Anyway, my point was that the Newsroom Cameras were designed specifically for easy down-the-line guest appearances or tape feeds. This is why we don't see the regional studios used on other programmes very often anymore.
I guess there's also the politics that the newsroom cameras are owned by news and the one show isn't a news production any more.
Well anyone can book the BBC's regional newsroom cameras so long as they are prepared to pay for the circuit booking and (in most cases) a person to look after the guest, both in terms of escorting them into and out of the building and technically. Quite often the cameras are used by 'news' yes, but not all the time. International broadcasters also use them and pay for them in the same way that a programme like Watchdog or The One Show might. Doesn't happen that often though. Because the majority of them are in newsrooms, it doesn't look great on programmes other than news!
A lot of the original newsroom cameras are getting decidedly old now. They weren't expensive when they were installed in the first place, they aren't widescreen switchable, the standard lighting is woeful, yet they remain very useful and well used by News 24, BBC World and other regions.
Most local radio stations now also have a camera or at least a wallbox where a camera or VTR can be plugged in. It's somwhat ironic that cameras at stations like Liverpool, Swindon, Coventry are 16:9, yet the cameras at Manchester, Bristol and Birmingham are still 4:3 and look dire.
BBC Wales has a advert parodying the public service information films of the 70s - 80s mainly Protect and Survive, even has a protect and survive ery tune.
Be sure to have good amount of tea for your rich tea biscuits, remote control handy and all vacuum cleaners switched off and unplugged.
BBC Wales has a advert parodying the public service information films of the 70s - 80s mainly Protect and Survive, even has a protect and survive ery tune.
Be sure to have good amount of tea for your rich tea biscuits, remote control handy and all vacuum cleaners switched off and unplugged.
For a good weekend of sport.
It's an extension of the retro Six Nations rugby promos they've been running since the start of the tournament.
I personally find Myleene easier on the eye but Christine is a decent enough presenter.
Talking of The One Show, any more details on this studio move sometime in the current run that was mentioned on here a few months back?
It wasn't the studio that was moving it was the production gallery (which was in a truck for 6 months in the loading bay at White City) and the production offices, which were in a different building to the studio. The gallery moved over Christmas, and the production offices more recently. The studio isn't going anywhere...
Nice to see the One Show taking a contribution from the Look North Newcastle studio rather than the usual newsroom cameras. A bit like Nationwide
Yes, but more difficult for The One Show to have arranged with Newcastle no doubt! Remember that the Newsroom Cameras were designed principally for News 24 to get reporters/guests on air from regional centres without having to pay for studio and staff bookings. The original 'cameras' (actually, they are shortish bays with a camera and a soft-light on top of them, plus usually a tape feed facility and various comms bits and pieces) were designed to be easy to operate with minimal training. Setting up a studio for a down-the-line guest (as opposed to a regional opt transmission) requires at least some gallery staff and a reasonable amount of technical know-how. AFAIK, only Tunbridge Wells routinely use their studio for down-the-lines for other centres because they don't actually have a newsroom camera.
The newsroom cameras are almost always the cheapest option as you only pay the lines cost and a meet and greet cost in most regions. Using the studio may cost more as there are usually extra staff involved - and there may be a facilities cost for using them. News 24 paid for them to be installed in 1997 - but doesn't technically own them AIUI. (They initially had a deal where every regional CTA left them routed to line when they went home and every camera had its own TBU and phone line for comms - but this was a non-starter as the meet and greets seldom knew what they were doing - and soon the CTAs were back involved with comms)
The One Show - being a prime time BBC One show and not made by News - may try and achieve higher production values (better sound, better lighting etc.) and also may want more support (floor manager for guest, sound person, TM to troubleshoot etc.) and be able to pay for this.
The Andrew Marr Show / Sunday AM often uses a regional studio rather than a newsroom camera for the same reason - particularly for long interviews.
Any broadcaster these days can hire either the cameras or studios - but the studios only have limited availability.
Just had a look at BBC1 today and quite disheartened to see these IPPs being slapped across practically all programmes shown this morning - guess I was kidding myself when I expected they would be used sparingly...
but Christine is a decent enough presenter.
