Re: [TV orNotTV] How many feeds do the networks use on a given night?

[daniel anderson]

Fox uses level 1 or level 2- during the OU/Texas game a few weeks back, 
when the Supreme Court nomination was being voted on, most station stuck 
with the OU/Texas game, especially station in Texas and Oklahoma. .

On Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at 2:27:10 PM UTC-5, Jim Ellwanger wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Feb 13, 2018, at 5:30 AM, daniel anderson  > wrote: 
> > 
> > Besides regional football, the morning news shows, which are taped 
> outside of the eastern time zone, but what if there is a special report? Do 
> they interrupted all feeds at once? 
>
> From my days working in live closed-captioning 20 years ago:  the 
> broadcast networks basically have three feeds for on-air programming 
> (Eastern/Central, Mountain, and Pacific), and special reports would run on 
> all feeds. When affiliates are not taking network programming, they're 
> supposed to always be monitoring the appropriate network feed for their 
> time zone, although much of the time, the network is able to give them a 
> heads-up for a special report a few minutes in advance. (NBC paid the 
> company I worked for to have a live closed-captioner on standby, monitoring 
> the Eastern feed, from 6 A.M. to midnight daily.) 
>
> Sometimes when a special report interrupts a show, the networks will 
> re-feed it later, for the benefit of affiliates who might have been 
> recording it to broadcast later. (Such as Alaska, Hawaii, and Arizona for 
> much of the year.) 
>
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Re: [TV orNotTV] How many feeds do the networks use on a given night?

[daniel anderson]

Would make sense- i don't remember Hugh Downs doing anything in Burbank for 
NBC.(he might have done the Today Show there after RFK was assassinated, 
but that's likely it.)

On Monday, April 2, 2018 at 4:55:39 PM UTC-4, Jon Delfin wrote:
>
> Hugh Downs's "Concentration" taped in NYC.
>
> On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 4:34 PM, M-D November  > wrote:
>
>> Hugh Downs "Concentration" or Alex Trebek "Classic Concentration"? 
>>  (Never understood why that show was called "Classic Concentration" - other 
>> than Coke's bungling of their own brand in the 80's seemingly make Classic 
>> somehow cool again...)
>>
>> On Friday, March 30, 2018 at 12:55:18 PM UTC-4, daniel anderson wrote:
>>>
>>> *Concentration *used to tape in the studio that *Days* uses now. i 
>>> can't remember but *Sale of The Century* and *Wheel of Fortune* taped 
>>> in 3; did Jay Leno use that studio too?
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, February 14, 2018 at 12:27:17 PM UTC-5, Kevin M. (RPCV) 
>>> wrote:

 Days is the last of the NBC shows still produced at what is now the 
 non-NBC “The Burbank Studios.” The old Johnny Carson studio is now an “e 
 sports” arena where people go to watch other people play games on their 
 phones. 

 On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 2:34 AM daniel anderson  
 wrote:

> Burbank did almost all of the NBC game shows in the 1980s- "Sale of 
> the Century," "Wheel of Fortune," and "Scrabble" among others. Doesn't 
> "Days of Our Lives" still film in Burbank? 
>
> On Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at 5:29:33 PM UTC-5, Jim Ellwanger wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> > On Feb 13, 2018, at 1:26 PM, Kevin M.  
>> wrote: 
>> > 
>> > There were a few hot buttons in the control rooms of a few of the 
>> Nightly News studios that could be pressed to go live, bypassing 
>> Skypath. I 
>> know of a handful of instances when those buttons were pressed 
>> accidentally; hilarity ensued. 
>>
>> Yeah, the closed-captioner who was monitoring NBC's feed was always 
>> at the ready to dial in to the modem for "studio 3B" (or whichever one 
>> was 
>> being kept "hot" for special report purposes). 
>>
>> I was never entirely clear on how things were working on the video 
>> transmission side of things, but I do know that "Tonight Show" captions 
>> went to a modem in Burbank, while "Late Night" (and "Later") captions 
>> went 
>> to New York. Because there was a seamless transition between the shows, 
>> there was some rigamarole involving the backup modem in the control room 
>> and a production assistant -- by which I mean me -- being nervous about 
>> accidentally disconnecting the wrong modem at the wrong time. (The 
>> captions 
>> for the late-night shows were prepared in advance via an audio feed of 
>> the 
>> taping, but were sent out "live" as they aired.) 
>>
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Re: [TV orNotTV] How many feeds do the networks use on a given night?

