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IS

Inspector Sands 2 July 2014 3:04pm

The process of routing another region to output is done remotely and can be arranged over the phone in such circumstances. However if there's the chance things could be fixed I imagine the Points West team would have decided to have stuck with not-opting and taking London, thinking they might be able to opt for one of the later slots. It's also a new(ish) thing and staff on shift might not be fully aware it's an option,

Also I believe that the decision to do such a thing isn't one that can be made by the production team/region and there's the added complication that the coding operation isn't done by the BBC. It's not a case of someone in Bristol just phoning up and asking for it to be switched over

SP

Steve in Pudsey 2 July 2014 6:46pm

thegeek posted:

I see they claim in the post that it's not possible for them provide a region other than London in the event of an opt failure. It's actually quite easy - coding & mux can just route a different region's BBC One into the encoder.

Do they do this for multi-regional opts like Late Kick Off? I know at one time they were using contribution circuits and staffing each region's gallery, but post DSO I guess that might have changed and C&M could do it?

(I know this is massively off-topic, perhaps a mod can split this?)

IS

Inspector Sands 3 July 2014 7:56pm

No, there are circuits booked for it though I believe in some regions there are ways to put it out without staffing.

The switching that can be done at C&M is the sort of thing that's done as an emergency procedure or to bypass planned work. It's not used or designed for day to day operational use

(May 2009)