JW
Who are the anchors on duty on World, CNNI and Sky?
If Babita Sharma is on BBC World, it will mean yet another major breaking event during her watch, after Gadaffi and Bin Laden, etc.
If Babita Sharma is on BBC World, it will mean yet another major breaking event during her watch, after Gadaffi and Bin Laden, etc.
MO
Well she tweeted about it...
"@BabitaBBC: #BBCbreaking - Kim Jong Il has died - LIVE rolling coverage on BBC World News & BBC News Channel"
And retweeted this...
"@RichardWGordon: Bit zonked after 2 solid hours in the gallery outputting @BabitaBBC @BBCWorld output on death of #NorthKorea #KimJongII"
So it looks like she was.
Who are the anchors on duty on World, CNNI and Sky?
If Babita Sharma is on BBC World, it will mean yet another major breaking event during her watch, after Gadaffi and Bin Laden, etc.
If Babita Sharma is on BBC World, it will mean yet another major breaking event during her watch, after Gadaffi and Bin Laden, etc.
Well she tweeted about it...
"@BabitaBBC: #BBCbreaking - Kim Jong Il has died - LIVE rolling coverage on BBC World News & BBC News Channel"
And retweeted this...
"@RichardWGordon: Bit zonked after 2 solid hours in the gallery outputting @BabitaBBC @BBCWorld output on death of #NorthKorea #KimJongII"
So it looks like she was.
JO
I'm glad my holiday to North Korea isn't for a couple of months.
Do you know if the radiant Ri Chun Hee is invovled in the state broadcasters coverage?
BBC News and Sky news are showing live images from the funeral in Pyongyang, if anyone's interested.
I'm glad my holiday to North Korea isn't for a couple of months.
Do you know if the radiant Ri Chun Hee is invovled in the state broadcasters coverage?
TH
On the Sky report they had the state broadcasters audio at one point, with the narrator nearly breaking down in tears. It sounded like a man, so I don't think it was Ri Chun Hee crying.
I'm glad my holiday to North Korea isn't for a couple of months.
Do you know if the radiant Ri Chun Hee is invovled in the state broadcasters coverage?
Do you know if the radiant Ri Chun Hee is invovled in the state broadcasters coverage?
On the Sky report they had the state broadcasters audio at one point, with the narrator nearly breaking down in tears. It sounded like a man, so I don't think it was Ri Chun Hee crying.
CH
On the Sky report they had the state broadcasters audio at one point, with the narrator nearly breaking down in tears. It sounded like a man, so I don't think it was Ri Chun Hee crying.
The voice you were hearing was indeed the voice of Ri Chun-hee. She deliberately delivers state propaganda like a man because a deep voice commands greater authority. Chun-hee appeared sporadically on the live feed last night looking solemn and mournful. All a facade of course; her background is in performing arts and not journalism.
Incidentally, when the feed dropped out a few times, we briefly got to see the Pyongyang Earth Station D P R of Korea colour bars. The Earth Station is North Korea's link to the outside world: http://www.northkoreatech.org/2011/02/07/pyongyang-earth-station/
I'm glad my holiday to North Korea isn't for a couple of months.
Do you know if the radiant Ri Chun Hee is invovled in the state broadcasters coverage?
Do you know if the radiant Ri Chun Hee is invovled in the state broadcasters coverage?
On the Sky report they had the state broadcasters audio at one point, with the narrator nearly breaking down in tears. It sounded like a man, so I don't think it was Ri Chun Hee crying.
The voice you were hearing was indeed the voice of Ri Chun-hee. She deliberately delivers state propaganda like a man because a deep voice commands greater authority. Chun-hee appeared sporadically on the live feed last night looking solemn and mournful. All a facade of course; her background is in performing arts and not journalism.
Incidentally, when the feed dropped out a few times, we briefly got to see the Pyongyang Earth Station D P R of Korea colour bars. The Earth Station is North Korea's link to the outside world: http://www.northkoreatech.org/2011/02/07/pyongyang-earth-station/
JO
There are probably more people who get annoyed when they do it the right way than do when they do it the wrong way. If that makes any sense.
Until today, I was glad to see the Beeb had finally grown up, and were showing the 4:3 North Korean pictures uncropped and unzoomed as a pillarbox image (12P16). However, someone is obviously back from their holiday today, because we're back to the usual crop and zoom mode of them 
There are probably more people who get annoyed when they do it the right way than do when they do it the wrong way. If that makes any sense.
JO
The voice you were hearing was indeed the voice of Ri Chun-hee. She deliberately delivers state propaganda like a man because a deep voice commands greater authority. Chun-hee appeared sporadically on the live feed last night looking solemn and mournful. All a facade of course; her background is in performing arts and not journalism.
Was she presenting on location or in a green screen studio? Stood up or behind a desk?
The voice you were hearing was indeed the voice of Ri Chun-hee. She deliberately delivers state propaganda like a man because a deep voice commands greater authority. Chun-hee appeared sporadically on the live feed last night looking solemn and mournful. All a facade of course; her background is in performing arts and not journalism.
Was she presenting on location or in a green screen studio? Stood up or behind a desk?