18-03-2024, 10:49 AM
(16-03-2024, 08:48 PM)Brekkie Wrote: Guess it's also an issue for booking things like OB trucks and other external resources - no doubt there is a working agreement but broadcasters usually like elections and big news events to avoid other big events. Wasn't part of the reason football matches were cancelled in the wake of the Queens death due to the practical availability of OB trucks?I think a lot of the postponements were to do with policing requirements - I don't remember hearing too much about a squeeze on OB resources. There's a reasonable amount of flexibility in the industry, and broadcasters are usually fairly pragmatic about going with a slightly lower spec scanner if scheduling requirements, mechanical breakdown, or major state events means that they can't get the truck they were expecting.
That said, there will be some Thursdays in October and November where Europa/Europa Conference League matches will be using a lot of sat trucks, which may make it trickier to hire some in from across the channel.
(17-03-2024, 07:11 PM)Steve in Pudsey Wrote: Wasn't there quite a big effort using Live U and journalism students to cover counts last time?
IIRC it was Sky who had a camera at every count. You probably wouldn't want to rely on it at the most high-profile declarations - more people around to suck up the mobile bandwidth, plus big metal-framed exhbition halls are often a big Faraday cage.