21-08-2023, 10:39 PM
(21-08-2023, 05:46 PM)Orry Verducci Wrote: To avoid this situation normally ITV insist on main paths being by fibre, with sat links only being permitted on backup paths. However I vaguely recall that in this situation there was something about the venue that made connectivity difficult, so they had to resort to dual satellite links (two satellites, two downlink facilities). The severe weather unfortunately blocked the uplink from both sat trucks.The venue was the Hammersmith Apollo which AFAIK doesn't have any permanent circuits from it. I don't think they'd have been willing to use whatever Internet was available at the venue.
Quote:The Signal Loss screen is indeed from a MediaKind RX8200.Presumabky different places have different policies as to what they do in that situation. It's nicer/neater to have it stay on the last image as the BBC do, but it's also less easy to spot. There's a clip of a snooker breakdown somewhere where it seems to be a long while before they realise. Snooker normally is fairly quiet and periods of almost still image