21-06-2023, 07:19 PM
(21-06-2023, 06:10 PM)James Wrote: The following article from The Times claims that two of the robotic cameras in Studio B almost crashed during Monday's News at One.
www.thetimes.co.uk
We basically learn 2 things from the article.
1) That there was "a near crash between two AI-controlled robotic cameras" and so "a studio engineer had to manually push the kit back into place to finish the programme."
2) That the set cost £10mn - I'm not sure I've seen that figure before - although the Times just pass it off as common knowledge so maybe I've missed something.
Interesting that they quote a source as saying "It was chaos yesterday — the programme only just managed to stay on-air." I mean sure - but isn't a news operation often chaotic behind the scenes? It hints - to me - that this story is going for hyperbole, so I'd take the other stuff with a pinch of salt too.