05-03-2023, 07:25 PM
(05-03-2023, 06:14 PM)agemame Wrote: I'm almost certain that caption was generated at TimeLine, with audio from C4 themselves. On SD the announcer didn't necessarily go to air the same way as HD, so I guess there was some other issue at play there.They were in the process of building a new dual-site playout setup with new systems when the big incident happened. I don't know when that came online but this sort of thing is the sort of issue that arises when a new system is being used.
The interviews usually would come through in that form down the line for assembly into the Channel 4 News or similar, so I would presume that package was quickly loaded in to play as a makeweight to get them back to the top of the hour.
Not being able to switch away from an outside source is a bit of a serious problem, isn't it? I thought Red Bee were running this now, and presumably that comes with some better spec kit than this, unless there's some value brand option that Channel 4 took to try to keep costs down.
It's not great obviously but it's something that is learnt from and either resolved or working practises changed to accommodate it. Its all experience for the team