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I think the BBC is right to complain to UEFA about the failure. It was a high profile sports event and one that would have got a decent audience no doubt. I would have thought that to have such limited power resiliency at the IBC is pretty poor on the Host Broadcaster's part.
I'm making some enquires at the moment, because I've got a feeling it was rain fade on the satellite uplinks, more than any electrical problems.
That said, no excuse for not having a redundant uplink site elsewhere.
There was indeed rain fade on the satellite uplink in Vienna. However, that didn't really have any effect on the main programme output, which was being delivered by fibre.
The programme went off air when the IBC's power went down. This also caused both the satellite and the fibre to fail.
I've heard that the make-good circuit was a hastily arranged uplink from a BBC sat truck at the ground.
Strange, it was said that Swiss TV had no problems at all.
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thegeek posted:
Markymark posted:
deejay posted:
I think the BBC is right to complain to UEFA about the failure. It was a high profile sports event and one that would have got a decent audience no doubt. I would have thought that to have such limited power resiliency at the IBC is pretty poor on the Host Broadcaster's part.
I'm making some enquires at the moment, because I've got a feeling it was rain fade on the satellite uplinks, more than any electrical problems.
That said, no excuse for not having a redundant uplink site elsewhere.
The programme went off air when the IBC's power went down. This also caused both the satellite and the fibre to fail.
I've heard that the make-good circuit was a hastily arranged uplink from a BBC sat truck at the ground.
Strange, it was said that Swiss TV had no problems at all.