Some guy just ran in front of the torch carrier and tried to touch the torch but somehow BBC Wales Today Olympic Torch Relay (BWTOTR) missed it despite having their own camera on the BBC Torch Cam vehicle. They still haven't mentioned it even 5-10 minutes after it happened. Very poor reporting.
I saw them mention it as it happened live, but (quite rightly) they didn't dwell on it any further.
Apart from the very poor quality feed on some shots (you'd think they'd have made the default torch cam suitable for broadcast TV) a very good show from BBC Wales, who took delight in everything running to time. Interesting the BBC sent Sophie Raworth to report for the Six - I assume she did something on the news channel afterwards, though really why the NC couldn't just take the regions programmes I don't know.
BBC Wales also billed it as one show from 6.30-7.30pm rather than two.
Apart from the very poor quality feed on some shots (you'd think they'd have made the default torch cam suitable for broadcast TV)
Do you understand how they're broadcasting it, and the technical obstacles?
It's not about what they are doing - it's about what they should be doing. You can get broadcast quality streams from helicopters, war zones and even space, so I don't see why it should be a problem on the roads.
Apart from the very poor quality feed on some shots (you'd think they'd have made the default torch cam suitable for broadcast TV)
Do you understand how they're broadcasting it, and the technical obstacles?
It's not about what they are doing - it's about what they should be doing. You can get broadcast quality streams from helicopters, war zones and even space, so I don't see why it should be a problem on the roads.
Surely the issue with trying to each broadcast quality for the torch relay is the fact that it is continually moving convoy and the solution used has to be cost effective - over the 70 day period.
Apart from the very poor quality feed on some shots (you'd think they'd have made the default torch cam suitable for broadcast TV)
Do you understand how they're broadcasting it, and the technical obstacles?
It's not about what they are doing - it's about what they should be doing. You can get broadcast quality streams from helicopters, war zones and even space, so I don't see why it should be a problem on the roads.
I am actually dumbfounded that people are watching this garbage. I can't believe the BBC are broadcasting it live for 70 days. Seriously, we're actually paying for that? Astonishing.
Apart from the very poor quality feed on some shots (you'd think they'd have made the default torch cam suitable for broadcast TV)
Do you understand how they're broadcasting it, and the technical obstacles?
It's not about what they are doing - it's about what they should be doing. You can get broadcast quality streams from helicopters, war zones and even space, so I don't see why it should be a problem on the roads.
In the grand scheme of £9bn it's a drop in the ocean. I'm not saying every minute of it should be broadcast live in glorious HD, but I think it's fare to expect that broadcast quality clips are available for dropping into news bulletins and covering the key moments live - which they are, but just not for every runner.
And agree the relay is working wonders for the country - it's actually got very little to do with London hosting the Olympics and is much more about the iconic Olympic flame reaching parts of the country it's never reached before and showing off the country at it's best. I found the Olympic torch being on Welsh soil yesterday to be a much more moving event than I expected it to be.
Apart from the very poor quality feed on some shots (you'd think they'd have made the default torch cam suitable for broadcast TV)
Do you understand how they're broadcasting it, and the technical obstacles?
It's not about what they are doing - it's about what they should be doing. You can get broadcast quality streams from helicopters, war zones and even space, so I don't see why it should be a problem on the roads.
Err - you not see-ing it being such a problem doesn't mean it isn't one...
Sure, if you had a fleet of helicopters (you'd probably need 3 permanently operating to cope with refuelling - and would need to base the route on refuelling locations and accessible airspace) and a number of roving satellite trucks deployed along the route to cope with downlinking the helicopter feed, plus a switching centre to switch between multiple uplinks as the helicopter(s) moved between downlinks.
Yes - you can get great pictures from STATIC war zones with a standard flyaway, or lower quality stuff with BGAN. Or you can get very poor quality pictures intermittently from moving vehicles in war zones using BGAN or similar - though only if you've got clear line of sight and can properly keep the aerial on pan.
If you look at the logistics and costs of just covering a Marathon route - you'll quickly see why it isn't do-able without spending ridiculously large amounts of money on kit and/or people.
The 3G solution is a pretty neat one - there aren't that many other options really.
Why should the rest of the country have missed Eastenders (and endured extra One Show) just for West Midlands local output? WM could have opted-out of EE if necessary, leaving the rest of the country as normal (far from ideal, but at least disruption would have been confined to WM only)
Not just as suggested above, popping it on 301 - they COULD have had Network on a back-record, continued as they were opted out and missed out whatever was after EastEnders, and aired EastEnders 30 minutes later than billed with an announcement such as "If you'd like to view X then go to the BBC iPlayer"...