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The Royal Wedding

Prince William and Kate Middleton to marry (November 2010)

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DO
dosxuk
Mind you they don't do things by half, their Olympic setup dwarfs everyone else too


This was their setup in the middle of the Olympic park in Athens (the only broadcaster with a set up there, most of the others were on rooftops around the site).

http://home.vis-is.co.uk/inc/thumbnail.php?src=../athens/photos/DSCN0935.JPG&w=700
NG
noggin Founding member
. Mind you they don't do things by half, their Olympic setup dwarfs everyone else too


Strange thing about the NBC Today Beijing Olympic set-up was that the director was in NY at 30 Rock I believe. Each camera in Beijing was fibred back separately, and the vision mixing/direction took place in New York, with the output fibred back (at viewing quality only) for the talent to watch.

They are doing this more and more in the US - I believe the same 'fibre everything back to base separately' approach has also been used by a number of US broadcasters to cover political conventions. Saves a lot of money on travel/expenses, and means production teams can broadcast from the familiar, purpose-built galleries that they are used to.
GI
gillw72
Cheers for the replies on Green Park

SkyNews's Ali Bunkall has come up with the goods

http://yfrog.com/h8l0xvij
UK
UKnews
. Mind you they don't do things by half, their Olympic setup dwarfs everyone else too


Strange thing about the NBC Today Beijing Olympic set-up was that the director was in NY at 30 Rock I believe. Each camera in Beijing was fibred back separately, and the vision mixing/direction took place in New York, with the output fibred back (at viewing quality only) for the talent to watch.

They are doing this more and more in the US - I believe the same 'fibre everything back to base separately' approach has also been used by a number of US broadcasters to cover political conventions. Saves a lot of money on travel/expenses, and means production teams can broadcast from the familiar, purpose-built galleries that they are used to.

And yet NBC still sent 3000 staff to Beijing!

Just for comparison: ARD/ZDF: 800, BBC: 450

An ABC correspondent was on 5 Live this morning- he said they'd over 100 people here. From the pictures posted here and what I've seen myself I'd suspect NBC have several times that many. I'd heard the newsroom at ITN seats 250.
SP
spud_nic
So in terms of the technical setup, how is it likely to work for both UK and Overseas broadcasters. For instance, are the BBC and other UK broadcasters sending everything back to TVC and other London bases?
Are the overseas broadcasters sending their broadcasts directly back to other countries via satellite?
M
M@ Founding member
I was told that it's Associated Press TV who are providing and overseeing most of the infrastructure and technically stuff and as a result, they're providing an international feed. Who's using it I don't know. The BBC and Sky etc. will obviously have their own camera positions and directors.
HO
House
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Today_torino.jpg

A shot of NBC Today's 2006 Torino Winter Olympic Games 'studio', which they actually used from new York for the Summer of that year while Studio 1A got an HD makeover.

Also interesting that MSNBC's Morning Joe are coming from Buckingham Palace this morning rather than Trafalgar Square - they've got a lot less space (only room for four people, it seems). I wonder where they'll come from the morning of the Wedding, seeing as MSNBC are doing their own wedding coverage. Presumably NBC only have one set up in each location?
GE
thegeek Founding member
M@ posted:
I was told that it's Associated Press TV who are providing and overseeing most of the infrastructure and technically stuff and as a result, they're providing an international feed. Who's using it I don't know. The BBC and Sky etc. will obviously have their own camera positions and directors.


Ah, that's not the same as what I've heard, but doesn't necessarily mean it's not correct!

There (obviously) won't be five sets of cameras inside the Abbey, and five scanners parked outside, because there's no room, and it would be way too intrusive. So there will be one core feed of the ceremony, available to all and sundry.

Other broadcasters will probably add their own coverage of what's going on outside, the line of route, etc - but again, there will be quite a few pooling arrangements.

I know that the BBC have sold the rights to both the BBC One programme, Huw and all. It appears this'll appear on many BBC Worldwide channels (Entertainment, America, Canada, Knowledge, etc), and is also being supplied to other broadcasters - in smaller parts of the Commonwealth. I think CBC in Barbados is one, for example. And this includes the later parts of the day too - eg the 2030 highlights programme (which, if I'm reading this correctly, appears to be on Sky Uno on Italy).

The BBC has also sold on a 'world feed', which will include the ceremonial bits from around London, but not any presenters or commentary.

Other broadcasters - ITN, Sky, and I'd imagine agencies like APTN will most likely be doing the same.
GI
gillw72
Pics from Eamonn Holmes

http://twitpic.com/4q4ast
http://twitpic.com/4q4ae4
http://twitpic.com/4q49eo
http://twitpic.com/4q4821
WI
william Founding member
Are the BBC still having a studio on top of Methodist Central Hall (opp. Westminster Abbey), or are they going to do the lot from the mall?
WI
william Founding member
AP's advisory on feeds
http://www.aptn.com/aptn/website_2005/gvw.nsf/(httpAdvisories)/04C9F2FE37CDCCCE8025786B003753CF?OpenDocument&section=home&feed=home

Interestingly, whilst they're advertising 5-minute bookings for tomorrow and early Friday morning, there's nothing left once the ceremony starts and it's all on tape, no live stuff. Does anyone know who was in overall charge of arbitrating on who could get a studio? (I note UKnews' earlier response about the land ownership at the Abbey - I'm guessing the Royal Parks have rather a large say too given the soil has to be properly protected...)

http://www.aptn.com/8025701A003B2562/(httpBSEventsPopUp)/973d18af8b07d1cc802577e400432c85?OpenDocument

Incidentally Buckingham Palace (opposite the roundabout) is one of the locations AP have a permanent circuit.
GI
gillw72
Ali Bunkall just posted this pic of a studio on top of a building

http://yfrog.com/hsed4fnj

He believes it may be one of the American networks

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