Does TVC have any sort of dedicated MCR now, in addition to the individual galleries - what are the arrangements for getting the outside sources in? (given obviously, the old SCAR is no more, likewise the satellite farm). I'm a bit out of the loop on what's happened recently with Red Bee…
Would O/s's be routed to TVC via the CAR at BH or BBC Studioworks at Elstree?
I visited TVC about 18 months ago, there was TC1 and TC3 galleries being built, and TC2’s being done as an afterthought ( no refreshed decor that 1 and 3 had) There was a CCA for all three in a triangular area in the middle. At the time all were ‘simple’ LE studios. ITV have added a shedload of their own kit ( and other facilities) since deciding to rent TC2 and 3. I’d imagine the OS circuits are most possibly arranged via ITN at GIR, and no part of the Beeb is involved?
Would O/s's be routed to TVC via the CAR at BH or BBC Studioworks at Elstree?
I visited TVC about 18 months ago, there was TC1 and TC3 galleries being built, and TC2’s being done as an afterthought ( no refreshed decor that 1 and 3 had) There was a CCA for all three in a triangular area in the middle. At the time all were ‘simple’ LE studios. ITV have added a shedload of their own kit ( and other facilities) since deciding to rent TC2 and 3.
TC2 PCR has rotated 90 degrees since the refurb. In the latter days of BBC TVC running it was 'long and thin', now it's 'narrower and deep' I think.
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I’d imagine the OS circuits are most possibly arranged via ITN at GIR, and no part of the Beeb is involved?
Not sure. This Morning do their own thing in OB provision terms I think, and have no real links to ITN, so would expect those to work directly to BBC CAR/CCA?
Does TVC have any sort of dedicated MCR now, in addition to the individual galleries - what are the arrangements for getting the outside sources in? (given obviously, the old SCAR is no more, likewise the satellite farm). I'm a bit out of the loop on what's happened recently with Red Bee…
CAR/CCA is effectively virtualised now - with operations at both NBH and Broadcast Centre, as well as Wood Norton (and Glasgow and Salford which I think they also have remote control of?).
I don't know if there is any on-site operation at TV Centre, but there is likely to be some connectivity I'd have thought.
Now CAR/CCA is back in-house (no longer part of Siemens/ATOS) the teams that run MCR1 and MCR2 and CCA/CAR are under common management I believe. (MCR1 is effectively the Radio switching operation at NBH, MCR2 is effectively the SCAR equivalent - and often referred to as SCAR still. Both can do everything, but the rough job split remains. The names refer to the operational areas, not the physical equipment)
