Can't see why the BBC would put a non-political event on BBC Parliament
BBC Parliament showed original coverage of the Queen's Coronation on her Golden Jubilee in 2002.
They also repeated the funeral of Princess Diana on the 10th anniversary of her death in 2007.
Despite their minor if not absent role in today's society, the royals are technically political. Theoretically the Queen could dissolve Parliament.
The Queen also appoints ministers, approves new laws and opens parliament.
The Royal Family provides 1200 jobs and raises hundreds of millions of pounds every year through their various estates for the Treasury, which kindly gives them a bit of pocket money back in return.
There are interesting aspects to this for television geeks. This will be the first large scale national event since HD and 3D television has been available.
Sky News will no doubt be showing it on Sky 3D as well as in HD, as will the BBC and ITV of course (BBC and ITV will only be in HD). There may be issues in terms of logistics if several cameras have got to film from the same location. I assume they'll avoid the smaller venues being talked about, like St. Georges at Windsor.
People often moan about the cost, but the cost to the broadcasters and the Special Branch police service will probably be on a par with the cost of the wedding! Weren't there a couple of kilometres of cable laid for Diana's funeral coverage?
For those of you who like to wallow in the despair of austerity Britain - in 1947, the Queen married Phillip. Winston Churchill described it as a splash of colour along the hard road we all have to take (or something similar). Just be pleased something positive is happening, that we can all enjoy together as a nation!
There are interesting aspects to this for television geeks. This will be the first large scale national event since HD and 3D television has been available.
Generally with this kind of thing there's just one pool feed: you want the cameras to be discreet, so the first step is to have as few of them as possible. HD is probably a given; whether they go for 3D is an interesting one, as it'll mean more intrusive kit.
I'd imagine that a broadcaster has already been approached to create the coverage - I wonder if it's BBC Events, or SISlive (given BBC OBs' heavy involvement in this kind of thing in the past)?
There are interesting aspects to this for television geeks. This will be the first large scale national event since HD and 3D television has been available.
Generally with this kind of thing there's just one pool feed: you want the cameras to be discreet, so the first step is to have as few of them as possible. HD is probably a given; whether they go for 3D is an interesting one, as it'll mean more intrusive kit.
I'd imagine that a broadcaster has already been approached to create the coverage - I wonder if it's BBC Events, or SISlive (given BBC OBs' heavy involvement in this kind of thing in the past)?
Just be pleased something positive is happening, that we can all enjoy together as a nation!
I'm not entirely looking forward to going back into work next week - some of the curmudgeons I work with will not let us hear the end of it!
I would imagine it being such a large operation that BBC, ITV and Sky would probably team up to produce (or share) a pooled feed, for which each of the channels can opt in and out of with their own anchors.
Would be surprised if 3D were even discussed. It doesn't offer a huge benefit for a church service - particularly one likely to be covered from fixed camera positions in unobtrusive locations. The number of viewers would also be potentially tiny - it would be like covering the 1953 Coronation in Colour (And yes... I know...)
If they had a technocrane wanging over the congregation and a couple of steadicams whizzing round the happy couple - that would be different...
(And yes... I know...)