(14-05-2022, 08:20 PM)Steve Williams Wrote:(14-05-2022, 06:11 PM)Brekkie Wrote: Presumably the same feed used for both broadcasters nowadays but back in the 70s/80s did the BBC and ITV use the same match footage fir the FA Cup Final?
No, both did their own, but there was an agreement that each broadcaster would make their pictures to the other if they were having problems. That happened during an England vs Scotland match in the seventies, ITV lost pictures for a bit so they used the Beeb's, and the Beeb deliberately didn't put any graphics on screen while they were doing that.
In addition the camera up in the VIP stands (for the cup and medal presentations) was shared between BBC and ITV, simply because it was impossible to have two cameras (of that era) there. I also gather both broadcasters shared some of the scaffold rigs too.