[Jon Delfin]

Hugh Downs's "Concentration" taped in NYC.

On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 4:34 PM, M-D November  wrote:

> Hugh Downs "Concentration" or Alex Trebek "Classic Concentration"?  (Never
> understood why that show was called "Classic Concentration" - other than
> Coke's bungling of their own brand in the 80's seemingly make Classic
> somehow cool again...)
>
> On Friday, March 30, 2018 at 12:55:18 PM UTC-4, daniel anderson wrote:
>>
>> *Concentration *used to tape in the studio that *Days* uses now. i can't
>> remember but *Sale of The Century* and *Wheel of Fortune* taped in 3;
>> did Jay Leno use that studio too?
>>
>> On Wednesday, February 14, 2018 at 12:27:17 PM UTC-5, Kevin M. (RPCV)
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Days is the last of the NBC shows still produced at what is now the
>>> non-NBC “The Burbank Studios.” The old Johnny Carson studio is now an “e
>>> sports” arena where people go to watch other people play games on their
>>> phones.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 2:34 AM daniel anderson 
>>> wrote:
>>>
 Burbank did almost all of the NBC game shows in the 1980s- "Sale of
 the Century," "Wheel of Fortune," and "Scrabble" among others. Doesn't
 "Days of Our Lives" still film in Burbank?

 On Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at 5:29:33 PM UTC-5, Jim Ellwanger wrote:

>
>
> > On Feb 13, 2018, at 1:26 PM, Kevin M.  wrote:
> >
> > There were a few hot buttons in the control rooms of a few of the
> Nightly News studios that could be pressed to go live, bypassing Skypath. 
> I
> know of a handful of instances when those buttons were pressed
> accidentally; hilarity ensued.
>
> Yeah, the closed-captioner who was monitoring NBC's feed was always at
> the ready to dial in to the modem for "studio 3B" (or whichever one was
> being kept "hot" for special report purposes).
>
> I was never entirely clear on how things were working on the video
> transmission side of things, but I do know that "Tonight Show" captions
> went to a modem in Burbank, while "Late Night" (and "Later") captions went
> to New York. Because there was a seamless transition between the shows,
> there was some rigamarole involving the backup modem in the control room
> and a production assistant -- by which I mean me -- being nervous about
> accidentally disconnecting the wrong modem at the wrong time. (The 
> captions
> for the late-night shows were prepared in advance via an audio feed of the
> taping, but were sent out "live" as they aired.)
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Re: [TV orNotTV] How many feeds do the networks use on a given night?

[M-D November]

Hugh Downs "Concentration" or Alex Trebek "Classic Concentration"?  (Never 
understood why that show was called "Classic Concentration" - other than 
Coke's bungling of their own brand in the 80's seemingly make Classic 
somehow cool again...)

On Friday, March 30, 2018 at 12:55:18 PM UTC-4, daniel anderson wrote:
>
> *Concentration *used to tape in the studio that *Days* uses now. i can't 
> remember but *Sale of The Century* and *Wheel of Fortune* taped in 3; did 
> Jay Leno use that studio too?
>
> On Wednesday, February 14, 2018 at 12:27:17 PM UTC-5, Kevin M. (RPCV) 
> wrote:
>>
>> Days is the last of the NBC shows still produced at what is now the 
>> non-NBC “The Burbank Studios.” The old Johnny Carson studio is now an “e 
>> sports” arena where people go to watch other people play games on their 
>> phones. 
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 2:34 AM daniel anderson  
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Burbank did almost all of the NBC game shows in the 1980s- "Sale of the 
>>> Century," "Wheel of Fortune," and "Scrabble" among others. Doesn't "Days of 
>>> Our Lives" still film in Burbank? 
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at 5:29:33 PM UTC-5, Jim Ellwanger wrote:
>>>


