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(March 2010)

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IS
Inspector Sands
Tumble Tower posted:
Tuesday evening Points West showed separate reports on analogue BBC1 and digital BBC1 about what to do to continue watching TV on Wednesday and beyond

Yep, they did the same the day of DSO 1 a few weeks ago.

Apparently they did it by over-plugging the output to one of their platforms to their second (presentation) gallery while the main gallery fed the other. The programme was fed through the smaller gallery and at the appropriate time they played the alternative package which was the same duration. A nice trick.... and one they'll never be able to do again!
SP
Steve in Pudsey
Although they were only able to subtitle one of the outputs!
MA
Markymark
Steve in Pudsey posted:
Although they were only able to subtitle one of the outputs!


The split report was only two mins, so they could have had 'burnt in' subtitles ?
SP
Steve in Pudsey
The subtitles are handled from RedBee, and could be done anywhere in the country, so only one platform was able to be done.

Still, a good effort from Bristol, glad they did something to mark the occasion!
MA
Markymark
Steve in Pudsey posted:
The subtitles are handled from RedBee, and could be done anywhere in the country, so only one platform was able to be done.


What I meant is someone types the text into an Aston, just the same as the captions, even with my typing speed, I could manage that for a two min report !
IS
Inspector Sands
Steve in Pudsey posted:
The subtitles are handled from RedBee, and could be done anywhere in the country, so only one platform was able to be done.

The reason that only one was done was because they only have one set of subtitle encoders and associated equipment. It wouldn't have mattered if the subtitler was in Scotland or sitting in their newsroom, theer would still only have been one set of them

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Still, a good effort from Bristol, glad they did something to mark the occasion!

All regions have 'marked' it in some way.

158 days later

CO
countyboy
Tumble Tower posted:
Steve in Pudsey posted:
The current arrangements are based on the geography and topology of the country as it stood 40 years ago or more, and planned around everybody getting 4 UHF services (even if they didn't all get c4 when it launched the capacity was there for it to happen).

In what respect? Do you mean the fact that they're re-using the same transmitter sites and frequencies as for analogue? Are you suggesting that completely new transmitter sites should have been chosen for DTT, to provide optimum DTT coverage (i.e. 99% population coverage of all 6 muxes)? For example, in the case of the West region, should a new main mast have been built at Dundry for DTT, thereby rendering Mendip (Pen Hill north of Wells) redundant? Could one enormous mast on Dartmoor have provided 6 DTT muxes to the whole of the Westcountry (ex Westward/TSW) region without any relays?


There were originally plans to put the main mast for the West region at Dundry, rather than at the current Mendip site, which would have certainly improved reception in those parts of north Gloucestershire unable to receive from Mendip.......but the proposal for a mast at Dundry was not entertained as a mast there of the significant size required for a main mast would have been too close to the flightpaths for Bristol airport.

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