BBC Breakfast - 16th July onwards

Wimbledon is still going at the moment. And Football is supposed to be back in a week (!).

Didn’t expect football to be back that soon, hopefully when Wimbledon arrives in June this virus will be gone

The football postponement was extended until the 30th April last Thursday.

Oh, they actually realised this wasn't going to be over in two weeks then? Maybe we need some sports news after all, because that had completely passed me by.



It won't, and, it won't. The peak isn't expected until June.

Ugh, I just had flashbacks to ITV's move to TV Centre. *shudders*

The TV rig for Wimbledon starts about 4-5 weeks beforehand (there is virtually no installed cable infrastructure there, unlike other major sports venues). And having been involved in that, lots of other things start their rigs there then too. It just ain't gonna happen.

That is quite surprising. I remember watching a video of their new 'Wimbledon Broadcast Service' set-up a few years ago, which looked quite advanced.


Considering all the redevelopments taking place at the AELTC over the last decade or so, it's seems unusual that they didn't put in a permanent infrastructure for linking the courts and other reporting positions into that central hub.

Indeed. There's a hell of a lot of stuff to rig. I don't know why the LTA have never opted to have an infrastructure put in. Perhaps because there's only one televised event there per year. The Broadcast Centre they built a while back now, is essentially a building with empty rooms that can be configured according to broadcaster requirements.

The infrastructure changes each year though, and with only 2 weeks use a year, the return on investment is going to be a big issue for a permanent installation.

Fibre's fibre though - I'd have thought that putting in a permanent route to each of the courts would be a worthwhile investment.

To give the presenters I the studio a breather. Still no sport but alot of sports news and suspect the presenter is doing more reporting and research duties than usual.

I imagine keeping sport and business - particularly when Sally is on sport or Nina on business - provides additional presenter backup on the day given it is more likely a presenter would have to drop out if they woke with any symptoms.