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BBC Programmes from 1970 in black and white

(August 2012)

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BU
buster
Steve in Pudsey posted:
Markymark posted:
I think there was a Cox mixer still in use at BBC Millbank, when I visited there in 1998 ?


The NC1 and NC2 Continuity Mixers (eg the ones operated by the announcer with one fader per source) were made by Cox

http://www.bbceng.info/Eng_Inf/EngInf_25.pdf


The bit about the Children's BBC changes being made permanent is fascinating. One wonders how much of a bodge job it originally was...the refurb article also explains the various clips of Phillip Schofield bemoaning being stuck in "sub control" for extended periods, which as we all know was smaller and gave rise to the "broom cupboard" name originally.
DE
deejay
bluecortina posted:
Steve in Pudsey posted:
Markymark posted:
I think there was a Cox mixer still in use at BBC Millbank, when I visited there in 1998 ?


The NC1 and NC2 Continuity Mixers (eg the ones operated by the announcer with one fader per source) were made by Cox

http://www.bbceng.info/Eng_Inf/EngInf_25.pdf


Was the Grass Valley M204/ICL computer 'automation system' finished and hooked up? Did it work satisfactorily?


I don't think so, unless it became PICS - the Presentation Information and Control System. While the database and schedule planning functions of PICS did work well and were the backbone of the Presentation department until very recently, the control side of it never really worked satisfactorily and in the end they bought ProBel's Compass system to handle the automation of the networks. By then however, those control rooms in that fascinating document had been replaced with the NTA on the 2nd floor.

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