Good Afternoon.
The Encore satelite feed is now up and stable on IS-1002 and IS-905.
As this is Opera, please remember to set the appropriate language for subtitles.
Good afternoon and welcome to the last Met Opera of the 2015-16 Season, “ELEKTRA”
The tuning period on IS-1002 (embedded subs), IS-905 (embedded subs) and E5Wa (2x services with one each of French or Spanish subtitles burnt-in) starts at 1630BST/1730CEST
UPDATE AT 1657GMT: The feeds are now established on IS-1002, IS-905 and E5Wa. Any further news will be roprted above.
UPDATE @ 1152 SUBTITLES RESTORED
Hello to all takers
The Test ahead of tonights broadcast is now live on IS-905, IS-1002 and E5Wa. It is there until 1200BST/1300CEST
At this time subtitles are NOT being sent
Good Morning
The 30′ Test on E5Wa is now live until 0800GMT/1000CEST. There are 2 services on the feed: each of a French and Spanish burnt-in subtitles.
The IS-1002 test starts at 0830GMT/0930BST/1030CEST
21:55GMT Services ceased
21:53GMT Content concludes
Cinema feeds established & stable at 17:52GMT
Cinemas MUST take the service called “Cinema Shakespeare”. If you see a service on IS-1002 called “BBC Shakespeare” you have got the WRONG channel and it will NOT work.
The Cinema feed on IS-1002 and IS-905 starts at 1900BST/2000CEST for Testing. Service name is CINEMA SHAKESPEARE. Walk-In starts at 2010BST/2120CEST. Main PGM begins at 2030BST/2130CEST
The feeds for International TV Broadcasters starts at 1815GMT/1915BST/2015CEST. service name is BBC SHAKESPEARE. The Main feed is on IS-1002. the back-up/reserve is on E8Wb. There is also a PoP at BT Tower. Main offer starts at 1930GMT
Assistance Helplines are available for both services
Both services ceased at 11:00GMT
IS 10-02 & IS905 established & stable 09:50GMT
The (Cinema) test period will begin at 10:00GMT / 11:00BST (UK) / 12:00CEST (Europe) for 60′. It will have the RSC Test Loop
Cinemas MUST take the service called “Cinema Shakespeare”. If you see a service on IS-1002 called “BBC Shakespeare” you have got the WRONG channel and it will NOT work.
16:00GMT UPDATE: The investigations for the IS-1002 feed errors are unresolved. We will continue to work on this and advise any re-Testing here.
15:16GMT. The feed is live on both IS-1002 (Main) and E8Wb (Reserve). The feed is also at BT Tower (via E8Wb d/l)
NOTE: The Main feed on IS-1002 has issues with the audio causing CRC errors.
IS10-02 & IS905 service ceased
IS905 service optimised at 10:02GMT. All stable
IS10-02 service optimised at 09:58GMT. All stable
Services established at 09:52GMT
The (Cinema) test period will begin at 10:00GMT / 11:00BST (UK) / 12:00CEST (Europe) for 60′. It will have the RSC Test Loop
Cinemas MUST take the service called “Cinema Shakespeare”. If you see a service on IS-1002 called “BBC Shakespeare” you have got the WRONG channel and it will NOT work.
The International Broadcaster Test starts at 1500GMT/1600BST, again for 60′. This will be VALID bars/tone.
UPDATE @ 10:58BST. All three feeds on IS-1002, IS-905 and E5Wa are now established and stable
Good Morning.
The Test for the above Production is at 1100BST~UK / 1200CEST~W.Europe. It is 60′ duration.
As this is opera: subtitles should be selected ON.
Good Afternoon.
The Encore feed is now up and stable on IS-1002 and IS-905.
Here is the rundown for the rest of the afternoon (NB! You suplied Running Order says there is no Interval but THERE IS AN INTERVAL)
13:00:00 – 13:40:00
Satellites Live – Test Loop
13:40:00 – 14:00:00
A ROYAL OPERA HOUSE IMAGE ON SCREEN, WITH A COUNTDOWN CLOCK AND LOW LEVEL 5.1 AUDIO
14:00:00
START OF RELAY
PLEASE ENSURE THE CINEMA AUDIENCE IS SEATED AND THE CINEMA HOUSE LIGHTS ARE DOWN FOR THE START OF THE RELAY
14:00:00 LOWER AUDITORIUM LIGHTS
Presenter Welcome – Ore Oduba
TRAILERS & PROMOTIONS
14:03:38 Introduction
14:15:53 GISELLE – ACT 1
15:10:53 RAISE LIGHTS – CINEMA INTERVAL– 14 MINUTES APPROX
Clock counts down to start of Act 2 introduction
15:24:06 LOWER LIGHTS – Welcome back to ACT 2 with Ore Oduba
15:35:15 GISELLE ACT 2
THE LIVE RELAY WILL END AT APPROXIMATELY 16:36 BST
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