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Japan - ITV announce presentation team (August 2019)

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Asa Admin
A lovely looking set, not entirely sure where the real ends and the virtual begins, which is no bad thing. Spacious without feeling cavernous too.

Good use of augmented reality for things like the map of Japan - subtle but effective.

A nice little setup they’ve created in Maidstone!
MR
mromega
ITV are producing end-to-end in 59.94p, including at Maidstone, then converting to 1080i25 for broadcast.

This is to prevent too many standards conversions in the chain and the artefacting that would introduce.
UKnews, London Lite and Asa gave kudos
BR
Brekkie
Only watched the game on my phone but that score bug looks way too big and that RWC dog in the bottom right is completely unneccessary.


The titles are a complete recycle of 2011. Which isn't a bad thing.

Yes, I thought that regarding the titles.


Only briefly caught glimpses this morning but a RWC DOG has been common on tournament coverage for years now, though in 2003 and 2007 I think it formed part of the scorebar.

EDIT: Watching a bit of this mornings match now - scorebar definitely on the large side and the Japan 2019/Pool/Half flipper a tad annoying but on the whole like the way the scorebar, wipes and host graphics animate. Never saw the line up graphics as ITV replaced them with their own.

P.S. ITV promoted Englands game earlier with a slide showing the team - not something I've ever seen before.
Last edited by Brekkie on 20 September 2019 8:43pm - 2 times in total
RD
rdd Founding member
The NFL-style “Starting Forwards” and “Starting Backs” bars at the bottom of the screen were way too small. But overall this is a really good effort from WR.
MI
Michael
Only briefly caught glimpses this morning but a RWC DOG has been common on tournament coverage for years now, though in 2003 and 2007 I think it formed part of the scorebar.


A quick flick back through YouTube shows

1987, 1991 no scorebug at all. RWC logo shown only on certain match graphics (such as half time, 60 minutes gone etc)
1995 - broadcaster-specific scorebug with RWC logo shown on lower-3rd gfx
1999 - broadcaster-specific scorebug (nothing hard-coded into world feed)
2003 - first use of RWC-specific house style with tiny IRB RWC text DOG forming part of the scorebug
2007 - skeuomorphic evolution of 2003 and just seeing those gfx again makes every Welsh fan's blood run cold
2011 - Evolution of the (wonderful and lasting) Sky NZ-style spinning rugby balls style with separate but still subtle RWC bug in top right (all 4:3 safe)
2015 - Small, blocky, pink and again, separate but slightly bigger and less opaque RWC bug in top right.
2019 - Ugh. The bug in the bottom right doesn't work and while I like the sorta stacked pagoda effect there is just too much redundant space being taken up.

Here's something I knocked up quickly which could, with some tweaking, leave a clean yet pleasing gfx package without too much clutter.
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HA
harshy Founding member
ITV are producing end-to-end in 59.94p, including at Maidstone, then converting to 1080i25 for broadcast.

This is to prevent too many standards conversions in the chain and the artefacting that would introduce.

Where’s the satellite feed for this and is it in 8k?
EY
the eye
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Last edited by the eye on 21 September 2019 8:31am
BR
Brekkie
Nice mock up and agree it would be better integrated but personally think the DOG this time is far more subtle, and being bottom right helps with that too as that is where DOGs should be - the last thing you see on screen rather than the first. Could be a hit smaller though.
:-(
A former member
STV has the current ad break up north. its not even 09.25?! what the deal here?
UK
UKnews
ITV are producing end-to-end in 59.94p, including at Maidstone, then converting to 1080i25 for broadcast.

This is to prevent too many standards conversions in the chain and the artefacting that would introduce.

Where’s the satellite feed for this and is it in 8k?

It isn’t being provided in 4K outside Japan (let alone 8K) so the the answer is ‘no’ and ‘nowhere’. Maidstone to Chiswick will almost certainly be fibre.
NG
noggin Founding member
ITV are producing end-to-end in 59.94p, including at Maidstone, then converting to 1080i25 for broadcast.

This is to prevent too many standards conversions in the chain and the artefacting that would introduce.

Where’s the satellite feed for this and is it in 8k?


Maidstone studios have fibre to the BT Tower so I doubt the ITV show is on satellite. These days I'd also expect the main feeds from Japan to Europe to be fibre for the main connectivity unless there is a good reason not to be? (Particularly if you have more than one feed to backhaul - like ISOs, stadium beauty shots etc.)
RD
rdd Founding member
Mark Robson and Andy Robinson calling the France v Argentina game for Eir Sport (I assumed it was world feed at first until they name checked eir).

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