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You'd be one of the first to complain about the waste of money if the BBC had helicopters equipped to broadcast live based in every corner of the UK.
I don't know how long you think it takes to get hold of a helicopter, get a cameraman on board, take the pics, get them back, and put them on air, but I don't think an hour and a half from the first reports is too bad.
c@t posted:
Curious that they are taking audio coverage from Five Live.
Not sure whose helicopter it is, or if the Beeb have rented it out, or something. Quite good pictures, though; just a shame they came two hours after the reports broke, and that they aren't live.
Not sure whose helicopter it is, or if the Beeb have rented it out, or something. Quite good pictures, though; just a shame they came two hours after the reports broke, and that they aren't live.
You'd be one of the first to complain about the waste of money if the BBC had helicopters equipped to broadcast live based in every corner of the UK.
I don't know how long you think it takes to get hold of a helicopter, get a cameraman on board, take the pics, get them back, and put them on air, but I don't think an hour and a half from the first reports is too bad.
SE
LOL, showing the windows media player.
Square Eyes
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James Hatts posted:
ITV News Channel is now showing some video emailed by a viewer showing the flooding on their farm.
LOL, showing the windows media player.
CA
Baffling to suggest that I would be complaining about it, when I have practically just advocated it, no?
I think getting pictures an hour and a half after the event is reported -- which is usually anything from half an hour to an hour after it started - is poor. It could be over by the time they get pictures from it.
I think the best move for news coverage that the BBC could make would be to have a series of helicopters across the country so they could get live pictures of events such as these as quickly as possible, not about two hours after they've happened.
I thought Sky might've made more of an effort with their helicopter for these sorts of things, but frankly that has been a pointless waste of money, as it is being used about once a month.
AdamP posted:
You'd be one of the first to complain about the waste of money if the BBC had helicopters equipped to broadcast live based in every corner of the UK.
I don't know how long you think it takes to get hold of a helicopter, get a cameraman on board, take the pics, get them back, and put them on air, but I don't think an hour and a half from the first reports is too bad.
I don't know how long you think it takes to get hold of a helicopter, get a cameraman on board, take the pics, get them back, and put them on air, but I don't think an hour and a half from the first reports is too bad.
Baffling to suggest that I would be complaining about it, when I have practically just advocated it, no?
I think getting pictures an hour and a half after the event is reported -- which is usually anything from half an hour to an hour after it started - is poor. It could be over by the time they get pictures from it.
I think the best move for news coverage that the BBC could make would be to have a series of helicopters across the country so they could get live pictures of events such as these as quickly as possible, not about two hours after they've happened.
I thought Sky might've made more of an effort with their helicopter for these sorts of things, but frankly that has been a pointless waste of money, as it is being used about once a month.
PE
Well there is no excuse for either the BBC nor ITV as they have massive regional networks to fall back on.
Pete
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c@t posted:
Right, this is a source of continual annoyance for me.
Why is it that British TV networks are so unutterably dire at getting pictures out of locations across the UK, including central London. Rhetorical question, perhaps.
About half an hour ago or so the news networks starting reporting about floods in Cornwall, people trapped in cars, cars flying all over the road, village needing to be evacuated, massive search and rescue operations going on... enough for them to lend themselves to about 20 minutes of on-going coverage.
And yet none of them have any pictures. There are crappy little maps up, and in fairness to Sky and News 24 they have both had a fair few phone interviews - Sky probably more so than the others. But what use are they without pictures?
Were this the US, much though I hate local tv networks there, we would be seeing pictures and from helicopters and reports from local correspondents. Over here, the best we can manage is interviews with local publicans. So much so that both ITV and Sky (and News 24 probably when it get round to it) are appealing on air for people to email in photos.
Why is it that British TV networks are so unutterably dire at getting pictures out of locations across the UK, including central London. Rhetorical question, perhaps.
About half an hour ago or so the news networks starting reporting about floods in Cornwall, people trapped in cars, cars flying all over the road, village needing to be evacuated, massive search and rescue operations going on... enough for them to lend themselves to about 20 minutes of on-going coverage.
And yet none of them have any pictures. There are crappy little maps up, and in fairness to Sky and News 24 they have both had a fair few phone interviews - Sky probably more so than the others. But what use are they without pictures?
Were this the US, much though I hate local tv networks there, we would be seeing pictures and from helicopters and reports from local correspondents. Over here, the best we can manage is interviews with local publicans. So much so that both ITV and Sky (and News 24 probably when it get round to it) are appealing on air for people to email in photos.
Well there is no excuse for either the BBC nor ITV as they have massive regional networks to fall back on.
SE
Frankly, that's pathetic. I gather the headlines are recorded, but surely they could have done an amended sequence to at least mention it.
Square Eyes
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James Hatts posted:
ITV Evening News leading on the BA strike - flooding not even in the headlines...
Frankly, that's pathetic. I gather the headlines are recorded, but surely they could have done an amended sequence to at least mention it.