This thread reminds me of our ongoing debate about use of the internal network in relation to the position of digital kit and broadcast sources. The centralist view is that you put all your encoders in a big data centre and route all the analogue through. That's great when you want to make an enterprise level change to reflect latest blah codec being released, but becomes bandwidth-challenging if you need to double-up and have clean feeds for everything (cheaper to let the DOGs in, particularly if people don¹t notice they¹re there).
The devolved view is that you stash your encoders as close to your broadcast sources as possible. DOGs are a powerful argument in favour of the devolved approach because devolution favours the ability of the online broadcaster to provide streams that are unique and distinctive (rights permitting). The halcyon solution of course, is that broadcast sources become the point of digitisation. Gavin On 14/01/2009 12:17, "Brian Butterworth" <[email protected]> wrote: > I guess it would cost the viewers about £1 each to get BBC CI a new plasma... > >> On 14 Jan 2009, 11:39 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> If you ever find yourself watching BBC Channel Island news at 6.30pm or 10.25 >> (I think Sky 988) you'll see the old BBC Spotlight Channel Islands logo >> burned pretty deep into the studio plasma screen behind the presenter. >> >> Not sure what I think about DOGs though - never really notice them to be >> honest. >> >> >> On Wed 14/01/09 11:18 AM , "Richard Lockwood" [email protected] >> sent: >> >>>> > > That's a pretty extreme form of tattooing - where'd you get it done? > >>>> > Cheers, > > Rich. > > >... >
