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BBC News 24 OFF AIR! 4:15am

(February 2004)

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MN
MarkNewby
picture quality is terrible isn't it. I would have thought that the backup system would use some form of DVD... but it does seem to be a tape-quality affair.
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A former member
MarkNewby posted:
Thankyou Yam. Looks like a power failure, then! I've updated my first post to follow N24's continuing wierdness.


If its a power failure how comes BBC World still playing normally & different programes to that on N24?
MN
MarkNewby
Quite easily. All it needs is for the BBC World Server [not necessarily at TVC] to be loaded with different tapes to the News 24 Server. And, if i'm thinking about this correctly, there is now the technology to run an uplink from a moving broadcast truck, so News24 could be being literally carried over to Westminister.
DJ
DJGM
If it's a power failure . . .

Memo to whoever gets Greg Dyke's old job - upgrade TVC's electrical system, especially in the News department!
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A former member
ah so it looks like world wasnt affected by the power cut.
MN
MarkNewby
I remember reading somewhere that the wires in the walls of TVC's main doughnut haven't been upgraded since the main building was built. It's no wonder they are having power problems [if they are].
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A former member
MarkNewby posted:
I remember reading somewhere that the wires in the walls of TVC's main doughnut haven't been upgraded since the main building was built. It's no wonder they are having power problems [if they are].


Talking about wires my local BBC Centre (look east) is all Wi-Fi.
MN
MarkNewby
stevereverett posted:
ah so it looks like world wasnt affected by the power cut.


It was. This is why BBC World suffered a blackout at 4:15am, as reported by Yam. All that would have happened is that an ermergency switch would be flicked to send a signal from a different location, and keep some form of recorded news going.

Edit:
Yes, that's how I mean. TVC should be the top priority for the beeb to get upgraded. The newsroom designers did this with the news sets - updating the national, then updating the regional sets.
I think Wi-Fi might not be feasable for a place as large as TVC, however it is definatley something which could be used in parts.
DJ
DJGM
BREAKING NEWS . . .

Lord Hutton and Tony Blair spotted getting in a Hackney Carriage on Wood Lane with a bag of tools . . . !
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A former member
MarkNewby posted:
stevereverett posted:
ah so it looks like world wasnt affected by the power cut.


It was. This is why BBC World suffered a blackout at 4:15am, as reported by Yam. All that would have happened is that an ermergency switch would be flicked to send a signal from a different location, and keep some form of recorded news going.


I must be watching from a Different Feed then - As explained above I got an advert for singapore airlines and then the standard Ad Opt-out thingy.
MN
MarkNewby
[ROTFL @ DJGM] I think the adverts may be played out from somewhere other than TV Centre - and that this meant that viewers of advert-driven BBC World would indeed see a very very smooth changeover.
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A former member
http://www.****.co.uk/common/img/breakingnewsskytvforum.jpg

I know its bad but it is 6am

*update* BBC World same as N24 and BBC ONE

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