Pope's Death

it was interesting that there was a period of black and aspect ratio switching at about 8.45 on GMTV, which i presumed was a rather botched "re-patch", in as much as LNN switching from taking GMTV to take GMTV running through the ITN gallery, to facilitate a nice smooth hand over from GMTV to ITN at 8.50, however, the hand-over at 8.50 included a brief period of black too.

Does anyone know if the source material is being done as a CTV/RAI joint production or are other broadcasters involved?

Whichever feed ITV were taking ended suddenly and we got a burst of an ident
http://www.dolben.demon.co.uk/newschannel/popefeedident.jpg

Looks like the start of the EBU Eurovision dynamic logo.

Article by Jeremy Thompson about Sky's coverage of the Pope's death

This looked rather good
http://www.dolben.demon.co.uk/newschannel/popefloor.jpg

Why did BBC One have a News bulletin from 11.30 - 11.45? They don't usually have a mid-morning news? Why not wait until the One?


News 24 had a ticker without the Tower? Did it have the 3D bit which usually pertrudes from the top of the masthead when it's there (usually briefly) without the Tower?

Ive only seen BBC One coverage in the office this morning. It was very well produced and well executed.
Out of interest, why was there a bulletin at 12? Was it really needed?
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i presume it was to replace the news updates between daytime programmes that we usually get. i guessed it made sense at 11.30 - but did look a bit out of place when it was delayed until 12

Yes the ticker remained but there was NO News 24 tower (3d block thingy)!!!

It was presumably also to fill the 15 minutes before the 45-minute PAGE TURNERS.

I'm guessing most English regions will take the Network Ballet symbol into the One.

Midlands had Tai Chi thing.

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