thegeek post_id=7118 time=1618598637 user_id=1372 Wrote:Roger Darthwell post_id=7071 time=1618590273 user_id=1160 Wrote:I'm sorry if I am mentioning this subject again, I don't want to annoy anybody but out of curiosity, given that the funeral will be distributed to the other public broadcasters thanks to Eurovision, I now wonder how private TV channels all over Europe and the world like TF1, LCI, BFM TV, CNEWS, RTL Sat1, etc....are going to get the images of the funeral. Do the private broadcasters also use the Eurovision distribution feed? Do they have their own feed? Or they just send their own teams and TV cameras to London? Apologies if I disturb but I'm a very curious guy
Some events use Eurovision Services for their distribution, even if the takers aren't all full EBU members. It's quite a convenient way to get it out to the world, as they'll be able to turn it around onto satellites with footprints over the Americas and Asia. The BBC will almost certainly be making it available at BT Tower - many worldwide broadcasters and circuit providers have a presence there.
Plus Reuters and APTN will be carrying it too, I assume.
I am in two minds about the Sky News set. On one hand it’s too colourful. On the other a black set would look pretty bleak. But it is a funeral.
Eddie butler, rugby commentator, reporting on the Land Rover. unexpected and unusual to see him do something like this?
AllWillBeWell post_id=7120 time=1618599059 user_id=773 Wrote:I am in two minds about the Sky News set. On one hand it’s too colourful. On the other a black set would look pretty bleak. But it is a funeral.
Not a great view in the dark, is it? It looks like they're covering a solar eclipse. Also all a bit squashed and rectangular, the BBC set feels (and presumably is) a look more spacious and has a nice absence of technology.
The BBC's location studio looks very nice, and shows how far in advance these things are planned - it looks like it has been relit but otherwise appears to be identical to what they used for Margaret Thatcher's funeral in 2013:
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AllWillBeWell post_id=7120 time=1618599059 user_id=773 Wrote:I am in two minds about the Sky News set. On one hand it’s too colourful. On the other a black set would look pretty bleak. But it is a funeral.
Did anyone get any screenshots of the Sky set?
william post_id=7126 time=1618600484 user_id=1264 Wrote:AllWillBeWell post_id=7120 time=1618599059 user_id=773 Wrote:I am in two minds about the Sky News set. On one hand it’s too colourful. On the other a black set would look pretty bleak. But it is a funeral.
Not a great view in the dark, is it? It looks like they're covering a solar eclipse. Also all a bit squashed and rectangular, the BBC set feels (and presumably is) a look more spacious and has a nice absence of technology.
They’re using ND sheets to cut the light during the day which means it doesn’t work so well at night. Luckily the funeral is during the day... I doubt they’ll use the studio after 7pm tomorrow.
I think the purple looks fine, and regal.
Reaction on the Prince Philip coverage will be discussed on next week’s Newswatch.
ALV post_id=7044 time=1618579109 user_id=1193 Wrote:Maybe it's just me but I'm excited to see tonight's edition of Newswatch - particularly on viewers' complaints on too much obit coverage, and the BBC's response on that.
Shocking chromakey on Samira Ahmed's camera. It would be a real help if the operator had focused it properly :?
valley post_id=7136 time=1618601821 user_id=971 Wrote:They’re using ND sheets to cut the light during the day which means it doesn’t work so well at night. Luckily the funeral is during the day... I doubt they’ll use the studio after 7pm tomorrow.
I think the purple looks fine, and regal.
Is that "smartglass" they installed at ITV (on the South Bank) used much these days, or is it too pricey?
Do you think they leave the cameras up overnight or put them away back in the vans until the morning?