 > On Feb 13, 2018, at 1:26 PM, Kevin M.  wrote: 
 > 
 > There were a few hot buttons in the control rooms of a few of the 
 Nightly News studios that could be pressed to go live, bypassing Skypath. 
 I 
 know of a handful of instances when those buttons were pressed 
 accidentally; hilarity ensued. 

 Yeah, the closed-captioner who was monitoring NBC's feed was always at 
 the ready to dial in to the modem for "studio 3B" (or whichever one was 
 being kept "hot" for special report purposes). 

 I was never entirely clear on how things were working on the video 
 transmission side of things, but I do know that "Tonight Show" captions 
 went to a modem in Burbank, while "Late Night" (and "Later") captions went 
 to New York. Because there was a seamless transition between the shows, 
 there was some rigamarole involving the backup modem in the control room 
 and a production assistant -- by which I mean me -- being nervous about 
 accidentally disconnecting the wrong modem at the wrong time. (The 
 captions 
 for the late-night shows were prepared in advance via an audio feed of the 
 taping, but were sent out "live" as they aired.) 

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Re: [TV orNotTV] How many feeds do the networks use on a given night?

[Kevin M.]

Wheel was not on the NBC lot for long if memory serves, but yes they used
the same studio that Jay Leno would use for most of his Tonight Show run.
Studio 3 was also where they shot the pilot episodes of Fresh Prince of
Bel-Air and Saved by the Bell

On Fri, Mar 30, 2018 at 9:55 AM, daniel anderson <
danielanderson2...@gmail.com> wrote:

> *Concentration *used to tape in the studio that *Days* uses now. i can't
> remember but *Sale of The Century* and *Wheel of Fortune* taped in 3; did
> Jay Leno use that studio too?
>
> On Wednesday, February 14, 2018 at 12:27:17 PM UTC-5, Kevin M. (RPCV)
> wrote:
>>
>> Days is the last of the NBC shows still produced at what is now the
>> non-NBC “The Burbank Studios.” The old Johnny Carson studio is now an “e
>> sports” arena where people go to watch other people play games on their
>> phones.
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 2:34 AM daniel anderson 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Burbank did almost all of the NBC game shows in the 1980s- "Sale of the
>>> Century," "Wheel of Fortune," and "Scrabble" among others. Doesn't "Days of
>>> Our Lives" still film in Burbank?
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at 5:29:33 PM UTC-5, Jim Ellwanger wrote:
>>>


 > On Feb 13, 2018, at 1:26 PM, Kevin M.  wrote:
 >
 > There were a few hot buttons in the control rooms of a few of the
 Nightly News studios that could be pressed to go live, bypassing Skypath. I
 know of a handful of instances when those buttons were pressed
 accidentally; hilarity ensued.

 Yeah, the closed-captioner who was monitoring NBC's feed was always at
 the ready to dial in to the modem for "studio 3B" (or whichever one was
 being kept "hot" for special report purposes).

 I was never entirely clear on how things were working on the video
 transmission side of things, but I do know that "Tonight Show" captions
 went to a modem in Burbank, while "Late Night" (and "Later") captions went
 to New York. Because there was a seamless transition between the shows,
 there was some rigamarole involving the backup modem in the control room
 and a production assistant -- by which I mean me -- being nervous about
 accidentally disconnecting the wrong modem at the wrong time. (The captions
 for the late-night shows were prepared in advance via an audio feed of the
 taping, but were sent out "live" as they aired.)

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Re: [TV orNotTV] How many feeds do the networks use on a given night?

