28-04-2023, 02:31 PM
(27-04-2023, 09:44 PM)bkman1990 Wrote: I have been watching the overnight output of BBC News in Washington a few times already. It's presentation and output have not been too bad.
Although I have found one issue which relates to the live interview screens when it goes to another reporter or person outside of Washington.
The screens do have a habit of being a few seconds slower as opposed to when the live interviews go full screen on the main UK and World feed of the channel.
I was watching this issue unfold when Carl Nasman was interviewing Damien Grammaticas on some story at one of the big news screens from the newsroom at NBH earlier this week.
Why would an interview like that be a few seconds slow when it is being up linked between Washington & NBH?
Washington output used to be driven via a London gallery didn't it? If that's still the case, it would explain it.
To get any video feed on the screen in the Washington studio, it has to be sent from London to Washington, displayed on the screen, then the studio camera feed has to be sent back to the London gallery. That would easily account for a few seconds of delay.
But when they cut the feed directly to the gallery output (whether it's in boxes or full screen), it's no longer making the round trip from London to Washington and back so you get the 'undelayed' feed.