Round Up: Wednesday 12 August 2009
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| 15:44 UK time, Wednesday, 12 August 2009
At the end of last week Seetha Kumar wrote on the blog about the series of site MOTs she's introduced since becoming Controller of ´óÏó´«Ã½ Online and invited people to comment on h2g2 which is being reviewed tomorrow. To date we have over 100 insightful comments about h2g2 which is fantastic. Expect news on feedback soon.
It's an old post from November 2008 (´óÏó´«Ã½ HD: Picture Quality and Dolby Research) but regular blog contributor Andy Quested (aka "Mr HD") has been replying to some recent comments about HD quality, encoders, fades and the like. Essential reading for all HD aficionados or anyone worried about "obvious blocking on crowd pans".
At dot.life Maggie Shiels asks "Has Twitter's popularity peaked?" From comments in previous months I know that some of you will be hoping that the answer is a resounding "Yes!"
is a YouTube video that uses data to portray the rapid Islamification of Europe and the United States. Radio 4's made a video in response that's posted on the Radio 4 Blog. Series editor Richard Knight says on the blog:
"So how reliable are the statistics in the 'Muslim Demographics' video? The short answer is: not very. But the long answer is more interesting, because the video is mix of the right, the wrong and the unknowable."
You can now use pound signs, quotation marks and other 'mixed characters' when making comments on ´óÏó´«Ã½ blogs. Not a big thing but another step in the right direction.
If there are any subjects you'd like the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Internet Blog to cover please let me know in the comments.
Paul Murphy is the Editor of the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Internet Blog.
Comment number 1.
At 12th Aug 2009, TV Licence fee payer against ´óÏó´«Ã½ censorship wrote:"If there are any subjects you'd like the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Internet Blog to cover please let me know in the comments."
You're going to regret asking that I suspect!
The one outstanding issue/subject that many would like dealt with is - wait for it - an up-date on the continuing saga of the UK vs. International version of the ´óÏó´«Ã½ news website and the IP 'sniffing' problems (never mind problems with differences in content or editorial 'feel'), follow-up replies to the last blog seems to have been abandoned...
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Comment number 2.
At 12th Aug 2009, TV Licence fee payer against ´óÏó´«Ã½ censorship wrote:Oh and also, could there be a blog about the recent change to the blog software that means we don't see ones own user name any more, to judge the user opinion as to the merit of the change? As I said as an aside elsewhere when the change was made, we are not all idiots, we do know our own user-names (not only that, but we are reminded of them at the top of the comments section if logged-in)!
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Comment number 3.
At 12th Aug 2009, HD wrote:"If there are any subjects you'd like the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Internet Blog to cover please let me know in the comments."
I would like the ´óÏó´«Ã½ internet blog to cover 1080p50. Especially, when ´óÏó´«Ã½ productions will be taped at 1080p50 and when Freeview HD boxes will be on sale capable of decoding 1080p50.
I would also like the ´óÏó´«Ã½ internet blog to cover more about Eurovision and when the ESC, as one of the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s biggest watched TV programmes, will be available to buy on Blu-ray in high definition 50i(all recent years).
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Comment number 4.
At 13th Aug 2009, RedRedRobin wrote:I'd also question the change to 'you', previously on blogs with a lot of posts it was possible to find your own contributions fairly easily using the browser's find function. Now this isn't possible as you just end up searching for 'you', which is pretty common in posts.
A minor disadvantage, but given that I can't see any advantage to the use of 'you', possibly a decisive one.
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Comment number 5.
At 13th Aug 2009, HD wrote:"If there are any subjects you'd like the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Internet Blog to cover please let me know in the comments."
I would also like the ´óÏó´«Ã½ blog to cover some of the things in the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s research white paper on High Frame Rate television:
And to give us estimates of when we might get broadcasts of high frame rate television (ie. >=100fps).
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Comment number 6.
At 14th Aug 2009, Paul Murphy wrote:Apologies for not responding sooner (and also for not having answers as yet):
#1 Yes, regretting it already ;-)
#2 and #4 Would like to find out the rationale for that one myself.
#3 Don't have a response to the first part as yet. Looking at the schedules it doesn't look like Eurovision was broadcast in HD. I've looked at the Eurovision website and this year's is available on three DVDs but there is no mention of Blu-ray. The ´óÏó´«Ã½'s Executive Producer for ESC is on leave but hopefully I'll find out more on his return. Regretfully conversations I've had here leads me to believe it's not actually shot in HD though...
#5 Looks like a good subject for the blog. Now to find someone to write a post on it...
Have a good weekend all.
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Comment number 7.
