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I'd have thought that having a tx suite putting out BBC1 just down the corridor from the one putting out ITV would be unpopular with both channels!
I'd been hearing rumours about that for quite a while - there were often visits from The Potential Client Who Shalt Not Be Named.
Besides, is this much different from BBC One coming from just across the atrium from some of Five's channels?
Interesting to see Chiswick being mentioned - Ascent's broadcast centre (another big glass box) is in Chiswick Park.
thegeek
Founding member
Inspector Sands posted:
noggin posted:
There have always been ongoing rumblings about Red Bee angling for the ITV playout contract... Has the outsourcing been decided or is it going to go to tender?
I'd have thought that having a tx suite putting out BBC1 just down the corridor from the one putting out ITV would be unpopular with both channels!
Besides, is this much different from BBC One coming from just across the atrium from some of Five's channels?
Interesting to see Chiswick being mentioned - Ascent's broadcast centre (another big glass box) is in Chiswick Park.
IS
Ahhh, is that where they're coming from? Wonder why they didn't put them with their mother channel?
Apparently the give away to the identity of the 'potential client who shall not be named' is that all the screens in reception change to their channels when they come in to have a look round!
When I was there they went as far as putting their logos onto one of the touch screens!
It would be odd to have ITV and BBC co-exsisting a building - in the old days they used to second guess what the other one was doing.... they could just walk down the corridor and peer through the window!
(yes i know it wouldn't work quite like that)
Interesting to see Chiswick being mentioned - Ascent's broadcast centre (another big glass box) is in Chiswick Park.
Are Ascent moving all their other broadcast centres over there, they do seem to be everywhere these days
thegeek posted:
]I'd been hearing rumours about that for quite a while - there were often visits from The Potential Client Who Shalt Not Be Named.
Besides, is this much different from BBC One coming from just across the atrium from some of Five's channels?
Besides, is this much different from BBC One coming from just across the atrium from some of Five's channels?
Ahhh, is that where they're coming from? Wonder why they didn't put them with their mother channel?
Apparently the give away to the identity of the 'potential client who shall not be named' is that all the screens in reception change to their channels when they come in to have a look round!
When I was there they went as far as putting their logos onto one of the touch screens!
It would be odd to have ITV and BBC co-exsisting a building - in the old days they used to second guess what the other one was doing.... they could just walk down the corridor and peer through the window!
(yes i know it wouldn't work quite like that)
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Interesting to see Chiswick being mentioned - Ascent's broadcast centre (another big glass box) is in Chiswick Park.
Are Ascent moving all their other broadcast centres over there, they do seem to be everywhere these days
:-(
It's not ideal but in fairness at least the remaining staff have known about this for a long time, and have had chance to think about their futures. The bulk of the hacking up of the ITV system happened many years ago now.
The one good thing to come out of all of this is that the staff that did work for the ITV stations for "donkeys years" are/were covered by generous pension and redundancy schemes, fought for when the staff unions were still strong, therefore Allen and co have had to pay out for the privilege of raping the ITV structure.
A former member
harshy posted:
I personally think ITVPlc are a f**kin disgrace, they treat their staff like dirt, and this is how they reward staff many of whom have worked for donkeys years, it's a disgrace really.
It's not ideal but in fairness at least the remaining staff have known about this for a long time, and have had chance to think about their futures. The bulk of the hacking up of the ITV system happened many years ago now.
The one good thing to come out of all of this is that the staff that did work for the ITV stations for "donkeys years" are/were covered by generous pension and redundancy schemes, fought for when the staff unions were still strong, therefore Allen and co have had to pay out for the privilege of raping the ITV structure.
ES
The one good thing to come out of all of this is that the staff that did work for the ITV stations for "donkeys years" are/were covered by generous pension and redundancy schemes, fought for when the staff unions were still strong, therefore Allen and co have had to pay out for the privilege of raping the ITV structure.
Except for the staff who get TU(PE)d of course, as the pension and redundancy schemes don't follow those people.
jason posted:
The one good thing to come out of all of this is that the staff that did work for the ITV stations for "donkeys years" are/were covered by generous pension and redundancy schemes, fought for when the staff unions were still strong, therefore Allen and co have had to pay out for the privilege of raping the ITV structure.
Except for the staff who get TU(PE)d of course, as the pension and redundancy schemes don't follow those people.
:-(
A former member
Really??
I thought that redundancy at least *is* protected by TUPE. I went through this at work, and my ex-BR T&C were protected by law. The pension scheme wasn't, but it was my understanding that (a) union agreements were in place to protect this in the case of the broadcasters, and (b) recent changes to TUPE mean that pensions are now protected.
Might be wrong, but that was my understanding.
I thought that redundancy at least *is* protected by TUPE. I went through this at work, and my ex-BR T&C were protected by law. The pension scheme wasn't, but it was my understanding that (a) union agreements were in place to protect this in the case of the broadcasters, and (b) recent changes to TUPE mean that pensions are now protected.
Might be wrong, but that was my understanding.
RM
jason posted:
Really??
I thought that redundancy at least *is* protected by TUPE. I went through this at work, and my ex-BR T&C were protected by law. The pension scheme wasn't, but it was my understanding that (a) union agreements were in place to protect this in the case of the broadcasters, and (b) recent changes to TUPE mean that pensions are now protected.
Sorry if this is a dim question-- but what is TUPE? I'm curious
Might be wrong, but that was my understanding.
I thought that redundancy at least *is* protected by TUPE. I went through this at work, and my ex-BR T&C were protected by law. The pension scheme wasn't, but it was my understanding that (a) union agreements were in place to protect this in the case of the broadcasters, and (b) recent changes to TUPE mean that pensions are now protected.
Sorry if this is a dim question-- but what is TUPE? I'm curious
Might be wrong, but that was my understanding.
MN
Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) - regulations that apply when companies merge, etc.
"The regulations are designed to protect the rights of employees in a transfer situation enabling them to enjoy the same terms and conditions, with continuity of employment, as formerly."
More info here: http://www.cipd.co.uk/subjects/emplaw/tupe/tupe.htm
MarkN
Founding member
Roger Mellie posted:
Sorry if this is a dim question-- but what is TUPE? I'm curious
Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) - regulations that apply when companies merge, etc.
"The regulations are designed to protect the rights of employees in a transfer situation enabling them to enjoy the same terms and conditions, with continuity of employment, as formerly."
More info here: http://www.cipd.co.uk/subjects/emplaw/tupe/tupe.htm
IS
Curiously, Technicolor used to be a Carlton company
Roy Slaven posted:
Re: ITV transmission : Thomson Technicolor , Chiswick Park
Curiously, Technicolor used to be a Carlton company