2009: Annual BBC RBS tests

Forgive me for sounding rude, but this is even more obsessed than giving TV channels senseless codes like B1.

I mean, it's a testcard, a image I can see on the net, on bbc hd, or using a little BBCi Hack.



What's so great about staying up all night to see a testcard?

There are rumours going around that Carole Hersee will recreate this testcard LIVE, whilst playing noughts and crosses with a CGI animated clown.

Obviously the BBC haven't confirmed this, but suffice to say I will be on here registering my disappointment, gnashing my teeth and saying, "what was all the fuss about?" if it doesn't happen the way internet forumers imagine it will.

Ahh TV Forum.

That is the post of the day!

It's not about staying up all night nor is it about the showing of the Testcard. It is about an engineering test which happens every year.

Perhaps if you weren't losing sleep over GMTV, you'd be able to appreciate the test card in all its glory.

I find a Re-Brand more exiting than a still image set to a tone...

She's been rehearsing already:

Unless you're in London where it is just a testcard!

Which begs the question: why did you enter this topic in the first place?

Nope - still an engineering test: it's transmitted to Crystal Palace by the reserve radio link. It should be a little cleaner than in previous years now that the cranes of Westfield have come down.

Do they make use of the reserve facility about a mile from Crystal Palace during these tests? The one that used to only be for ITV and C4 but I believe now also includes BBC services.

Don't believe so - I think that would be tested for different reasons and in a different manner. The RBS tests are there to simulate a catastrophic network failure, which Crystal Palace is separately protected against I believe (due to its proximity to London)

The Croydon facility (if it exists - I've never really bothered to find out!) would be for a major failure at CP - which is separate.