Total Moronic BBC Scheduling

Java Jive ] said:

On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:23:48 +0100, Yellow
wrote:

Apparently not, as the BBC have decided that BBC1 and BBC2 are the right
place for most sport for the time being even if that means bumping the
occasional popularist programme to show it.

So why have the interactive sports channels then?


snip

Sporting events, especially ones that include a Brit who is about to
become world champion, will always be shown on mainstream TV, even if
they over run.

You are not going to change this, so perhaps you should just get over
it. :-)

Java Jive ] said:

Judging by the many posts here over the years about PVRs missing the
last few minutes of programmes, because the endless procrastination of
broadcasters between programmes means that they never start on time,
it seems we don't.

Certainly, to record an important programme with any near certainty of
success, I routinely leave an extra 2 minutes leading and 3 minutes
trailing. This is a damned nuisance, because, I waste around 8% of my
disk space, about 6hrs, just to cater for broadcasters' inefficiency.
And, of course, my system only works if I don't have successive
recordings on different channels. Then, I have to intervene manually
and it's a matter of chance whether the first programme has ended by
the time the second one starts.

Neither of my PVRs would have coped with the disruption caused last
night, had I set them to record anything on the two affected channels.

On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:36:49 +0100, Yellow
wrote:

At least now we have PVRs that can
juggle recordings on the fly so that's something anyway.

It is down to the broadcasters to transmit the correct signals and
sometimes they do and sometimes they don't - my PVR got the extended
BBC1 coverage on BBC1 so they must have at least have sent the stop
signal on time.

The worst at this game seems to me to be C5 who cause series-link to
record every showing of their programmes, across all their channels
meaning you can end up with the same show recorded half a dozen times.

Java Jive ] said:

On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:59:09 +0100, A.N.Other wrote:

Exactly!

I thought we'd got rid of those camp old ****s in tuxes, sequins,
perma-tans and excessive make up when Come Dancing was finally
cancelled.

Granted, but worthwhile programmes on BBC2 were needlessly disrupted
as well.

A single repeat of a programme was canceled. The same show is being
repeated again later in the week, can be seen on IPlayer and will also
be available to watched again in the future when it is repeated over and
over and over again. Failing that, the DVD will be available for
purchase and failing *that*, the DVD will be given away for free in the
Sunday Mail in a couple of years time.

Are you going to stop clutching at straws now?


F1 is a global sporting championship, where the winners names are
remembered for all time, or at least as long as makes no difference.

No they aren't.

Oh yes they are. :-)

I was always something of a fan of the sport in the
past, but I wouldn't have much idea who won in any given year. It all
blurs after a while, with just a few incidents standing out.

You may not remember who won in a given year but you *do* remember that
they won - that is the point. And even if you don't, there are plenty
who do.

Only thing I know about come dancing is that everyone took the **** out
of John Sargent a year or two back and that one of the fellas on their
at the moment was stupid enough to make a racist remark.

Oh, I know one more thing... The X Factor get more viewers. :-p


We all like to think our generations/ourselves are immortal, but if
you want to test how immortal you are, put your hand in a bucket of
water, then pull it out again, and the hole that is left behind is a
measure of how immortal you are!

Nobody is ever going to get up at 5am to watch SCD and nobody'll give
a flying **** who won it a fortnight after it finishes.

Well I dare say somebody would, but certainly not me!

LOL! :-)

On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:25:41 +0100, jamie powell wrote:

fwiw, I might be a 'pretty boy', but I'm also a black belt in karate,
but feel free to underestimate me until it's too late.

LOL! Hard man posturing from the safety of Internet anonymity.

On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:23:55 +0000 (UTC), Robin H
wrote:

On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:25:41 +0100, jamie powell wrote:

fwiw, I might be a 'pretty boy', but I'm also a black belt in karate,
but feel free to underestimate me until it's too late.

LOL! Hard man posturing from the safety of Internet anonymity.

Duh yeh, Jayme hard man my arse! LOL!
Not like us Paul Ratcliffe - Hes a ****in top geeza!
I say bring it on Paul. Giv the fukin runt wot he dezerves.

Java Jive ] said:

He wasn't about to become WC last night, that was tonight.

Refusing to take on board that qualifying is the key to the race does
not change the fact that it is. ;-)



On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:33:31 +0100, Yellow
wrote:

Sporting events, especially ones that include a Brit who is about to
become world champion, will always be shown on mainstream TV, even if
they over run.

On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:15:37 +0100, Java Jive
wrote:


But I bet it didn't continue recording in BBC2 without further
intervention from you. Further it's a pretty that the majority of
people who set their PVRs to record Life or Gandhi would have got the
tail-end of the F1 coverage instead.

I recorded Gandhi on a Freesat PVR using series-link. It started at the
start with no sign of F1. The only criticism might be that a few seconds
of introduction were omitted.

--
Peter Duncanson
(in uk.tech.digital-tv)

On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:02:28 +0000, just another thicko wrote:

On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:23:55 +0000 (UTC), Robin H
wrote:

On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:25:41 +0100, jamie powell wrote:

fwiw, I might be a 'pretty boy', but I'm also a black belt in karate,
but feel free to underestimate me until it's too late.

LOL! Hard man posturing from the safety of Internet anonymity.

Duh yeh, Jayme hard man my arse! LOL! Not like us Paul Ratcliffe - Hes a
****in top geeza! I say bring it on Paul. Giv the fukin runt wot he
dezerves.

And Jamie switches to his sockpuppet account. Looks like Paul hit a nerve
with that "runt" thing.

Java Jive wrote:
On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:17:10 +0100, Yellow
wrote:
A single repeat of a programme was canceled. The same show is being
repeated again later in the week, can be seen on IPlayer

The later repeat is the signed version, and neither it or the iPlayer
have the same quality.

Get yourself an HD box. BBC HD will be showing that series over and over
and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and
over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over
and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and
over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over
and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and
over and over again. . .

--
Mark
Please replace invalid and invalid with gmx and net to reply.

www.paras.org.uk

On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:32:45 +0000 (UTC), Robin H
wrote:

Looks like Paul hit a nerve with that "runt" thing.

Duh yeh I bet thats wot every1 used 2 call him [1] at schewl, an quite
****in right to!

[1] or shud that be 'it', LOL!