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But there's a playout director, and several engineers dealing with that: all the announcer has to do is sound reassuring for the viewer. That's the easy bit.
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Although it wasn't network's finest hour, don't forget they're tasked with also getting the programme back on air as well as filling the gap. The nations don't have that unenviable task.
But there's a playout director, and several engineers dealing with that: all the announcer has to do is sound reassuring for the viewer. That's the easy bit.
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They do if a local programme falls off air...
BBC2 Northern Ireland: Giro d'Italia Fault (2014): http://youtu.be/vnc4Oheja-Y
Although it wasn't network's finest hour, don't forget they're tasked with also getting the programme back on air as well as filling the gap. The nations don't have that unenviable task.
They do if a local programme falls off air...
BBC2 Northern Ireland: Giro d'Italia Fault (2014): http://youtu.be/vnc4Oheja-Y
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They do. BBC2 Scotland has a different programme instead of Newsnight which is then timeshifted, that's hardly not bothering.
It's a good question. The way it used to work - and probably still is the case - that the director faded up the announcer's mixing desk and then the announcer faded up their mic (they'd have a fader for the ident audio too as well as replay devices). Of course as she was recording then the mic would have been faded up on the announcers desk.
As the announcer was recording maybe she was just concentrating on that and didn't notice and for some reason couldn't hear the director I don't know whether the announcers and directors are in adjacent rooms connected by a window nowadays.
The mic wouldn't but maybe the mixer source for the breakdown slide is associated with the announcers booth's audio output?
Sorry, I meant they don't bother with continuity unless it's a Scottish only broadcast, unlike the other nations which have live continuity all day.
BBC 2 Scotland did extremely well compared to the network. I'm quite surprised considering BBC Scotland don't normally bother with BBC 2.
They do. BBC2 Scotland has a different programme instead of Newsnight which is then timeshifted, that's hardly not bothering.
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I don't understand why the network breakdown slide would appear on screen and the CA had no idea that anything happened. Is this a case of the network director not communicating with the CA?
It's a good question. The way it used to work - and probably still is the case - that the director faded up the announcer's mixing desk and then the announcer faded up their mic (they'd have a fader for the ident audio too as well as replay devices). Of course as she was recording then the mic would have been faded up on the announcers desk.
As the announcer was recording maybe she was just concentrating on that and didn't notice and for some reason couldn't hear the director I don't know whether the announcers and directors are in adjacent rooms connected by a window nowadays.
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Would the CA's mic have automatically turned on because of the breakdown? Seems a bit of a coincidence otherwise.
The mic wouldn't but maybe the mixer source for the breakdown slide is associated with the announcers booth's audio output?
Sorry, I meant they don't bother with continuity unless it's a Scottish only broadcast, unlike the other nations which have live continuity all day.