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Well, whatever the reasons behind this fault, it should not have been allowed to continue for the length of time that it had. I'm not interested in hearing excuses for its prolonged on-air presence. As you say, this is a broadcaster that claims to be a world leader and undistorted audio and video is a BASIC requirement of any broadcasting organisation. Surely it has the technical expertise and financial resources to address a technical problem such as this?
The fact that this is a temporary arrangement is neither here nor there. These facilities are producing tens of hours of output over the Christmas period, some of which is going out on one of the UK's main TV networks. The same facilities will no doubt be used in future as a back-up or for special event programming (such as local elections last year). In fact, my understanding is that this facility is on constant stand-by as a back-up. Such a facility needs to be in full working order.
However, all that aside - the good news is...the fault actually appears to have been fixed!! Very good news!!
I disagree. It's not rocket science after almost 75 years of TV broadcasting to transmit undistorted audio and video, particularly by a broadcaster, that keeps telling us, it's 'world class'. I'm afraid the latest episode is indicative of the Beeb's
'that'll do'
attitude to technical matters. I suspect it's down to a mixture of poorly skilled, trained, or motivated technical staff, and a general lack of money being spent on engineering.
Well, whatever the reasons behind this fault, it should not have been allowed to continue for the length of time that it had. I'm not interested in hearing excuses for its prolonged on-air presence. As you say, this is a broadcaster that claims to be a world leader and undistorted audio and video is a BASIC requirement of any broadcasting organisation. Surely it has the technical expertise and financial resources to address a technical problem such as this?
The fact that this is a temporary arrangement is neither here nor there. These facilities are producing tens of hours of output over the Christmas period, some of which is going out on one of the UK's main TV networks. The same facilities will no doubt be used in future as a back-up or for special event programming (such as local elections last year). In fact, my understanding is that this facility is on constant stand-by as a back-up. Such a facility needs to be in full working order.
However, all that aside - the good news is...the fault actually appears to have been fixed!! Very good news!!
Last edited by The TV Room on 3 January 2010 3:42pm