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MA
madmusician
Stuart posted:
BBC Breakfast were this morning reporting news of Markle's Father not attending, but pointlessly had the correspondent stood by shrubbery on The Mall. What is the point of these OBs? The wedding isn't taking place there, and the update didn't involve information obtained from that location.

If anyone wants a good laugh, a wedding edition of the rather harsh comedy 'The Windsors' is now available on All Four (and also broadcast tonight). Laughing Laughing

They have created graphics for imaginary US News Channel ABN, with Fergie as commentator, and showed pictures of the 'invited rent-a-crowd' getting disinfected before being allowed in. Laughing

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Bonus points for anybody who can name the location that The Windsors used as a stand-in for Windsor...

(My ex-girlfriend helped to set this filming up, so I knew this was coming!)
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RK
Rkolsen
Now will the BBC be producing the host feed from a truck of their own on the site or are they producing the pool feed at home. Where all the signals are satellite or fibered back to maybe Elstree? I’m curious because they will have all these cameras not just in the castle and chapel but a significant distance away.

And for their domestic coverage will it be produced in a scanner or treated as an OB back at NBH.
UK
UKnews
Rkolsen posted:
Anyone know what those tents are ontop of the castle?

Camera / broadcast positions.
MA
madmusician
Rich Tea posted:
From a family member in St.Albans who saw some filming there recently I believe they might have used St.Albans Abbey ?

This is a wild educated guess on my part.

Bingo!
ST
Stuart
UKnews posted:
The BBC are host for the service, with Sky and BBC sharing host duties for the parade (half the route each).

Yet Sky are declaring that they have UHD/4K coverage of the ceremony itself, not just part of the route.


If the BBC are the host, does it mean they also have 4K enabled cameras in place within the chapel? They don't appear to be broadcasting it in 4K anywhere in the UK. If Sky have their own cameras within the chapel, that would seem an unnecessary duplication.
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UK
UKnews
Rkolsen posted:
Now will the BBC be producing the host feed from a truck of their own on the site or are they producing the pool feed at home. Where all the signals are satellite or fibered back to maybe Elstree? I’m curious because they will have all these cameras not just in the castle and chapel but a significant distance away.

Fibre optics can run a long way Wink

It’s all being handled in Windsor, there are several trucks for the pool feed- Telegenic for the BBC up at the castle, NEP for Sky on the Long Walk, CTV for ITN.

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And for their domestic coverage will it be produced in a scanner or treated as an OB back at NBH.

If you’re talking about the BBC special it’s all done in Windsor and fed straight to BBC 1 playout. For the News Channel and World they are being treated as outside sources into the gallery just as they would with any other onsite presentation.
NG
noggin Founding member
Stuart posted:
UKnews posted:
The BBC are host for the service, with Sky and BBC sharing host duties for the parade (half the route each).

Yet Sky are declaring that they have UHD/4K coverage of the ceremony itself, not just part of the route.


If the BBC are the host, does it mean they also have 4K enabled cameras in place within the chapel? They don't appear to be broadcasting it in 4K anywhere in the UK. If Sky have their own cameras within the chapel, that would seem an unnecessary duplication.
http://i63.tinypic.com/zlsx7p.jpg


The BBC are host-broadcasters of the service, and I believe the BBC-run truck is running 4K (and HDR I think). Sky will have bought the 4K feed.

My understanding is that the UHD feed may well be made available on iPlayer too (in HLG HDR) as part of the BBC UHD HLG Live Streaming trial (which started quietly with a small Rugby League match a couple of weekends ago) - or at least at one point that was the plan. (It could be that there has been a decision not to run HDR, and that may also mean the BBC don't run it on iPlayer)
NE
News96
RDJ posted:
I thought I'd post what I had posted in the BBC News Channel thread given that it has much to do with the Royal Wedding.

This is my interpretation of the account of an interview earlier today of a couple who have come to watch the Royal Wedding from New Orleans. To say she was excited about it is an understatement...

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"I'VE COME FOR HAAAAAAARRRRYYYYY!!! I'M HEEEEEEERE!!"

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"TAKE CARE OF MY BABY MEEEEEEEGHAN!!"

...

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And the same woman has just appeared again during Victoria Live just now sporting a rather interesting looking umbrella!
UK
UKnews
Stuart posted:
If the BBC are the host, does it mean they also have 4K enabled cameras in place within the chapel? They don't appear to be broadcasting it in 4K anywhere in the UK. If Sky have their own cameras within the chapel, that would seem an unnecessary duplication.

It’s just ‘BBC’ cameras in the chapel, I believe the whole host feed is 4K. I’m not sure if any international broadcasters have it in 4K.
MA
mapperuo
Rkolsen posted:
Here’s how NBC looks on air.

Anyone know what those tents are ontop of the castle?


One of them is the ITN studio
ST
Stuart
UKnews posted:
Stuart posted:
If the BBC are the host, does it mean they also have 4K enabled cameras in place within the chapel? They don't appear to be broadcasting it in 4K anywhere in the UK. If Sky have their own cameras within the chapel, that would seem an unnecessary duplication.

It’s just ‘BBC’ cameras in the chapel, I believe the whole host feed is 4K.

That would be quite disturbing if essentially the BBC are providing a lower quality picture to their own license-fee payers.

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