I miss the late "i'm sorry I'll read that again" headlines from BBC Wales. It was always the highlight of an evening listening to the continuity announcer have a good go at being an out of vision newsreader but mostly failing miserably. And of course what was more fun that watching that Wales Today map sit there pulsing for a minute?
I miss the late "i'm sorry I'll read that again" headlines from BBC Wales. It was always the highlight of an evening listening to the continuity announcer have a good go at being an out of vision newsreader but mostly failing miserably. And of course what was more fun that watching that Wales Today map sit there pulsing for a minute?
Or even much longer -- before a quick Michael Fish impression over the weather map, "with wind picking from the coast, no sorry south, and rain showers confined mainly to the north eas-WEST, sorry west".
I think you'll find all the discerning viewers with any taste [or insomnia] watched the late headlines -- oh yes it really was a highlight.
No offence to any Cardiff CAs who may ever read this, like, but I know you'll agree.
I had forgotten about the weather!! Those CA's that dreamed of reading the shipping forecast just before 0100 on BBC Radio 4 now had their chance to make sure Wales was fully up to do date with its weather for the coming day. Shame it has gone really - it really was worth watching and when you came in of an evening a little worse for wear, you often wondered who was more tipsy - you or the CA!!
It may be a small point but it is of huge use to the deaf viewers who rely on Subtitling.
I wouldn't overexaggerate the importance of the Subtitles caption. Deaf viewers may rely on the subtitles themselves, but they don't rely on the preceeding caption - hence Channel 4 dropping the caption altogether.
I completely disagree with your viewpoint. I am not deaf but I know through deaf friends and colleagues that the Subtitles flag is hugely important to deaf viewers as it indicates if the next programme will be subtitled. Many deaf viewers rely on this especially when schedules change at the last minute - it provides them with continuity. We may hear that, for example, due to late running coverage of a sporting event a certain programme has been replaced with something else. A deaf viewer does not have this luxury as BBC Continuity Announcements are not subtitled at present. The ident at least shows the deaf viewer if the following programme will be subtitled or not. Therefore, it is paramount the Subtiling flag is used correctly on all idents as it ensures the viewer is not mislead.
Also it is of great importance to BBC Television, Jana Bennett, in a recent talk discussed the onscreen importance of the Subtitling flag for deaf viewers. She also made the point it was a constistency issue - and that is why all BBC Channels ensure that it is displayed at the appropriate times. The BBC has a greater duty of care, primarily because of the Licence Fee - therefore it is of no interest to them if Channel Four have stopped displaying it. BBC News 24 used to show the Subtitling flag on the Countdown, this stopped in error when the new sequence was introuduced in January. However, it is being worked on at present and the Countdown will soon indicate whether the next hour of programming will feature subtitles.
I think this clearly shows that the Subtitling flag is very important across all BBC Channels and so my previous comments in no way overexaggerated this.