I came across a rather informative page on Quora where someone called Jonathan Kent gave quite a lot of information as to why BBC chose Singapore to house its Asia bureau, instead of Hong Kong or Beijing.
There was an update, maybe not the earlier editions. The Singapore hub will be connected to London via a fibre optic cable rather than satellite.
They got rid of the BBC World News Facebook page so those previous updates are gone for those outside the UK. If people haven't already done it, they have to like the BBC News page otherwise they wouldn't see anymore BBC News stories on their news feeds. An ominous sign?
The new catwalk in Singapore and a look at what looks to be the new branding for Newsday.
Are those LCD screens rather than Plasmas? The three carrying the Newsday logo at different angles look very different to each other. (Plasmas are getting much more difficult to get - but still have big advantages on-screen)
Given the space constraints in the studio I probably would have gone with using the Furio tracked cameras for simplicity and versatility. You could probably fit two tracks between the catwalk and the desk. I would have the tracks to almost all the way around the desk that way you could shoot with the talent against the windows or the monitor wall. Plus with the Furios you could probably reposition the cameras quicker than person would with out risking a camera man appearing in shot.
However, for a small remote studio which is only on-air for a relatively short amount of time each day, it would be very difficult to justify the huge additional cost of multiple Furio cameras over lightweight peds. Do you know how much a Furio system costs? I suspect that they are re-using existing camera mountings they already own, so buying new mountings would be an additional expense they would find difficult to justify. Camera peds are things that go on working for decades and decades if properly looked after. There are jibs working in UK TV studios on peds that were probably built in the 60s or 70s...
I was assuming based on the styles of the set they were going to mimic some of the shots that are used at NBH. I imagine over the life of the set the CAPEX of purchasing the Furios would be cheaper than the OPEX of having someone manning/changing the camera shots for the same time period.
Nope. The OPEX of locking off cameras or having a multiskilled staff member who can work on the studio floor for the relatively brief periods Singapore needs a camera move or repo, and do other stuff the rest of the time are likely to be significantly less than the CAPEX of purchasing Furios, and paying to maintain them.
You need to work your studios very hard to justify the cost of remotely tracking cameras like Furios, or full robots. PTZs are cheaper, though still not always cost effective for remote studios that aren't on-air for huge periods of time.
They got rid of the BBC World News Facebook page so those previous updates are gone for those outside the UK. If people haven't already done it, they have to like the BBC News page otherwise they wouldn't see anymore BBC News stories on their news feeds. An ominous sign?
Yeah, what's the deal with that? Is the BBC World News page gone for good? Does that mean that I should like the BBC News page now?
It's gone. If you type in the URL, it just redirects you to the BBC News page. However, you have to like the BBC News page on your own because the now defunct World page won't redirect you to it.
You need to work your studios very hard to justify the cost of remotely tracking cameras like Furios, or full robots. PTZs are cheaper, though still not always cost effective for remote studios that aren't on-air for huge periods of time.
I was assuming that a large corporation could afford/justify the cost when the smallest of DMA's here in the US can afford the cost of a broadcast automation system and robotic pedestals when they're on the air for half an hour a day.
For those of us who cant view the clips on facebook would it be possible for someone to either copy the videos to another location or post some caps? It would be greatly appreciated.
The new catwalk in Singapore and a look at what looks to be the new branding for Newsday.
Are those LCD screens rather than Plasmas? The three carrying the Newsday logo at different angles look very different to each other. (Plasmas are getting much more difficult to get - but still have big advantages on-screen)
LEDs. The fibre that Rico looked at is new, and is the main feed, however Newsday has used a "fibre" (Specifically an NTT HVE9100 over an MPLS) for at least a year, with the backup link via satellite. ABR was taken on the via-satelite link. The new main link is an Atem encoder, again over an MPLS circuit, with the backup link the NTT on a different circuit.
