SP
Four weeks! That's NOTHING.
Spotlight have been in their temporary studio for 14 months!
But Spotlight are getting a full tech refresh of the whole building, Calendar presumably got that when they moved back to the main building at Kirkstall Road so it's literally just building a new set.*
*The kind of thing they used to do overnight at TV Centre!
What's taking so long? This is the fourth week in the newsroom now
Four weeks! That's NOTHING.
Spotlight have been in their temporary studio for 14 months!
But Spotlight are getting a full tech refresh of the whole building, Calendar presumably got that when they moved back to the main building at Kirkstall Road so it's literally just building a new set.*
*The kind of thing they used to do overnight at TV Centre!
NE
I learnt earlier that West Country are ti get a new look studio at some point, hopefully soon
TV
Will we be getting an ITV HD Yorkshire anytime soon? IIRC - itv have 6 HD licences however currently only use 4. Also I remember Duncan and Jon discussing a while back when Emmerdale upgraded to to HD, they made it out the whole of ITV Yorkshire was going HD
RK
Could someone explain why they would need an HD license when the region already broadcast an HD signal? What currently airs on the HD feed during a news broadcast? An upscaled feed?
Will we be getting an ITV HD Yorkshire anytime soon? IIRC - itv have 6 HD licences however currently only use 4. Also I remember Duncan and Jon discussing a while back when Emmerdale upgraded to to HD, they made it out the whole of ITV Yorkshire was going HD
Could someone explain why they would need an HD license when the region already broadcast an HD signal? What currently airs on the HD feed during a news broadcast? An upscaled feed?
FB
Four weeks! That's NOTHING.
Spotlight have been in their temporary studio for 14 months!
But Spotlight are getting a full tech refresh of the whole building, Calendar presumably got that when they moved back to the main building at Kirkstall Road so it's literally just building a new set.*
*The kind of thing they used to do overnight at TV Centre!
Don't forget there's likely to be other stuff going on behind the scenes to get sorted that we'll never see. Those screens on set are hopefully getting different images from before. I wonder what they will use.
What's taking so long? This is the fourth week in the newsroom now
Four weeks! That's NOTHING.
Spotlight have been in their temporary studio for 14 months!
But Spotlight are getting a full tech refresh of the whole building, Calendar presumably got that when they moved back to the main building at Kirkstall Road so it's literally just building a new set.*
*The kind of thing they used to do overnight at TV Centre!
Don't forget there's likely to be other stuff going on behind the scenes to get sorted that we'll never see. Those screens on set are hopefully getting different images from before. I wonder what they will use.
ST
About time too! The teal lighting has gone really strange of late!
I learnt earlier that West Country are ti get a new look studio at some point, hopefully soon
About time too! The teal lighting has gone really strange of late!
NG
Could someone explain why they would need an HD license when the region already broadcast an HD signal? What currently airs on the HD feed during a news broadcast? An upscaled feed?
On satellite you get a different region, as there aren't HD simulcasts of every ITV region and sub-region on satellite. You are mapped to the nearest region to the one you live in. (The same reason that BBC One HD doesn't carry regional news in England)
The UK satellite TV platforms operate very differently to the US platforms. Over here the broadcasters - BBC, ITV, C4 etc. - uplink their channels themselves (though they outsource this usually) rather than the satellite platform providers.
They are provided "Free to Air" (not "Free to View" or Pay-TV) which means no subscription or viewing card is required, and this allows the same broadcast uplinks to be available on both the Freesat and Sky platforms (the broadcasters ensure both EPGs, Subtitling and Interactive TV standards are supported - as Freesat and Sky are different in this regard) As a result the broadcasters lease their satellite capacity, not the platform operator, and so the broadcasters take a decision of how many channel variations to provide.
The BBC provide 4 versions of BBC One HD (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) on satellite.
ITV plc provide 4 variations in England (London, Granada, Meridian East, Central West) In fact they are uplinking 5 at the moment - but two of them carry the same service I believe, though it is expected one will become ITV Wales HD I think.
Ulster TV and Scottish TV (UTV and STV) each provide a single HD feed of their ITV service (which isn't part of ITV plc)
noggin
Founding member
Will we be getting an ITV HD Yorkshire anytime soon? IIRC - itv have 6 HD licences however currently only use 4. Also I remember Duncan and Jon discussing a while back when Emmerdale upgraded to to HD, they made it out the whole of ITV Yorkshire was going HD
Could someone explain why they would need an HD license when the region already broadcast an HD signal? What currently airs on the HD feed during a news broadcast? An upscaled feed?
On satellite you get a different region, as there aren't HD simulcasts of every ITV region and sub-region on satellite. You are mapped to the nearest region to the one you live in. (The same reason that BBC One HD doesn't carry regional news in England)
The UK satellite TV platforms operate very differently to the US platforms. Over here the broadcasters - BBC, ITV, C4 etc. - uplink their channels themselves (though they outsource this usually) rather than the satellite platform providers.
They are provided "Free to Air" (not "Free to View" or Pay-TV) which means no subscription or viewing card is required, and this allows the same broadcast uplinks to be available on both the Freesat and Sky platforms (the broadcasters ensure both EPGs, Subtitling and Interactive TV standards are supported - as Freesat and Sky are different in this regard) As a result the broadcasters lease their satellite capacity, not the platform operator, and so the broadcasters take a decision of how many channel variations to provide.
The BBC provide 4 versions of BBC One HD (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) on satellite.
ITV plc provide 4 variations in England (London, Granada, Meridian East, Central West) In fact they are uplinking 5 at the moment - but two of them carry the same service I believe, though it is expected one will become ITV Wales HD I think.
Ulster TV and Scottish TV (UTV and STV) each provide a single HD feed of their ITV service (which isn't part of ITV plc)
Last edited by noggin on 3 June 2015 10:08am - 2 times in total
SP
I'm surprised ITV haven't increased the number of regions broadcast on HD by now, if not on satellite, at least on terrestrial. If I was buying local advertising in a non HD region, I wouldn't be happy that anyone watching on ITV HD (which must be a significant number these days) would miss my advert.
HB
Its good enough that they've got regions on HD! BBC have got no where so far with their HD regions.
When I was in Cornwall though last year, rather then getting Westcountry on HD I instead got Central, was at least expecting Meridian or something.
I'm surprised ITV haven't increased the number of regions broadcast on HD by now, if not on satellite, at least on terrestrial. If I was buying local advertising in a non HD region, I wouldn't be happy that anyone watching on ITV HD (which must be a significant number these days) would miss my advert.
Its good enough that they've got regions on HD! BBC have got no where so far with their HD regions.
When I was in Cornwall though last year, rather then getting Westcountry on HD I instead got Central, was at least expecting Meridian or something.
NG
noggin
Founding member
It'll be a cost/benefit thing. The regions with the largest advertising reach are presumably London, Granada, Central and Meridian ? I guess ITV plc have decided that the cost of providing the other regions in HD isn't offset by the advertising revenue they would generate?
It will happen eventually I'm sure - just as the BBC are planning on HD English regions in the next charter period (though I imagine this is subject to the level of the licence fee settlement?)
It will happen eventually I'm sure - just as the BBC are planning on HD English regions in the next charter period (though I imagine this is subject to the level of the licence fee settlement?)