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Election Night 2010

(May 2010)

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SP
Steve in Pudsey
Inspector Sands posted:

London doesn't have a network feed to opt into like the other regions but it's not an issue to send the network or studio out up a line to BH so they can put graphics on


You say it's not an issue, but presumably making sure the round trip via BH isn't delayed with respect to TC1 > Pres > Crystal Palace is quite important, otherwise it will jump when they opt?
IS
Inspector Sands
Steve in Pudsey posted:
You say it's not an issue, but presumably making sure the round trip via BH isn't delayed with respect to TC1 > Pres > Crystal Palace is quite important, otherwise it will jump when they opt?


Possibly, although would there be that much of a delay?
Studio => Red Bee => TV Centre =>TX
Studio => BH => TV Centre => TX
The only real difference is the extra mile or 3 between TVC and BH which is nothing
DE
derek500
Can someone in the know explain why the HD picture quality varied so much in the BBC's Election 2010 coverage from TC1?

The ground floor pictures were the usual poor TC1 HD quality, really grainy, especially on dark clothing, yet the stuff from the balcony where Paxman was, was excellent.
NG
noggin Founding member
Inspector Sands posted:
Steve in Pudsey posted:
You say it's not an issue, but presumably making sure the round trip via BH isn't delayed with respect to TC1 > Pres > Crystal Palace is quite important, otherwise it will jump when they opt?


Possibly, although would there be that much of a delay?
Studio => Red Bee => TV Centre =>TX
Studio => BH => TV Centre => TX
The only real difference is the extra mile or 3 between TVC and BH which is nothing


That depends on the opt-chain and distribution systems doesn't it? If the opt-switch is fed via a decoded MPEG2 feed, and the feed of studio to BH is fed uncompressed, then you will have a 12+ frame delay between the TVC studio output on the back-end of the opt switch and the TVC studio feed from BH on the other side of the opt-switch won't you?

Distance isn't a major delay issue with routing (1 frame = 40ms which is quite a long distance at the speed of light) - but any temporal compression can cause a much longer delay due to the requirement to buffer at encode and decode to generate B- and P- frames.
MA
mansoor
David Dimbleby will present another election special on BBC One at 8.30pm this evening.
MA
madmusician
Charlie Brooker on his experiences of live election broadcasting: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/may/10/charlie-brooker-live-tv-election
NE
newsatten
Brown's resigned - imagine lots of coverage tonight I expect!
MA
Magoo
sstripling posted:
Brown's resigned - imagine lots of coverage tonight I expect!

He says he will resign by autumn. Subtle but crucial difference, I think.
RT
rts Founding member
Newsflash on Channel 4 in a minute or two
NE
newsatten
Quick newsflash on ITV.
Magoo posted:
sstripling posted:
Brown's resigned - imagine lots of coverage tonight I expect!

He says he will resign by autumn. Subtle but crucial difference, I think.


Yeah but it's still a big annoucement - I'm sure there'll be some schedule changes

Just now. BBC News special ON BBC1
MA
Magoo
sstripling posted:
Quick newsflash on ITV.
Magoo posted:
sstripling posted:
Brown's resigned - imagine lots of coverage tonight I expect!

He says he will resign by autumn. Subtle but crucial difference, I think.

Yeah but it's still a big annoucement.

Oh I agree totally. Sorry, should have phrased it better. Just to say that we probably wouldn’t have rolling coverage breaking in at this stage.
IS
Inspector Sands
Magoo posted:
sstripling posted:
Brown's resigned - imagine lots of coverage tonight I expect!

He says he will resign by autumn. Subtle but crucial difference, I think.

Yes, he's Prime Minister until either he's replaced after a leadership election or until the Conservatives form a government - minority or coalition

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