Leekbrookgull
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saslowi,good point. How often do them go to adverts when the teams are just about to kick-off ? 
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seagullsovergrimsby
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They have now identified it was the transmission studio at Technicolor that was responsible for the unscheduled ad break. 
Would that include freeview? If so, couldn't sky agree to air it on sky sports news, which is on freeview?
clapham_gull
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Just out of interest, I thought people may be interested to see what a modern "playout centre" looks like. I've actually seen some a whole lot more complex than that.
Just to give an impression really that operators are often monitoring a number of television channels and screens simulataneously. The bloke on the left (by a quick count) has 35 screens to monitor (the ones at the top are actually showing a number of channels and other displays).
Not only the vision, but also the audio and the subtitles. If your channel (like for instance Discovery) goes out to many countries from your "pod", you will also be checking many language variations as well.
Not only will you be checking it going out, there will also be a return path coming back into the suite to check what people are seeing at home.
They are also monitoring and operating quite complex computer applications that to me often resemble the flight decks of a modern aircraft.
When a mistake does take place (which could literally be clicking on the wrong thing, how often do we do that?), it's sometimes not obvious that a problem has taken place. You may for instance be monitoring something else.
In the old days it was a case of loading up tapes and flicking switches. I've never actually done the job, but I know there was a sense of being in control - most like most jobs I'd imagine.
These days it's actually a case of mostly sitting there for 12 hours and waiting for something to go wrong, seeing what's gone wrong then trying to work out which if the hundreds of buttons and menus in front of you gets it back on track.
You are expected to get it back in seconds after everything working fine for 11 hours and 55 minutes and you are trusting the computer in front of you does exactly what you tell it.
Believe me it's not an easy job and not to everyone's taste. Definately not mine.
Just to give an impression really that operators are often monitoring a number of television channels and screens simulataneously. The bloke on the left (by a quick count) has 35 screens to monitor (the ones at the top are actually showing a number of channels and other displays).
Not only the vision, but also the audio and the subtitles. If your channel (like for instance Discovery) goes out to many countries from your "pod", you will also be checking many language variations as well.
Not only will you be checking it going out, there will also be a return path coming back into the suite to check what people are seeing at home.
They are also monitoring and operating quite complex computer applications that to me often resemble the flight decks of a modern aircraft.
When a mistake does take place (which could literally be clicking on the wrong thing, how often do we do that?), it's sometimes not obvious that a problem has taken place. You may for instance be monitoring something else.
In the old days it was a case of loading up tapes and flicking switches. I've never actually done the job, but I know there was a sense of being in control - most like most jobs I'd imagine.
These days it's actually a case of mostly sitting there for 12 hours and waiting for something to go wrong, seeing what's gone wrong then trying to work out which if the hundreds of buttons and menus in front of you gets it back on track.
You are expected to get it back in seconds after everything working fine for 11 hours and 55 minutes and you are trusting the computer in front of you does exactly what you tell it.
Believe me it's not an easy job and not to everyone's taste. Definately not mine.
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Just out of interest, I thought people may be interested to see what a modern "playout centre" looks like.
Just to give an impression really that operators are often monitoring a number of television channels and screens simulataneously. The bloke on the left (by a quick count) has 35 screens to monitor.
They are also monitoring and operating quite complex computer applications that to me often resemble the flight decks of a modern aircraft.
When a mistake does that place (which could literally be clicking on the wrong thing, how often do we do that?), it's sometimes not obvious that a problem has taken place. You may for instance be monitoring something else.
In the old days it was a case of loading up tapes and flicking switches. I've never actually done the job, but I know there was a sense of being in control - most like most jobs I'd imagine.
These days it's actually a case of mostly sitting there for 12 hours and waiting for something to go wrong, seeing what's gone wrong then trying to work out which if the hundreds of buttons and menus in front of you, gets it back on track.
Hmm, yes and no. The company I work for plays out a large proportion of the UK's TV (not ITV I hasten to add!) and BBC1 and 2 have their own galleries with editors on duty 24/7.
Admittedly that isn't the case with some of the smaller providers that we play out, but I would be surprised if Technicolor's service for ITV1 is that dissimilar to how BBC1 and 2 are handled, especially for such a major event as the World Cup.
Mr Apples
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And yet AGAIN tonight we've missed the late equaliser in North Korea's famous 2-2 draw with Brazil
ITV - GET IT SORTED!!!
ITV - GET IT SORTED!!!
Just out of interest, I thought people may be interested to see what a modern "playout centre" looks like. I've actually seen some a whole lot more complex than that.
Just to give an impression really that operators are often monitoring a number of television channels and screens simulataneously. The bloke on the left (by a quick count) has 35 screens to monitor.
Not only the vision, but also the audio and the subtitles. If your channel (like for instance Discovery) goes out to many countries from your "pod", you will also be checking many language variations as well.
Not only will you be checking it going out, there will also be a return path coming back into the suite to check what people are seeing at home.
They are also monitoring and operating quite complex computer applications that to me often resemble the flight decks of a modern aircraft.
When a mistake does that place (which could literally be clicking on the wrong thing, how often do we do that?), it's sometimes not obvious that a problem has taken place. You may for instance be monitoring something else.
In the old days it was a case of loading up tapes and flicking switches. I've never actually done the job, but I know there was a sense of being in control - most like most jobs I'd imagine.
These days it's actually a case of mostly sitting there for 12 hours and waiting for something to go wrong, seeing what's gone wrong then trying to work out which if the hundreds of buttons and menus in front of you gets it back on track.
You are expected to get it back in seconds after everything working fine for 11 hours and 55 minutes and you are trusting the computer in front of you does exactly what you tell it.
Believe me it's not an easy job and not to everyone's taste. Definately not mine.
Not sure about that, now its done by Harris box's and failovers are in place. Shouldnt happen
clapham_gull
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My general point is that you have to separate the process from the quality of the coverage, pundits etc..
It's a different role.
It's a different role.
Yes, entirely. It wasn't ITV's fault at all, aside from perhaps their choice of playout contractor.