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Stabbings in Jersey

Channel Television providing extra local news bulletins (August 2011)

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FN
FromtheNorth
Six people have been fatally stabbed in the Channel Islands.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-14523741

According to their Twitter feed Channel Television have been providing extra news bulletins during the ITV1 schedule tonight at 1955, 2015, 2057.

Good to see an ITV region being local and serving their community.
DE
deejay
BBC Jersey are doing a special 2215 opt as well at this moment...
LL
London Lite Founding member
Radio wise, BBC Radio Jersey stayed local until 2105 then rejoined the BBC West & SW network output.

Channel 103 had a bespoke bulletin at 10pm, although has taken the IRN/Sky News bulletins since.

Edit: Jersey took the networked Sounds of Brass show until 1900, then went local again.
Last edited by London Lite on 15 August 2011 11:27am
IS
Inspector Sands
Good to see an ITV region being local and serving their community.

Channel always have been, they are more local than regional.


Anyone know what arrangements the main broadcasters have for getting pictures back from the Channel Islands? The difficulties over the years of getting TV to/from the UK are well known, but obviously it's easier these days with satellites and IP based systems.

I assume there's at least one sat truck over there, maybe Channel's?
DE
deejay
BBC have managed to get a live from Jersey via the Robert Hall's VSAT (or possibly a VPoint connection - it looks blockier than normal). Otherwise it's Breakfast coverage is mainly via Edward Sault's package fed from Jersey last night and some phonos.
TH
Thomas
Sky News kept losing the signal to their correspondent in Jersey earlier this morning. The picture quality was terrible too.
LL
London Lite Founding member
How did Daybreak cover the story? Did they utilise anything from Channel?
GE
thegeek Founding member
Spotlight's sat truck has now made it over to Jersey.
IS
Inspector Sands
Spotlight's sat truck has now made it over to Jersey.

Overnight ferry from Weymouth I assume.

BBC have managed to get a live from Jersey via the Robert Hall's VSAT (or possibly a VPoint connection - it looks blockier than normal). Otherwise it's Breakfast coverage is mainly via Edward Sault's package fed from Jersey last night and some phonos.

It does seem odd that in this day there aren't more permanent quality links back from the islands to the UK, they're using the same sort of temporary arrangements that they use from the middle of Africa
MA
Markymark

It does seem odd that in this day there aren't more permanent quality links back from the islands to the UK, they're using the same sort of temporary arrangements that they use from the middle of Africa


Without any proper SNG kit, (i.e. a vehicle or flyaway kit) surely that would be the case at any location in the UK ?
GE
thegeek Founding member
There is a radio link (possibly PAL?) from the Jersey studios - this was used to send reports. No reason the studio couldn't be used for down-the-line interviews either.

(Last week, Breakfast had a better quality down-the-line from the studio in Stornoway than one in Brussels, which seems a bit counterintuitive given how much better the latter is connected!)
MA
Markymark
There is a radio link (possibly PAL?) from the Jersey studios - this was used to send reports. No reason the studio couldn't be used for down-the-line interviews either.

(Last week, Breakfast had a better quality down-the-line from the studio in Stornoway than one in Brussels, which seems a bit counterintuitive given how much better the latter is connected!)


What I did see of last night's coverage, (which wasn't much I admit) were down the line reports from the BBC Jersey studio with some local chap, and later Robert Hall. The quality was better than I've seen in recent weeks from Berlin, Brussels, and LA !

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