04-08-2022, 07:03 PM
(04-08-2022, 06:08 PM)robertclark125 Wrote:(04-08-2022, 05:20 PM)Si-Co Wrote: When YTV fade out the Central trailer and put up their Viewpoint 93 slide, you can faintly hear the trail continue followed by a Central jingle. I assume Central’s equipment suddenly cut from Viewpoint to the trail and this all went out on their network feed, including the ident or whatever that followed. At this stage Tyne Tees were still working with a dirty/very soiled feed from YTV, and weren’t ready to opt out, hence YTV’s impromptu coming next announcement went out to the North East (not for the first or last time by any means during the 1993 transition period). It’s not clear if TTT had an announcer on duty as they go back to a YTV apology after the ads and play out a clean ident into the darts.
It's unclear, but I think the announcers were on duty till at least midnight at City Road. I'm not sure why Tyne Tees weren't able to put their own slide up to hide the YTV slide.
I think they were just caught on the hop. I don’t know how early Viewpoint finished, but I assume its closing titles at the very least didn’t play out. So YTV made their “coming next” announcement earlier than scheduled. At the point where YTV make the apology, TTT were expecting the programme to still be on air, and didn’t know if it was resuming. I bet the last thing they were expecting was the YTV Call of Duty slide and announcement. During the trailer that followed I expect YTV told TTT to roll their ads and come back to their feed for another apology, then proceed with local continuity and the darts. They were possibly still running a bit early but could fill later if required.
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