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On Mon, 4 Jan 2016 14:15:21 -0000, Norman Wells wrote:

I remember the good old days of show-jumping on the BBC and horses named
'Sanyo Video Centre' and the like. Bit difficult to avoid then.

It was 'Sanyo Music Centre' and 'Sanyo Video' with the Smiths (Harvey, and
probably son Robert) aboard.

In that case they weren't horses then, but osses.

On Monday, 4 January 2016 17:08:07 UTC, charles wrote:
In article , Paul Ratcliffe
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On Mon, 04 Jan 2016 12:48:27 +0000 (GMT), charles
wrote:

The live transmission started at 10.15GMT. What you heard in the
evening was a recording.

It all strikes me as a bit odd. The morning programme (live) was 1h30
long and the "highlights" on BBC4 at 7pm were 2h00 long. Weird.

The Morning (live) programme started at 10.15 and according to BBC Radio
iPlayer lasted 2 hrs 45 minutes. 1.30 might have been the first "half".

The BBC commentator was in Vienna.

The BBC only shows the second half of the concert live on TV. I listened to the first half on R3 (Trelawny doing "commentary" for both radio and TV when coverage started). The BBC4 coverage in the evening covered both halves of the concert.

I thought the sound quality (5.1 surround sound via sky) was excellent and from what I could tell the image quality was also very good. Pity about some of the 'artistic' camera shots that were employed.

In article , Kevin H
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On Monday, 4 January 2016 17:08:07 UTC, charles wrote:
In article , Paul Ratcliffe
wrote:
On Mon, 04 Jan 2016 12:48:27 +0000 (GMT), charles
wrote:

The live transmission started at 10.15GMT. What you heard in the
evening was a recording.

It all strikes me as a bit odd. The morning programme (live) was 1h30
long and the "highlights" on BBC4 at 7pm were 2h00 long. Weird.

The Morning (live) programme started at 10.15 and according to BBC
Radio iPlayer lasted 2 hrs 45 minutes. 1.30 might have been the first
"half".

The BBC commentator was in Vienna.

The BBC only shows the second half of the concert live on TV. I listened
to the first half on R3 (Trelawny doing "commentary" for both radio and
TV when coverage started). The BBC4 coverage in the evening covered both
halves of the concert.

As I heard on a trailer the evening before, the first half of the concert
was shown on the BBC "Red Button" channel. I watched it.

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On 05/01/2016 09:12, charles wrote:

The BBC only shows the second half of the concert live on TV. I listened
to the first half on R3 (Trelawny doing "commentary" for both radio and
TV when coverage started). The BBC4 coverage in the evening covered both
halves of the concert.

As I heard on a trailer the evening before, the first half of the concert
was shown on the BBC "Red Button" channel. I watched it.

In soggy SD presumably ?

It's one of those curious mental blocks the Beeb get about some things.
I don't think they have ever shown the broadcast live in its entirety,
except in the final year of the BBC HD channel (and then only on the HD
channel, and not BBC 2) ?

Why ever not, it's not as if there's anything else compelling to be
shown at that time of day on BBC 2 (or 1)


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In article , Mark Carver
wrote:
On 05/01/2016 09:12, charles wrote:

The BBC only shows the second half of the concert live on TV. I
listened to the first half on R3 (Trelawny doing "commentary" for both
radio and TV when coverage started). The BBC4 coverage in the evening
covered both halves of the concert.

As I heard on a trailer the evening before, the first half of the
concert was shown on the BBC "Red Button" channel. I watched it.

In soggy SD presumably ?

Th pictures were still pretty good

It's one of those curious mental blocks the Beeb get about some things. I
don't think they have ever shown the broadcast live in its entirety,
except in the final year of the BBC HD channel (and then only on the HD
channel, and not BBC 2) ?

There was one year when it wasn't shown at all. mammoth outcry.

Why ever not, it's not as if there's anything else compelling to be
shown at that time of day on BBC 2 (or 1)

people might object to having classical music forced on them. It's elitist,
innit?

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charles writes:

people might object to having classical music forced on them. It's elitist,
innit?

It would certainly make a welcome change from the wannabe singing talent
shows and dancing competitions which seem to take up more than their
fair share of 'prime time' TV nowadays. As an aside, what is 'strict'
about 'strictly come dancing'?

On Tue, 05 Jan 2016 13:05:54 +0000, Graham Murray
wrote:

charles writes:

people might object to having classical music forced on them. It's elitist,
innit?

It would certainly make a welcome change from the wannabe singing talent
shows and dancing competitions which seem to take up more than their
fair share of 'prime time' TV nowadays. As an aside, what is 'strict'
about 'strictly come dancing'?

The name is a hybrid of two separate names: "Come Dancing", the BBC
amateur competition, and the Australian film "Strictly Ballroom".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strictly_Ballroom

Strictly Ballroom tells the story of an Australian ballroom dancer,
Scott Hastings (Paul Mercurio), and his struggle to establish his
personal style of dance on his way to win the Pan-Pacific Grand Prix
Dancing Championship. Scott's steps are not 'strictly ballroom'.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_Dancing

In 2004, a re-launched celebrity version entitled Strictly Come
Dancing, hosted by Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly, debuted on BBC One,
and became a popular hit on Saturday evenings. The title is a
nonsensical pastiche of the titles of both the 1992 Australian film
Strictly Ballroom and Come Dancing.


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On 05/01/2016 14:40, Peter Duncanson wrote:



In 2004, a re-launched celebrity version entitled Strictly Come
Dancing, hosted by Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly, debuted on BBC One,
and became a popular hit on Saturday evenings. The title is a
nonsensical pastiche of the titles of both the 1992 Australian film
Strictly Ballroom and Come Dancing.




often wondered if the BBC had to pay for the rights to the name
'strictly' from the film makers - it's obviously copying it.
or to put it another way, what if ITV were to license the name 'strictly
ballroom' for a dancing contest - what could the BBC do?

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On 04/01/2016 11:08, charles wrote:

It happens, in vision only, for just about every sporting event. Large
trackside or pitch side banners, decals on racing cars, players' dress,
etc. We also have things like "The Booker Prize" - yes I know someone else
is sponsoring it now, but the Booker name is stuck in my mind (yes, I shop
there, too). And, I think we had the Visa Olympic Games in London.
Regrettably, this is the 21st century and that's the way things work.

Chains buy up hotels and rename them - typically adding their brand name
(eg Mercure; other names are available) in front of what it was
previously called.

Guests arrive at the railway station and ask locals where the Mercure
hotel is, and of course the locals have never heard of it because they
still use the old name.

It makes good money for the taxis. A minimum charge fare for a 100
yards journey is quite lucrative.

Jim