DV
Ta, Col for the explanation, I knew about The Angelus and it's history on RTE before though. Quite like it's appearance actually.
BR
And as someone who used to recite the Angelus in school as a young child at mid-day, I wouldn't say I'm in disbelief it still runs on RTÉ; my original post was aimed to offer an explanation to Chris about why RTÉ's Six-One is the Six-One, how it has changed down the years (to match how RTÉ has reflected the multi-cultural shifts in Irish society in recent decades - that it's not tying itself to being "a Catholic thing" in how it's presented on-screen) and what I've read as a suggestion to why it remains in place.
I've also read somewhere that RTÉ use the Six-One's "late start" as a means of grabbing the news audience who may catch the headlines on BBC or UTV and then turn over to see the stories covered by RTÉ without missing the start of the programme. These are merely hypotheses, not reasons why Six-One starts at 6.01pm instead of 6.00pm.
Anyhow, regarding the election, high turnout rates at polling stations have been reported, so coverage on all platforms may turn out to be compulsive viewing for those interested in this year's General Election.
Sheesh! Was just commenting. I give up on this website. Bloody snobs.
As someone from Ireland who's used to the bong bong thing, I find these posts funny. You both seem in disbelief that RTE still does the Angelus. RTE radio also still plays the bong bong thing at midday and again at 6pm.
Peculiarity is an understatement!
Peculiarity is an understatement!
And as someone who used to recite the Angelus in school as a young child at mid-day, I wouldn't say I'm in disbelief it still runs on RTÉ; my original post was aimed to offer an explanation to Chris about why RTÉ's Six-One is the Six-One, how it has changed down the years (to match how RTÉ has reflected the multi-cultural shifts in Irish society in recent decades - that it's not tying itself to being "a Catholic thing" in how it's presented on-screen) and what I've read as a suggestion to why it remains in place.
I've also read somewhere that RTÉ use the Six-One's "late start" as a means of grabbing the news audience who may catch the headlines on BBC or UTV and then turn over to see the stories covered by RTÉ without missing the start of the programme. These are merely hypotheses, not reasons why Six-One starts at 6.01pm instead of 6.00pm.
Anyhow, regarding the election, high turnout rates at polling stations have been reported, so coverage on all platforms may turn out to be compulsive viewing for those interested in this year's General Election.
Sheesh! Was just commenting. I give up on this website. Bloody snobs.
RD
RTE are working on one, but I also heard something about it at lunchtime.
I did hear they have something like 35 OBs at the ready... including the 11 going via the internet system they've got in place.
The exit poll will be revealed at 8am tomorrow morning.
The exit poll was announced on Morning Ireland - basically what most people expected, huge swing to Fine Gael and Labour, Fianna Fail down to 15%, Greens not hit as badly as thought (but depends where the vote is concentrated), Sinn Fein at about 10%.
They start opening the boxes in "the only poll that counts" in about ten minutes...but we have to survive with the radio until 11am or thereabouts cause RTÉ didn't see fit to even run a summary on TV at 8:00am - Bruce Boxleitner and Kate Jackson were on instead...
rdd
Founding member
Does Ireland also have an Exit poll organised by the broadcasters - and is it legislated so that the result can't be given until the polls have closed?
RTE are working on one, but I also heard something about it at lunchtime.
I did hear they have something like 35 OBs at the ready... including the 11 going via the internet system they've got in place.
The exit poll will be revealed at 8am tomorrow morning.
The exit poll was announced on Morning Ireland - basically what most people expected, huge swing to Fine Gael and Labour, Fianna Fail down to 15%, Greens not hit as badly as thought (but depends where the vote is concentrated), Sinn Fein at about 10%.
They start opening the boxes in "the only poll that counts" in about ten minutes...but we have to survive with the radio until 11am or thereabouts cause RTÉ didn't see fit to even run a summary on TV at 8:00am - Bruce Boxleitner and Kate Jackson were on instead...
DV
RTE Election Tracker and Live Video of their Election Special for those interested and not able to view BBC Parliament.
here….
WWW.RTE.IE/NEWS
26-Feb-2011 @ 10:40
here….
WWW.RTE.IE/NEWS
26-Feb-2011 @ 10:40
DV
Good that the BBC have got the RTE ONLINE feed this time, which will filter the ads out for them, rather than the haphazard BBC editing of previous Irish polls. The only 'need' now is to fade up the BBC Parliament theme audio during the breaks. Whether we really need that is questionable some silence might be appreciated.
NG
noggin
Founding member
Interesting viewing. Very simple studio set at the moment - and simply done. Looks like a bunch of flown PBUs and a large Newsnight style round-table - but that's not a bad thing. Lighting and eyelines all look OK so far - though the main studio wide looks a bit on the huh.
Using boxes rather than in-vision screens makes life a lot easier - and keeps the pace up.
Variable quality in OBs. Some look really good- some look worse than BBC regional news SNG inserts (which is not good...) - though many of them appear to have quite low-latency, so fewer nasty delays.
Using boxes rather than in-vision screens makes life a lot easier - and keeps the pace up.
Variable quality in OBs. Some look really good- some look worse than BBC regional news SNG inserts (which is not good...) - though many of them appear to have quite low-latency, so fewer nasty delays.
Last edited by noggin on 26 February 2011 12:14pm
NG
Broadband or IP (they're not always the same thing)?
HD broadcasts now come via IP routinely...
If you're really using ADSL/SDSL/VDSL or Cable-style broadband and have got >5Mbs upstream then you can probably do an OK job with a decent H264 encoder - though you'll need more if you're using composite inputs (as subcarrier hammers encoding) I've seen some of the poorer quality OBs have composite artefacts...
noggin
Founding member
Remember some of the count video is via Broadband.
Broadband or IP (they're not always the same thing)?
HD broadcasts now come via IP routinely...
If you're really using ADSL/SDSL/VDSL or Cable-style broadband and have got >5Mbs upstream then you can probably do an OK job with a decent H264 encoder - though you'll need more if you're using composite inputs (as subcarrier hammers encoding) I've seen some of the poorer quality OBs have composite artefacts...
