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The 2012 Paralympic Games

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bilky asko
knack posted:
Jon posted:
I imagine it's intentional, if you showed the average man on the street the Paralympic emblem, they probably couldn't tell you what it was and no one could ever say that about the Olympic rings.

I think this is why Channel 4 have used the London 2012 Paralympic logo rather that the generic one like the BBC did the Olympics, for the 'Paralympic Broadcaster' branding.

A few days ago I saw the front page of The Mirror which uses the rings with '12 days to go to the Paralympics', which is at least going to effort of acknowledging it it unlike The Sun *I think*.

I think on the one hand it could be considered ignorant or disrespectful, on the other you could argue it's good for the Paralympics these publications are trying to get attention from as many people as possible by putting them on a par with the Olympics.

Having said all that, I did see one local newspaper article which called it the Para Olympics . Rolling Eyes


BT did this too in one of their ads (47 seconds in):



Cf. "suspost" and "asterix".
GO
gottago
Jon posted:
Having said all that, I did see one local newspaper article which called it the Para Olympics. Rolling Eyes

BBC North West Tonight's report on the flame being lit last week managed to refer to it as the Para Olympics right the way through and they didn't even correct her when they went back to the studio.
TI
tightrope78
https://twitter.com/JDE66/status/240010844526768128

A view of the Channel 4 set from Jonathan Edward's twitter.
MD
Martin Dean
tightrope78 posted:
https://twitter.com/JDE66/status/240010844526768128

A view of the Channel 4 set from Jonathan Edward's twitter.


A view of the Olympic Park would have been nice, they aren't going down the BBC's route in terms of studio which I thought they would have as they might not have the confidence.
JO
Jon
cooper100 posted:
tightrope78 posted:
https://twitter.com/JDE66/status/240010844526768128

A view of the Channel 4 set from Jonathan Edward's twitter.


A view of the Olympic Park would have been nice, they aren't going down the BBC's route in terms of studio which I thought they would have as they might not have the confidence.

The building they've chosen to base themselves in the IBC, doesn't have any windows. Presumably they thought the extra cost of erecting their own studio such as the BBC was not justified.

Looking at the monitor, it looks like there is a big screen backdrop in the middle, which will presumably have views of the Olympic park and possibly use feeds from fixed cameras at different venues. Anyway I'm reserving judgement on the set till I've seen the whole thing.
MD
Martin Dean
Jon posted:
cooper100 posted:
tightrope78 posted:
https://twitter.com/JDE66/status/240010844526768128

A view of the Channel 4 set from Jonathan Edward's twitter.


A view of the Olympic Park would have been nice, they aren't going down the BBC's route in terms of studio which I thought they would have as they might not have the confidence.

The building they've chosen to base themselves in the IBC, doesn't have any windows. Presumably they thought the extra cost of erecting their own studio such as the BBC was not justified.

Looking at the monitor, it looks like there is a big screen backdrop in the middle, which will presumably have views of the Olympic park and possibly use feeds from fixed cameras at different venues. Anyway I'm reserving judgement on the set till I've seen the whole thing.


Yes, the studio will be dark though, who is producing the Paralympics? C4 ITN?
JO
Jon
cooper100 posted:
C4 ITN?

No, they've actually gone with the unusual step and got two companies who specialise in producing sports coverage, it's a strange move but could work out for them.

Anyway here's another pic Edwards has uploaded in the studio.
http://twitter.com/JDE66/status/240017246917894144/photo/1/large
DO
dosxuk
cooper100 posted:
who is producing the Paralympics? C4 ITN?


If you go back an entire page, you'll find a big discussion about who's producing the coverage.
OV
Orry Verducci
If it's of interest to anyone here's the satellite parameters for the 3 feeds:

7850 (mosaic), 7854, 7855, and 7856 are on 11.469H 27500 2/3 QSPK DVB-S.
7851 is on 12.304H 29500 3/4 QPSK DVB-S2.
7852 and 7853 are on 10.921H 23000 8/9 QPSK DVB-S2.

7851 (HD) = 7854 (SD)
7852 (HD) = 7855 (SD)
7853 (HD) = 7856 (SD)

Worth keeping an eye on, colour bars at the minute but earlier today they were showing Hungarian TV.
CA
Cando
cooper100 posted:
tightrope78 posted:
https://twitter.com/JDE66/status/240010844526768128

A view of the Channel 4 set from Jonathan Edward's twitter.


A view of the Olympic Park would have been nice, .


I have to agree. The studio looks meh Sad so far.
JO
Jon
Another Jonathan Edwards shot of the set, it's on a monitor upside down.

http://p.twimg.com/A1X_Jh8CUAAg8pA.jpg:large

There is similarities with the BBC sets, the desk and the floor making. I wonder if they will ever put other images on screen, which would giveaway it's not a window or just have one fixed image for the duration of the games? I have to say I think it might look really good onscreen.

I wouldn't be surprised if the last leg has a different set, going by the trail being shown on Channel 4 shot in a dark looking studio.
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remlap
remlap posted:
What's the plan in Wales for HD coverage on Freeview? We don''t have Channel 4 HD.


Just checked at 304 is on DVB-T2 in Freeview Lite land in Wales.

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