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IS
Inspector Sands
noggin posted:

The same is true of uplinks. SIS Live have a number of dual-dish, dual-redundant uplinks with totally separate power and signal infrastructure allowing them to effectively be two trucks in one. (Though that doesn't cover you if the actual truck is destroyed...)

Or if there's heavy rain over where the truck(s) which will wipe out both. Though I'm sure I remember hearing about a sports event where that happened but one of the uplinks survived because it was via another satellite in the other direction (it's not necessarily rain directly over the dish that's the problem, it's rain in the direction you're pointing)
JV
James Vertigan Founding member
BBC Two exhausting the standby programme library this afternoon due to interruptions in play by the great British Summer weather at Queen's Club. Hairy Bikers, The Best Dishes Ever and now Coast have featured so far this afternoon.... Suitable length versions of Animal Park, Bargain Hunt etc on standby also I imagine!
SP
Steve in Pudsey
Inspector Sands posted:

As I say, it's as resilient as the production want it to be.

If they wanted to downlink a reserve elsewhere, or even go the whole hog and have two uplink trucks working to two satellites down linked in two places... then they could.


Thanks for that, I hadn't realised that the downlink was production's responsibility, I assumed that once it was going to up the bird the downlink was CAR's problem.
IS
Inspector Sands
Steve in Pudsey posted:

Thanks for that, I hadn't realised that the downlink was production's responsibility, I assumed that once it was going to up the bird the downlink was CAR's problem.

Operationally it is, but it's the production/ BBC department that decides and books/pays for the relevant resources.

CAR etc will look after whatever part comes through them and chase up problems
Last edited by Inspector Sands on 13 June 2016 6:42pm
DV
dvboy
Queens

On the red button there was a Wipro logo above the score box. Not seen this on the BBC 2 coverage, so are they putting the wrong feed out on the red button in error?
DV
dvboy
dvboy posted:
Queens

On the red button there was a Wipro logo above the score box. Not seen this on the BBC 2 coverage, so are they putting the wrong feed out on the red button in error?


Seen it on BBC 2 today.

Not been able to see any Eurosport coverage of Queens but I have seen a clip from the Aegon Classic in Birmingham and notice the score bug there is in the BBC style rather than the WTA world feed style, even though the tournament isn't on the BBC.



DV
dvboy
Tomorrow's final at Queen's has been switched to BBC One, moving to BBC Two at 15:40, except in Northern Ireland where it was always scheduled to start on BBC One anyway and will switch to BBC Two at 16:00 as planned, so expect Sue Barker to get in a muddle over that one.
DV
dvboy
Eurosport getting some stick for not showing the Aegon Classic final live, after covering it live all week they are only showing highlights after the Queen's final. This is due to live finish of Le Mans and Cycling (from 14:50) on Eurosport 1, however Le Mans is also being simulcast on Quest right now and they could have joined the cycling late if the tennis isn't finished by then?
HA
harshy Founding member
dvboy posted:
dvboy posted:
Queens

On the red button there was a Wipro logo above the score box. Not seen this on the BBC 2 coverage, so are they putting the wrong feed out on the red button in error?


Seen it on BBC 2 today.

Not been able to see any Eurosport coverage of Queens but I have seen a clip from the Aegon Classic in Birmingham and notice the score bug there is in the BBC style rather than the WTA world feed style, even though the tournament isn't on the BBC.




Could be because its produced by IMG? I noticed on eurosport the queens has bbc graphics even on eurosport, there is ATP Halle on at the same time in the usual ATP graphics.
DV
dvboy
I guess so. Queen's has the normal silver ATP 250 graphics if you're watching in other countries.
HA
harshy Founding member
Yeah that's right dvboy, just surprised British Eurosport had the BBC graphics.
NG
noggin Founding member
harshy posted:
Yeah that's right dvboy, just surprised British Eurosport had the BBC graphics.


Chances are they are parked next to each other... Probably easier to source from the BBC truck tailboard to tailboard?

I'm assuming the BBC are host rather than Eurosport/Discovery? (Unlike the Davis Cup where Eurosport/Discovery are host?)

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