Mars Curiosity

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Less

No problem, gives me a chance to explain to Jaysay what BBC4 is spending licence fee on, every documentary shown on Beeb2 will be repeated on there, that's why it's documentary channel of the year, according to whom?


By the way BBC4 is repeating the history of Tetris as we speak, I watched it the first 4 times it was on, will watch again.

In that case instead of calling it BBC4 they should just call it Ditto

[Less]

Originally Posted by susie123

Here's why BBC4's only on part time:

On the Freeview digital terrestrial platform, BBC Four is broadcast in a statistically multiplexed stream in Multiplex B that timeshares with the CBeebies channel. As a result, BBC Four broadcasts from 7 pm to about 4 am every day, with an hours down-time and promotions for CBeebies, before CBeebies channel runs from 6 am until 7 pm.
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So Cbeebies which takes a different channel on freeview etc. that could be used by an important sales channel shares with B4 for transmission time, why not just one channel cbeebies during the day adult repeats at night?

[susie123]

Good article here and latest news on the Curiosity Rover's progress.

BBC News - Nasa's Curiosity rover on course for Mars landing

[Guinness]

Curiositys engineering team in a live webcast for the next hour

Curiosity Cam, Ustream.TV: UPCOMING EVENTS: Friday, August 3 Mars Rover NASA Social 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. PDT NASA will host its first-ever multi-center NASA...

[Ken Moss]

Originally Posted by Less

I enjoy BBC4, Just wonder why there is a BBC4?
Comes on at seven in the evening, then around 10 at night they repeat what was on earlier, then again later at night.
Surely with the history of the Beeb, they could do re-runs of many great prog's and keep us interested, but the same one several times on the same night?
A sure sign of overstretching or fudging their (all the Beeb's) budget?

Believe it or not, repeats cost money. Everyone involved in making a programme signs a contract which gets them a fee every time something is reshown. In the 70s and 80s a contract generally allowed for two repeats and two overseas showings but with the age of a thousand digital channels things are a little different, hence there are fewer repeats of older programmes these days.

Some charity programmes can't be reshown at all due to the original terms of the contract.

[susie123]

Originally Posted by Ken Moss

Believe it or not, repeats cost money. Everyone involved in making a programme signs a contract which gets them a fee every time something is reshown. In the 70s and 80s a contract generally allowed for two repeats and two overseas showings but with the age of a thousand digital channels things are a little different, hence there are fewer repeats of older programmes these days.

Some charity programmes can't be reshown at all due to the original terms of the contract.

Quite true Ken. I have a friend who made a business out of administering repeat fees for a television company some years ago.

[Less]

Originally Posted by Ken Moss

Believe it or not, repeats cost money.

Doh, thanks for that, still cheaper than making new.

[Guinness]

Touch down comfirmed a few seconds ago....first thumbnail picture from the surface....absolutely fantastic achievement