama reporter

As far as I remember Betsan Powys WAS the main presenter of 'The Point'

It seems that BBC Wales didnt want us to see the 'girl fight' clip that was taken off YouTube earlier. Instead they just showed a couple of frozen images but then went on to show a fight between two lads from a Welsh school.

ITV Wales did show the clip with the faces blurred out.

I wonder why the BBC refused to show the girls fighting but deemed it acceptable to show a clip of lads fighting?

PS Derek has got some serious competition!

AIUI Manchester is the first of the BBC regions that HAVEN'T moved to be upgraded to 16:9, with Cambridge being the second. (Nottingham doesn't really count as it was 4:3 digital from when it relocated - so didn't need as much work to go 16:9 aas the 4:3 analogue regions)

AIUI Oxford has 16:9 facilities, but can't or won't switch until Southampton does.

Bristol, Southampton, Plymouth, Jersey and Newcastle are still 4:3 (and thus 14:9 pillarbox on digital) - and I guess Bristol, Southampton and Newcastle will upgrade on-site. There was some discussion about Plymouth moving - so maybe they are holding off until they move? Not sure about Jersey.

Norwich, Birmingham, Tunbridge Wells, London, Hull and Leeds all moved buildings, or launched, when 16:9 was the standard.