The Newsroom

Coverage of Russian Siege

(September 2004)

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JO
Johnnie
Julian Manyon is now inside the School
LO
Londoner
Dramatic stuff with Julian Manyon at the moment.
JH
Jonathan H
James Hatts posted:
Dramatic stuff with Julian Manyon at the moment.


Indeed. A live phono with a correspondent in the middle of a firefight. Utterly compelling television.
OH
ohwhatanight Founding member
Maybe I was a bit hasty earlier with my moan at ITV's coverage. This Julian Manyon material is as good, if not better than SKY's Rachel. Its just a shame that it's taken them so long to get this material!
JH
Jonathan H
ohwhatanight posted:
Maybe I was a bit hasty earlier with my moan at ITV's coverage. This Julian Manyon material is as good, if not better than SKY's Rachel. Its just a shame that it's taken them so long to get this material!


The pictures from Julian Mannion sound like they'll be pretty amazing once they can get them back to London.
KA
Kacas
will they be send digitally via laptop or something??
or do they have to have a video tape sent back to london
CA
cat
ohwhatanight posted:
Maybe I was a bit hasty earlier with my moan at ITV's coverage. This Julian Manyon material is as good, if not better than SKY's Rachel. Its just a shame that it's taken them so long to get this material!


Have to say, having listened to them both in full, that I would disagree.

Rachel Amatt was in there almost an hour and a half ahead of Julian Manyon, when the situation was at its height - school on fire, people breaking into the gym, firefight, explosion, hostage-taker being killed in front of her... Manyon got there when the area sounded reasonably secured because he was talking about all of the other people around him.

Also doesn't help that Julian Manyon is a pompous arse who gives himself a heart attack at the first sign of excitement - witness his coverage of Iraq.
JA
japitts
BBC1 carrying Neighbours?! I never thought I'd see the day where the only terrestrial coverage of a major world story is on ITV. Granted News 24 is still rolling (and presumably simulcasting with World), but even so.....
JH
Jonathan H
Kacas posted:
will they be send digitally via laptop or something??
or do they have to have a video tape sent back to london


No, the actual tape won't get sent back. They'll probably be sent via a local inject point, or there may well be some sort of pool agreement between broadcasters for an on the scene or local uplink.
KA
Kacas
good good, lets get it screened soon then
OH
ohwhatanight Founding member
japitts posted:
BBC1 carrying Neighbours?! I never thought I'd see the day where the only terrestrial coverage of a major world story is on ITV. Granted News 24 is still rolling (and presumably simulcasting with World), but even so.....


Well I didnt really want to break that news on here - but it is remarkable that they are.........
LO
Londoner
ITV now reporting many, many dead bodies in the gym - ITN's cameraman has been inside

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