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BBC News Channel General Discussion

(November 2013)

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GR
gregmc
noggin posted:
Worzel posted:
noggin posted:
harshy posted:
So I presume next week starts the testing of bbc news hd?


I guess the only real testing is the distribution and encoding? The channel has been HD internally since the move to W1 (and is HD when on BBC One HD and BBC Two HD).


I wonder if we'll see split HD/SD graphics (much like Sky News did in the early days of Sky News HD)?
Would make sense to see the DOG shifted left and the ticker extended. Or would they dare to shift the clock to the left of the DOG again without a fear of an audience backlash? Wink


I think that is VERY unlikely (particularly as it hasn't happened for BBC World News HD).

The studios already have multiple Viz engines providing UK, International and other versions of the on-screen architecture. Adding HD and SD variants to this would be pretty costly.


There will be no differences in lower thirds. They have been designed with HD in mind, to work on SD and HD.
HA
harshy Founding member
cityprod posted:
harshy posted:
So I presume next week starts the testing of bbc news hd?


It's already been testing on Satellite. Not seen anything appear on my freeview box yet. There's a rumour that some of these BBC HD services will launch tomorrow, though I'm not sure how true that is. We'll see what happens.


Apparently BBC RB HD will be remapped tomorrow to a channel which on my box appears as 8921, the other test channels have now been reconfigured and is showing epg on sky
DA
DAN09690
Some technical problems on the BBC News Channel at half 11 with the weather cutting back to the studio with camera's in the wrong place before cutting back to the weather with the headline music playing over it. Things like this seem to happen rather often http://dan.0zed.com/home/images/25.11.13a.png
MI
Mike516
John Hammond was just on about the cloud having "a mind of its own" in the 11:28 weather bulletin. Cue the cameras having a mind of their own back downstairs in the studio and an unexpected break from the weather bulletin with Joanna Gosling obviously quite amused...

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Last edited by Mike516 on 25 November 2013 11:48am
BK
bkman1990
Where did that BBC Two DOG come from? I never saw that before.

Did it come from the TV channel or from the website?
SN
The SNT Three
bkman1990 posted:
Where did that BBC Two DOG come from? I never saw that before.

Did it come from the TV channel or from the website?


I assume from the live stream...
MI
Mike516
I wasn't recording BBC Two at the time it happened, so I grabbed some shots from the iPlayer.
DA
DAN09690
bkman1990 posted:
Where did that BBC Two DOG come from? I never saw that before.

Did it come from the TV channel or from the website?


BBC One and Two have them for certain things (usually news) for the iPlayer streams.
DK
DanielK
One of the smoothest closes to the 5am hour, banter with the guest, Komla and Sally into the goodbyes, with a longer explanation the One viewers will join Breakfast in 5 minutes and if you are on World you're 'stuck' with Sally and Komla, followed by a lovely pull out and a slightly longer part of the close played. Basically sums up what a closing should be (someone tell the nationals!!!)
CR
Critique
DanielK posted:
One of the smoothest closes to the 5am hour, banter with the guest, Komla and Sally into the goodbyes, with a longer explanation the One viewers will join Breakfast in 5 minutes and if you are on World you're 'stuck' with Sally and Komla, followed by a lovely pull out and a slightly longer part of the close played. Basically sums up what a closing should be (someone tell the nationals!!!)


I think they do that because they have time to fill - they've done it many times.
WO
Worzel
Is this a new tweak to the TOTHs? The floor manager appearing in vision to cue the presenter in after the titles? It's happened several times this evening when they choose to use the camera peddling up and down, rather than a tracking shot in the studio. (Personally I prefer the tracking shot).
Last edited by Worzel on 27 November 2013 12:19am
HA
harshy Founding member
I prefer the tracking shot but they need to start it a second earlier so by the time we get to it it's already moving at a fair pace.

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