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London/UK Riots Coverage (Sky News/BBC News Channel)

News Teams/Satellite Trucks were attacked. (August 2011)

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Newsroom
Maxine Mahwhinney making a rare appearance on the News Channel weekday evening.
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Worzel
Maxine Mahwhinney making a rare appearance on the News Channel weekday evening.


Both very good anchors on the News channel this evening, Maxine and Julian.
NE
Newsroom
This is really quite worrying. Rioters now active in Peckham, Lewisham and Hackney all at once. Surely this is super co-ordinated in a bid to screw the police..
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Worzel
Phillipa Thomas Live on the ground in Hackney on the BBC News channel in the thick of it - excellent to have a back on the UK News channel - she's doing a fantastic job on the scene.

How are Sky and the BBC linking the Live cameras on the ground to their news centres - surely too risky to have the satellite trucks nearby baring in mind what happened to one of the BBC's sat trucks on Saturday. Gigabit receivers on their helicopters?
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dosxuk
Gigabit receivers


A what-what? This is the second time you've said this, and I'm still no wiser as to what you actually mean.
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David
David posted:
EDIT : Press TV (515 on Sky) have live helicopter pictures too. Who are providing these pictures?


To answer my own question. Press TV are using BBC pictures, they seem to be about 20-30 seconds behind the BBC News Channel.
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Worzel
BBC World News were just taking Phillipa Thomas talking to Julian and Maxine on the BBC News channel.
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dosxuk
On BBC News, when they do the split screen, is anyone else getting the top line of each feed jumping up and down?
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Gary McEwan
No simulcast from WN and NC??
Last edited by Gary McEwan on 8 August 2011 8:00pm
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gordonthegopher
On BBC News, when they do the split screen, is anyone else getting the top line of each feed jumping up and down?


Yes, slightly, just under the LIVE.
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Worzel
On BBC News, when they do the split screen, is anyone else getting the top line of each feed jumping up and down?


Yes, slightly, just under the LIVE.


Yes, same here.
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Worzel
World News and News channel simulcasting at 7pm (from N6 with Maxine Mawhinney and Julian Worricker).

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