[daniel anderson]

*Concentration *used to tape in the studio that *Days* uses now. i can't 
remember but *Sale of The Century* and *Wheel of Fortune* taped in 3; did 
Jay Leno use that studio too?

On Wednesday, February 14, 2018 at 12:27:17 PM UTC-5, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote:
>
> Days is the last of the NBC shows still produced at what is now the 
> non-NBC “The Burbank Studios.” The old Johnny Carson studio is now an “e 
> sports” arena where people go to watch other people play games on their 
> phones. 
>
> On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 2:34 AM daniel anderson  > wrote:
>
>> Burbank did almost all of the NBC game shows in the 1980s- "Sale of the 
>> Century," "Wheel of Fortune," and "Scrabble" among others. Doesn't "Days of 
>> Our Lives" still film in Burbank? 
>>
>> On Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at 5:29:33 PM UTC-5, Jim Ellwanger wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> > On Feb 13, 2018, at 1:26 PM, Kevin M.  wrote: 
>>> > 
>>> > There were a few hot buttons in the control rooms of a few of the 
>>> Nightly News studios that could be pressed to go live, bypassing Skypath. I 
>>> know of a handful of instances when those buttons were pressed 
>>> accidentally; hilarity ensued. 
>>>
>>> Yeah, the closed-captioner who was monitoring NBC's feed was always at 
>>> the ready to dial in to the modem for "studio 3B" (or whichever one was 
>>> being kept "hot" for special report purposes). 
>>>
>>> I was never entirely clear on how things were working on the video 
>>> transmission side of things, but I do know that "Tonight Show" captions 
>>> went to a modem in Burbank, while "Late Night" (and "Later") captions went 
>>> to New York. Because there was a seamless transition between the shows, 
>>> there was some rigamarole involving the backup modem in the control room 
>>> and a production assistant -- by which I mean me -- being nervous about 
>>> accidentally disconnecting the wrong modem at the wrong time. (The captions 
>>> for the late-night shows were prepared in advance via an audio feed of the 
>>> taping, but were sent out "live" as they aired.) 
>>>
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Re: [TV orNotTV] How many feeds do the networks use on a given night?

[daniel anderson]

Back when i had one of those big dishes, ca 2001, NBC would feed it's 
backup XFL games on one of the feeds they had on GE-1(usually on the 
Mountain transponder) mostly for updates. They had that for NBA regional 
games, because they sometime used all three feeds for NBA telecasts back 
then. 

On Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at 2:27:10 PM UTC-5, Jim Ellwanger wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Feb 13, 2018, at 5:30 AM, daniel anderson  > wrote: 
> > 
> > Besides regional football, the morning news shows, which are taped 
> outside of the eastern time zone, but what if there is a special report? Do 
> they interrupted all feeds at once? 
>
> From my days working in live closed-captioning 20 years ago:  the 
> broadcast networks basically have three feeds for on-air programming 
> (Eastern/Central, Mountain, and Pacific), and special reports would run on 
> all feeds. When affiliates are not taking network programming, they're 
> supposed to always be monitoring the appropriate network feed for their 
> time zone, although much of the time, the network is able to give them a 
> heads-up for a special report a few minutes in advance. (NBC paid the 
> company I worked for to have a live closed-captioner on standby, monitoring 
> the Eastern feed, from 6 A.M. to midnight daily.) 
>
> Sometimes when a special report interrupts a show, the networks will 
> re-feed it later, for the benefit of affiliates who might have been 
> recording it to broadcast later. (Such as Alaska, Hawaii, and Arizona for 
> much of the year.) 
>
>

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Re: [TV orNotTV] How many feeds do the networks use on a given night?

[Kevin M.]

Days is the last of the NBC shows still produced at what is now the non-NBC
“The Burbank Studios.” The old Johnny Carson studio is now an “e sports”
arena where people go to watch other people play games on their phones.

