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Fewer people involved? There's a director dedicated to BBC One, and a room of directors down the corridor, just as there would be during the day. The only difference is that there's no live announcer, but how often is there a need for one at that time of night?
It looks to me like the vision mixer crashed. It could happen any time, and yes, there are ways around it (such as the emergency cut button). But if you're in the middle of a junction and not entirely sure how your equipment's broken, it can be hard to know how to react.
Besides, it's only television, nobody died.
thegeek
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deejay posted:
Truly abysmal. Even if the automation is throwing it's rattle well out of the pram, it's usually possible to cut the junction down to the bare minimum and get into the next programme manually (or in this case Weatherview or whatever it's called these days). Mind you, with fewer people involved these days it's sometimes a matter of what can be achieved while fighting a computer! I notice there wasn't even a hint of a live announcer. Presumably there wasn't one to fill over a menu while the director got Weatherview in the gate.
It looks to me like the vision mixer crashed. It could happen any time, and yes, there are ways around it (such as the emergency cut button). But if you're in the middle of a junction and not entirely sure how your equipment's broken, it can be hard to know how to react.
Besides, it's only television, nobody died.