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Discussion of BBC and ITV coverage (May 2012)

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ER
ericssonpaul
close ups fine, but when panning or with fast movement, very pixelated, they are not giving us enough video bit rate,. Any one know who is doing the OB?
TE
Telebox
I think I know what you mean - the Eurovision Song Contest on iPlayer via Virgin Media was, at times, a pixellated mess. I'm not watching on that big a screen though.
TE
Telebox
What happened to the clock just there?
AG
AxG
Yeah it suddenly speeded up.
WO
Worzel
What happened to the clock just there?


That happened yesterday when the clock went past 90mins, must be a bug in their system!
TE
Telebox
Hopefully that'll be fixed for tomorrow's England match.
BR
Brekkie
Looks like ITV have a similar arrangement to the Champions League then in terms of sponsors, with a combination of official tournament sponsors sponsoring their coverage.
AN
Andrew Founding member
I wonder how ITV are getting away with not airing the official sting at all. Maybe it isn't compulsory at all and the BBC's use of it is optional.
JJ
Juicy Joe Founding member
Has any one else noticed the rubbish video & audio quality of the ITV coverage and the crowd noise has been suppressed,?


Seems fine here!! ITV's coverage is always excellent! It must be your TV ericssonpaul! Very Happy
JO
Jonny
Seems fine here!! ITV's coverage is always excellent! It must be your TV ericssonpaul! Very Happy

Evening, Mr Chiles.
JO
Jon
Jonny posted:
Seems fine here!! ITV's coverage is always excellent! It must be your TV ericssonpaul! Very Happy

Evening, Mr Chiles.


Do you notice how he moaned about the BBC Graphics not matching with the purple UEFA ones, and expectantly suggested that he'd see it from ITV later?

It's funny how he wasn't bothered by the fact it turned out ITV didn't do it either. Confused
SW
Steve Williams
Jon posted:
I think it's cost. Although it's debatable how big the savings will be as Jake Humphrey and a pundit seem to be at most of the live games. They're sending Alan Shearer back to Salford after 2 days.


They always do that in all tournaments, regardless of where they are, they had Ray Stubbs at the grounds in Euro 2008 while everyone else was in the Vienna studio, and in 2002 ITV had Jim Rosenthal and John Barnes at the grounds (which I think might have been because Jim Rosenthal's contract guaranteed him some role at the World Cup, because he didn't do much and went back after the group stage to do the F1). It's no different to sending a reporter out there, presumably Jake is doing other stuff too. Usually the Beeb have three or four reporters out there and in Logan, Johnson, Humphrey and Walker I've seen four so far, so it's no extra expense.

ITV had Ned Boulting at the ground for the Ireland game. And Shearer might be there doing stuff for a sponsor or something.

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