On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 2:34 AM daniel anderson <
danielanderson2...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Burbank did almost all of the NBC game shows in the 1980s- "Sale of the
> Century," "Wheel of Fortune," and "Scrabble" among others. Doesn't "Days of
> Our Lives" still film in Burbank?
>
> On Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at 5:29:33 PM UTC-5, Jim Ellwanger wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> > On Feb 13, 2018, at 1:26 PM, Kevin M.  wrote:
>> >
>> > There were a few hot buttons in the control rooms of a few of the
>> Nightly News studios that could be pressed to go live, bypassing Skypath. I
>> know of a handful of instances when those buttons were pressed
>> accidentally; hilarity ensued.
>>
>> Yeah, the closed-captioner who was monitoring NBC's feed was always at
>> the ready to dial in to the modem for "studio 3B" (or whichever one was
>> being kept "hot" for special report purposes).
>>
>> I was never entirely clear on how things were working on the video
>> transmission side of things, but I do know that "Tonight Show" captions
>> went to a modem in Burbank, while "Late Night" (and "Later") captions went
>> to New York. Because there was a seamless transition between the shows,
>> there was some rigamarole involving the backup modem in the control room
>> and a production assistant -- by which I mean me -- being nervous about
>> accidentally disconnecting the wrong modem at the wrong time. (The captions
>> for the late-night shows were prepared in advance via an audio feed of the
>> taping, but were sent out "live" as they aired.)
>>
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Re: [TV orNotTV] How many feeds do the networks use on a given night?

[daniel anderson]

Burbank did almost all of the NBC game shows in the 1980s- "Sale of the 
Century," "Wheel of Fortune," and "Scrabble" among others. Doesn't "Days of 
Our Lives" still film in Burbank? 

On Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at 5:29:33 PM UTC-5, Jim Ellwanger wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Feb 13, 2018, at 1:26 PM, Kevin M.  > wrote: 
> > 
> > There were a few hot buttons in the control rooms of a few of the 
> Nightly News studios that could be pressed to go live, bypassing Skypath. I 
> know of a handful of instances when those buttons were pressed 
> accidentally; hilarity ensued. 
>
> Yeah, the closed-captioner who was monitoring NBC's feed was always at the 
> ready to dial in to the modem for "studio 3B" (or whichever one was being 
> kept "hot" for special report purposes). 
>
> I was never entirely clear on how things were working on the video 
> transmission side of things, but I do know that "Tonight Show" captions 
> went to a modem in Burbank, while "Late Night" (and "Later") captions went 
> to New York. Because there was a seamless transition between the shows, 
> there was some rigamarole involving the backup modem in the control room 
> and a production assistant -- by which I mean me -- being nervous about 
> accidentally disconnecting the wrong modem at the wrong time. (The captions 
> for the late-night shows were prepared in advance via an audio feed of the 
> taping, but were sent out "live" as they aired.) 
>
>

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Re: [TV orNotTV] How many feeds do the networks use on a given night?

[daniel anderson]

One of the likely reasons that NBC would pre-feed their soaps was just in 
case a special report came up.

On Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at 2:27:10 PM UTC-5, Jim Ellwanger wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Feb 13, 2018, at 5:30 AM, daniel anderson  > wrote: 
> > 
> > Besides regional football, the morning news shows, which are taped 
> outside of the eastern time zone, but what if there is a special report? Do 
> they interrupted all feeds at once? 
>
> From my days working in live closed-captioning 20 years ago:  the 
> broadcast networks basically have three feeds for on-air programming 
> (Eastern/Central, Mountain, and Pacific), and special reports would run on 
> all feeds. When affiliates are not taking network programming, they're 
> supposed to always be monitoring the appropriate network feed for their 
> time zone, although much of the time, the network is able to give them a 
> heads-up for a special report a few minutes in advance. (NBC paid the 
> company I worked for to have a live closed-captioner on standby, monitoring 
> the Eastern feed, from 6 A.M. to midnight daily.) 
>
> Sometimes when a special report interrupts a show, the networks will 
> re-feed it later, for the benefit of affiliates who might have been 
> recording it to broadcast later. (Such as Alaska, Hawaii, and Arizona for 
> much of the year.) 
>
>

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Re: [TV orNotTV] How many feeds do the networks use on a given night?

