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Phillip presented a midday summary on one Sunday a few months back now - so its not the first time hes been on. Plus the many occasions he was on with BBC News Specials for the Iraq War.
Is Jane the only presenter on on the BBC Two Special?
News room posted:
WOW - Philip Hayton on BBC ONE! This must be the first time he has presented a scheduled bulletin on BBC One since he left for News 24. I wonder why Jane Hill didn't do it. Who is the duty news reader on One today? Is it Jane Hill??
Phillip presented a midday summary on one Sunday a few months back now - so its not the first time hes been on. Plus the many occasions he was on with BBC News Specials for the Iraq War.
Is Jane the only presenter on on the BBC Two Special?
CW
What? You mean people will be forced into watching analogue TV, that vile thing from the past, rather than digital TV with it's 'digital quality' (whatever that is) pictures and sound?
Seriously, so what if regional news gets shunted to BBC2 and can't be watched on digital? What is the analogue terrestrial coverage of the UK? At least 98% of the UK's landmass (and probably over 99% of the population) is within reach of a terrestrial transmitter and has received TV that way at some point. Who are these 'digital viewers who can't see it because it's on analogue' that you speak of? The fools who were so excited about digital that they ripped their analogue aerial installations out to make a statement to the world (or rather, to the 2 or 3 people who care and are impressed by such things) that they had moved into the digital age? If they are cut off from their regional news, then it's their own fault.
I now await someone to tell me that it would be the end of the world to move regional news to BBC2 because they won't be able to see it in widescreen...
cwathen
Founding member
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Meaning Digital viewers can't get them.
What? You mean people will be forced into watching analogue TV, that vile thing from the past, rather than digital TV with it's 'digital quality' (whatever that is) pictures and sound?
Seriously, so what if regional news gets shunted to BBC2 and can't be watched on digital? What is the analogue terrestrial coverage of the UK? At least 98% of the UK's landmass (and probably over 99% of the population) is within reach of a terrestrial transmitter and has received TV that way at some point. Who are these 'digital viewers who can't see it because it's on analogue' that you speak of? The fools who were so excited about digital that they ripped their analogue aerial installations out to make a statement to the world (or rather, to the 2 or 3 people who care and are impressed by such things) that they had moved into the digital age? If they are cut off from their regional news, then it's their own fault.
I now await someone to tell me that it would be the end of the world to move regional news to BBC2 because they won't be able to see it in widescreen...
RE
Why does BBC WORLD's main aston say "SADDAM CAPTURE" yet News 24 & BBC Two etc are "SADDAM CAPTURED". Surely they could squeeze a 'D' in!
NR
Phillip presented a midday summary on one Sunday a few months back now - so its not the first time hes been on. Plus the many occasions he was on with BBC News Specials for the Iraq War.
Is Jane the only presenter on on the BBC Two Special?
War Specials are not the normal 'scheduled' bulletins I am referring to. I wasn't aware he had presented a lunchtime bulletin before on One. Thanks for poiting it out.
Re-it-er-ate posted:
News room posted:
WOW - Philip Hayton on BBC ONE! This must be the first time he has presented a scheduled bulletin on BBC One since he left for News 24. I wonder why Jane Hill didn't do it. Who is the duty news reader on One today? Is it Jane Hill??
Phillip presented a midday summary on one Sunday a few months back now - so its not the first time hes been on. Plus the many occasions he was on with BBC News Specials for the Iraq War.
Is Jane the only presenter on on the BBC Two Special?
War Specials are not the normal 'scheduled' bulletins I am referring to. I wasn't aware he had presented a lunchtime bulletin before on One. Thanks for poiting it out.
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Meaning Digital viewers can't get them.
And AFAIK some of the sub opts aren't possible on BBC2 analogue, so their work was totally wasted.
That may well be true, but the current BBC1 regions on Sky didn't appear until AFTER this year's Wimbledon - during the championships the old 'press red' arrangement was taken off.
I'd like to see them try it this coming year ...
A former member
Marcus posted:
Meaning Digital viewers can't get them.
And AFAIK some of the sub opts aren't possible on BBC2 analogue, so their work was totally wasted.
That may well be true, but the current BBC1 regions on Sky didn't appear until AFTER this year's Wimbledon - during the championships the old 'press red' arrangement was taken off.
I'd like to see them try it this coming year ...
SP
Seriously, so what if regional news gets shunted to BBC2 and can't be watched on digital? What is the analogue terrestrial coverage of the UK? At least 98% of the UK's landmass (and probably over 99% of the population) is within reach of a terrestrial transmitter and has received TV that way at some point.
I now await someone to tell me that it would be the end of the world to move regional news to BBC2 because they won't be able to see it in widescreen...
But as the official policy is that regional opts will only be on BBC One, sub-opts like the Hull version of Look North, and South Today's Oxford version (I think) aren't possible on BBC Two, because the additional equipment required for split transmission wasn't put into the BBC Two transmission chain because it officially shouldn't be required.
Therefore during Wimbledon the Hull team had spent all day preparing a programme that was ditched about an hour before it was due on air.
cwathen posted:
Seriously, so what if regional news gets shunted to BBC2 and can't be watched on digital? What is the analogue terrestrial coverage of the UK? At least 98% of the UK's landmass (and probably over 99% of the population) is within reach of a terrestrial transmitter and has received TV that way at some point.
I now await someone to tell me that it would be the end of the world to move regional news to BBC2 because they won't be able to see it in widescreen...
But as the official policy is that regional opts will only be on BBC One, sub-opts like the Hull version of Look North, and South Today's Oxford version (I think) aren't possible on BBC Two, because the additional equipment required for split transmission wasn't put into the BBC Two transmission chain because it officially shouldn't be required.
Therefore during Wimbledon the Hull team had spent all day preparing a programme that was ditched about an hour before it was due on air.
CW
Perhaps this should be changed. I realise that BBC2 English regions will never appear on digital, but on analogue terrestrial they should equipment all the opts that are on BBC1 to be available on BBC2 aswell.
I know the official line is that BBC2 English regions have ended, but quite clearly that in practice has meant that they only have no regularly scheduled regional programming on BBC2, but the English regions will still be used if anything needs to be moved off of BBC1. Why not make this policy official?
cwathen
Founding member
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But as the official policy is that regional opts will only be on BBC One, sub-opts like the Hull version of Look North, and South Today's Oxford version (I think) aren't possible on BBC Two, because the additional equipment required for split transmission wasn't put into the BBC Two transmission chain because it officially shouldn't be required.
Perhaps this should be changed. I realise that BBC2 English regions will never appear on digital, but on analogue terrestrial they should equipment all the opts that are on BBC1 to be available on BBC2 aswell.
I know the official line is that BBC2 English regions have ended, but quite clearly that in practice has meant that they only have no regularly scheduled regional programming on BBC2, but the English regions will still be used if anything needs to be moved off of BBC1. Why not make this policy official?