SUNDAY 17th December. The feed for this aftrnoon’s Encore is now available. WE RECOMMEND SUBTITLES ARE SWITCHED OFF FOR THIS BALLET.

The Schedule for today is:

13:00 GMT / 14:00 CET
SATELLITES LIVE – TEST TAPE

13:40 GMT/ 14:40 CET
A ROYAL OPERA HOUSE IMAGE ON SCREEN, WITH A COUNTDOWN CLOCK AND LOW LEVEL 5.1 AUDIO

14:00 GMT / 15:00 CET
START OF RELAY
PLEASE ENSURE THE CINEMA HOUSE LIGHTS ARE DOWN FOR THE START OF THE RELAY, CURTAIN CALLS, AND ALL PRESENTER CONTENT, AND UP FOR THE INTERVAL COUNTDOWNS

14:00 GMT/ 15:00 CET CINEMA INTRODUCTION
14:02 GMT/ 15:02 CET TRAILERS AND PROMOTIONS
14:06 GMT/ 15:06 CET INTERVIEW WITH GARY AVIS
14:19 GMT/ 15:19 CET THE NUTCRACKER ACT I
15:10 GMT/ 16:10 CET CINEMA INTERVAL (30MIN)
15:41 GMT/ 16:41 CET THE NUTCRACKER ACT II
16:28 GMT/ 17:28 CET CURTAIN CALLS
16:34 GMT/ 17:34 CET CREDITS
THE SATELLITE RELAY WILL END AT APPROXIMATELY 17:00 GMT/ 18:00 CET

Tuesday 12th December. The Cinema Test period ahead of this evenings broadcast is at 1000-1100GMT (1100-1200CET). There is a further 45′ of testing up to 1145GMT, but this is for internal ROH use. You may find this time helpful but must expect a discontinuous feed.

UPDATE@1740GMT. The feed is now available again ahaead of this evening’s broadcast

There is a 60′ Pre-Broadcast Test today (5th December) at 1100GMT/1200CET ahead of the broadcast from the ROH on the 12th December . Please make best-use of this opportunity and report any issues via your usual channels.