[Doug Eastick]

"modem".  Heh heh. Those were the days.


On Tue, Feb 13, 2018, 5:29 PM Jim Ellwanger,  wrote:

>
>
> > On Feb 13, 2018, at 1:26 PM, Kevin M.  wrote:
> >
> > There were a few hot buttons in the control rooms of a few of the
> Nightly News studios that could be pressed to go live, bypassing Skypath. I
> know of a handful of instances when those buttons were pressed
> accidentally; hilarity ensued.
>
> Yeah, the closed-captioner who was monitoring NBC's feed was always at the
> ready to dial in to the modem for "studio 3B" (or whichever one was being
> kept "hot" for special report purposes).
>
> I was never entirely clear on how things were working on the video
> transmission side of things, but I do know that "Tonight Show" captions
> went to a modem in Burbank, while "Late Night" (and "Later") captions went
> to New York. Because there was a seamless transition between the shows,
> there was some rigamarole involving the backup modem in the control room
> and a production assistant -- by which I mean me -- being nervous about
> accidentally disconnecting the wrong modem at the wrong time. (The captions
> for the late-night shows were prepared in advance via an audio feed of the
> taping, but were sent out "live" as they aired.)
>
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Re: [TV orNotTV] How many feeds do the networks use on a given night?

[daniel anderson]

To add to that- special reports run on all feeds, regardless of what show 
is airing. But with the NFL, if CBS is airing a singleheader, they'll need 
multiple feeds for *60 Minutes*, for example if there are 2 4:05 games and 
one ends at 6:45, CBS feeds a postgame show and then *60 Minutes*, but the 
other game ends at 7:20, so CBS starts *60 Minutes* later for that games 
audience. With a doubleheader obviously. CBS will switch to another game 
until all are completed, then *60 Minutes* starts from the beginning on all 
east coast feeds.

On Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at 2:27:10 PM UTC-5, Jim Ellwanger wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Feb 13, 2018, at 5:30 AM, daniel anderson  > wrote: 
> > 
> > Besides regional football, the morning news shows, which are taped 
> outside of the eastern time zone, but what if there is a special report? Do 
> they interrupted all feeds at once? 
>
> From my days working in live closed-captioning 20 years ago:  the 
> broadcast networks basically have three feeds for on-air programming 
> (Eastern/Central, Mountain, and Pacific), and special reports would run on 
> all feeds. When affiliates are not taking network programming, they're 
> supposed to always be monitoring the appropriate network feed for their 
> time zone, although much of the time, the network is able to give them a 
> heads-up for a special report a few minutes in advance. (NBC paid the 
> company I worked for to have a live closed-captioner on standby, monitoring 
> the Eastern feed, from 6 A.M. to midnight daily.) 
>
> Sometimes when a special report interrupts a show, the networks will 
> re-feed it later, for the benefit of affiliates who might have been 
> recording it to broadcast later. (Such as Alaska, Hawaii, and Arizona for 
> much of the year.) 
>
>

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Re: [TV orNotTV] How many feeds do the networks use on a given night?

[Jim Ellwanger]

> On Feb 13, 2018, at 1:26 PM, Kevin M.  wrote:
> 
> There were a few hot buttons in the control rooms of a few of the Nightly 
> News studios that could be pressed to go live, bypassing Skypath. I know of a 
> handful of instances when those buttons were pressed accidentally; hilarity 
> ensued.

Yeah, the closed-captioner who was monitoring NBC's feed was always at the 
ready to dial in to the modem for "studio 3B" (or whichever one was being kept 
"hot" for special report purposes).

