[DTV]

One of the cameras in B came off it’s tracks. Back in B for the Six tonight.

Not the greatest investment they've ever made. I mean, I know the Furios have a tendency to wonder, but out-of-action level incidents seem to have been few and far between. Plus, they have the advantage of not being slow, lumbering eyesores that make wide shots look busier, darker and more cramped than they need to be. I understand not wanting Furio tracks all over the refurbed B nor the costs associated with manual operators, but I still feel that fully robotic cameras would have been better and more flexible, as well as being tried-and-tested in Studios A and D.

Also, I thought that at the time the arguably excessive cost of the studio refurb, which was significantly put down to designing new bespoke camera arrangements, was justified by the fact that this camera set-up would be used in more studios. I don't think it's even being used in Salford, so if its only being extended to the eventual refurb of E (which, given the paucity of camera movements the new channel is going for, would seem a bit redundant), that justification does seem to fall a little flat.