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It lasted well into 2001, although with it's hours gradually lessening - it went 12 hours in 1999 (midday to middnight roughly) and then down to peak only before all transferring upstairs. You're right the one running analogue was the master
That makes sense, the automation they use can run a number of different channels from one screen, so it's fairly easy to have One SD and One HD next to each other and sync up their schedules
If I remember rightly, one was the master network and the other was the slave - in other words, decisions about overruns, trail cancellations etc were made in Analogue BBC One, and Digital had to play catch up (or vice-versa). As time went on and the digital automation became more stable, Digital became the master network more of the time and eventually, the analogue area was staffed only in peak. The analogue area still existed at the turn of the milennium but didn't last much longer as I recall.
It lasted well into 2001, although with it's hours gradually lessening - it went 12 hours in 1999 (midday to middnight roughly) and then down to peak only before all transferring upstairs. You're right the one running analogue was the master
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As I understand it, there isn't a separate HD control room for BBC 1 - just one control room doing both. There can be separate junctions and as we've seen during regional news opts, they obviously can put the sustaining news feed out on the SD network while a slide and barker appears on HD.
That makes sense, the automation they use can run a number of different channels from one screen, so it's fairly easy to have One SD and One HD next to each other and sync up their schedules