I was never entirely clear on how things were working on the video transmission 
side of things, but I do know that "Tonight Show" captions went to a modem in 
Burbank, while "Late Night" (and "Later") captions went to New York. Because 
there was a seamless transition between the shows, there was some rigamarole 
involving the backup modem in the control room and a production assistant -- by 
which I mean me -- being nervous about accidentally disconnecting the wrong 
modem at the wrong time. (The captions for the late-night shows were prepared 
in advance via an audio feed of the taping, but were sent out "live" as they 
aired.)

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Re: [TV orNotTV] How many feeds do the networks use on a given night?

[Kevin M.]

Yeah, Jim’s recollection matches mine.

Random feed trivia: If you watch the Al Pacino movie “The Insider,” the
final scene that is supposed to take place in a CBS control room in Black
Rock was actually filmed at what was called Skypath at NBC Burbank. Back
then, all NBC feeds were routed through Skypath, which meant the system
started in NY, bounced to LA, then bounced back to the relevant time zone
(the redundancy/inefficiency made sense to somebody). Even back in the 90s
when I was a page, Skypath was fully automated (or at least remotely
operated). There were a few hot buttons in the control rooms of a few of
the Nightly News studios that could be pressed to go live, bypassing
Skypath. I know of a handful of instances when those buttons were pressed
accidentally; hilarity ensued.

On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 11:27 AM Jim Ellwanger 
wrote:

>
>
> > On Feb 13, 2018, at 5:30 AM, daniel anderson <
> danielanderson2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Besides regional football, the morning news shows, which are taped
> outside of the eastern time zone, but what if there is a special report? Do
> they interrupted all feeds at once?
>
> From my days working in live closed-captioning 20 years ago:  the
> broadcast networks basically have three feeds for on-air programming
> (Eastern/Central, Mountain, and Pacific), and special reports would run on
> all feeds. When affiliates are not taking network programming, they're
> supposed to always be monitoring the appropriate network feed for their
> time zone, although much of the time, the network is able to give them a
> heads-up for a special report a few minutes in advance. (NBC paid the
> company I worked for to have a live closed-captioner on standby, monitoring
> the Eastern feed, from 6 A.M. to midnight daily.)
>
> Sometimes when a special report interrupts a show, the networks will
> re-feed it later, for the benefit of affiliates who might have been
> recording it to broadcast later. (Such as Alaska, Hawaii, and Arizona for
> much of the year.)
>
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Re: [TV orNotTV] How many feeds do the networks use on a given night?

[Jim Ellwanger]

> On Feb 13, 2018, at 5:30 AM, daniel anderson  
> wrote:
> 
> Besides regional football, the morning news shows, which are taped outside of 
> the eastern time zone, but what if there is a special report? Do they 
> interrupted all feeds at once?

>From my days working in live closed-captioning 20 years ago:  the broadcast 
>networks basically have three feeds for on-air programming (Eastern/Central, 
>Mountain, and Pacific), and special reports would run on all feeds. When 
>affiliates are not taking network programming, they're supposed to always be 
>monitoring the appropriate network feed for their time zone, although much of 
>the time, the network is able to give them a heads-up for a special report a 
>few minutes in advance. (NBC paid the company I worked for to have a live 
>closed-captioner on standby, monitoring the Eastern feed, from 6 A.M. to 
>midnight daily.)

Sometimes when a special report interrupts a show, the networks will re-feed it 
later, for the benefit of affiliates who might have been recording it to 
broadcast later. (Such as Alaska, Hawaii, and Arizona for much of the year.)

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[TV orNotTV] How many feeds do the networks use on a given night?

[daniel anderson]

With the Olympics, NBC is live everywhere, so it's really a non issue. But 
when the networks are showing multiple games in a regional format, like CBS 
for example on the NFL how many feeds for prime time does CBS use for NFL 
runovers? FOX would also be in the same boat. Besides regional football, 
the morning news shows, which are taped outside of the eastern time zone, 
but what if there is a special report? Do they interrupted all feeds at 
once?

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