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noggin Founding member
Aylett 67 posted:
However, I am delighted the building is being kept as the BBC should keep at least two studios to be used for shows like National Lottery Live and Strictly. Yet the days when this huge building had 7000 staff and the studios were constantly in use are over.


The National Lottery Live draws have come from Arqiva's studios (formerly BFBS) for a number of years... They have much higher security (being co-sited with the MoD) than TVC had - and I believe they can leave the draw machines in situ rather than having to set/strike (and securely transport/store them elsewhere)
JO
Jon
noggin posted:
Aylett 67 posted:
However, I am delighted the building is being kept as the BBC should keep at least two studios to be used for shows like National Lottery Live and Strictly. Yet the days when this huge building had 7000 staff and the studios were constantly in use are over.


The National Lottery Live draws have come from Arqiva's studios (formerly BFBS) for a number of years...

They also haven't been branded as The National Lottery Live for well over 10 years.
BU
buster
Jon posted:
noggin posted:
Aylett 67 posted:
However, I am delighted the building is being kept as the BBC should keep at least two studios to be used for shows like National Lottery Live and Strictly. Yet the days when this huge building had 7000 staff and the studios were constantly in use are over.


The National Lottery Live draws have come from Arqiva's studios (formerly BFBS) for a number of years...

They also haven't been branded as The National Lottery Live for well over 10 years.


Longer than that - became simply "The National Lottery Draw" in 1997!
DV
DVB Cornwall
This next three weeks would, had buliding completed, logistics and staff been available , been ideal to move all the news operations over to BH, with so many OBs taking place.
SP
Steve in Pudsey
The next three weeks would be ideal to leave everything in familiar territory technically, with all the complex OBs and opportunities for things to go wrong
GE
thegeek Founding member
DVB Cornwall posted:
This next three weeks would, had buliding completed, logistics and staff been available , been ideal to move all the news operations over to BH, with so many OBs taking place.


The complexity of BBC News's operation at the Olympics is frankly confounding - it relies heavily on the infrastructure in SCAR. Trying to move News's main control room while so much is hanging off the back of it would be akin to pinning the tail on a donkey that's on crack.
GE
Generic
thegeek posted:
DVB Cornwall posted:
This next three weeks would, had buliding completed, logistics and staff been available , been ideal to move all the news operations over to BH, with so many OBs taking place.


The complexity of BBC News's operation at the Olympics is frankly confounding - it relies heavily on the infrastructure in SCAR. Trying to move News's main control room while so much is hanging off the back of it would be akin to pinning the tail on a donkey that's on crack.


There is a "Lockdown" at the moment that prevents anything changing that could mess up the Olympic coverage......makes a lot of sense as we only get it every 50 years or thereabouts so why take any risks on something this important? The BBCs reputation is at stake.
WO
Worzel
Generic posted:
There is a "Lockdown" at the moment that prevents anything changing that could mess up the Olympic coverage.


Is that the exact wording in the BBC's document... Wink
Last edited by Worzel on 24 July 2012 12:44am
MW
Mike W
Worzel posted:
Generic posted:

There is a "Lockdown" at the moment that prevents anything changing that could mess up the Olympic coverage.


Is that the exact wording on the BBC's document... Wink


Quite possibly, though I imagine the banter used by the pygmies in suits closer to obscenities...
DE
deejay
Not sure if this should be in this thread or a new one, but this picture appeared on twitter a couple of days ago:
https://twitter.com/MrJMcNamara/status/226226406399561730/photo/1
VM
VMPhil
deejay posted:
Not sure if this should be in this thread or a new one, but this picture appeared on twitter a couple of days ago:
https://twitter.com/MrJMcNamara/status/226226406399561730/photo/1


You can see the remains of another BBC sign that must have been taken down years ago and not replaced.
DE
deejay
Is that Studio-A they're demolishing in that photo?

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