At 14th Aug 2009, HD wrote:"Looking at the schedules it doesn't look like Eurovision was broadcast in HD"
According to what I've read online, it's been broadcast in HD since 2007.
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Comment number 8.
At 14th Aug 2009, HD wrote:Here's the ´óÏó´«Ã½ HD schedule which shows this years contest
/bbchd/programmes/schedules/2009/05/16
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Comment number 9.
At 15th Aug 2009, Paul Murphy wrote:HD1080: Many apologies. I stand corrected! Will investigate further.
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Comment number 10.
At 18th Aug 2009, HD wrote:Were you able to find out more? Can you say when the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s executive producer for ESC will return? People want it released on Blu-ray a lot. There's even a petition going for it to be released on this site: . Thanks.
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Comment number 11.
At 21st Aug 2009, HD wrote:Have there be any updates on this, and are you able to say if Mr Parsons is available yet? Is the reason for them not being released yet because of financial reasons, and if so can you explain the reasons and what costs are involved?
As one of the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s biggest watched programmes with a budget of millions of pounds, I don't see why there isn't budget for a BD release.
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Comment number 12.
At 21st Aug 2009, Paul Murphy wrote:#10 and 11
HD 1080 Don't want to say anything more about ESC until I have an expert view. Last time I tried to figure it out on my own I got it wrong ;-(
Be patient.
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Comment number 13.
At 24th Aug 2009, jaycee sunshine wrote:The new Strictly Come Dancing website
Oh boy, I appreciate that the powers that be are still developing the site, but to be constantly frustrated by not being able to sign in, is driving me nuts.
Today for example, I go to the log in site & the cursor keeps jumping back to the beginning of the 'user name' section, thus I am unable to sign in at all today.
When I could get in there yesterday...after ages of twirling, twirling, twirling...waiting for the page to load...then each page took forever to upload.
Why oh why try & fix something that was not broken...as for the pathetic smileys this year...oh please HELP!!!!
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Comment number 14.
At 26th Aug 2009, Paul Murphy wrote:#10 and #11 HD1080
I now have a response to your query:
"The release of the ESC on DVD etc is totally down to the European Broadcasting Union.
The contest has been shot in HD for the last two years. We transmit the two Semi Finals on ´óÏó´«Ã½ 3 in SD but the Final was shown in HD in 2008 and 2009."
Many thanks
Paul
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Comment number 15.
At 26th Aug 2009, HD wrote:Thanks. Is the wikipedia entry for Eurovision 2007 incorrect?
"High-definition broadcast
YLE produced the event in 1080i HD and 5.1 Surround Sound.[10] This was the first year that the event was broadcast live in HD. The ´óÏó´«Ã½ in the United Kingdom broadcast the final in high definition on ´óÏó´«Ã½ HD.[11] Swedish broadcaster SVT broadcast both the semi-final and the final on their HD-channel SVT HD".
"Eurovision Song Contest 2007 Final...Facts & figures
* It was the first time that the Eurovision Song Contest was produced and broadcast in High Definition. British broadcaster ´óÏó´«Ã½ and Swedish broadcaster SVT aired the contest in HD-quality on their respective HD channel"
Isn't the ´óÏó´«Ã½ PART of the EBU though? And isn't the the UK one of the top 4 contributors to the cost of the contest? But the ´óÏó´«Ã½, as part of the EBU, has no say in whether a BD is released? So am I best emailing the EBU about this? What do you recommend I do/say? I emailed them a long time ago (a long time before the contest) asking whether the 2009 one would be released on BD and I their DVD/CD producing company (CMC) basically said that there wasn't enough interest by the public of a BD of the contest. How can I show them that there is enough interest? And if that company (CMC) doesn't want to produce the BDs couldn't another company instead - for instance ´óÏó´«Ã½ Worldwide? What do you think is the best thing I can do to try to get them released?
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Comment number 16.
At 26th Aug 2009, HD wrote:Also, is this website incorrect in what it says about Eurovision 2006:
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"Last week's contest has been recorded in High Definition Television for the archives of the future."
"An early press release sent my way indicated that the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 would be broadcast in High Definition. (In fact, it was only produced in High Definition and not ultimately broadcast as the availability of HD TV among viewers was considered to low to be worth the bother.)".
So is it true that the 2006 contest was recorded in high def and could be released in high def too if someone decided to?
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Comment number 18.
At 13th Jan 2010, Brian Smith wrote:I love the use-case flashcard. I do something similar when I'm working on [Unsuitable/Broken URL removed by Moderator]though not on paper. Personally, I'm not a fan of Twitter but I doubt its popularity has peeked. It reminds me of a web IRC chat room with tons of useless tweets about nothing.
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At 12th May 2010, U14460911 wrote:All this user's posts have been removed.Why?
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