It is interesting that KCET is perceived by Wisconsin Public TV as less reliable than WLIW when they were syndicating the BBC World news. Staleness of the WLIW product was a reason given by BBC in their decision to switch to KCET.
When Maryland Public TV was airing the WLIW product at 1730 local time it was 2 1/2 hours after the original UK feed. Live remotes had a bug in the corner that showed the local time the reporter was airing his live report. That allows me to see how old the program is when I see it. Now that KCET is sybdicating BBC World News for PBS stations, MPT is still airing it at 1730 but the original feed is only 1 1/2 hours old. KCET has improved the staleness factor by a full hour and the show now appears in high-definition format. I am very happy with the change to KCET. Joe Buch --- On Fri, 10/24/08, Kevin Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Kevin Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Swprograms] More on PBS World Focus > To: "SWPrograms list" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, October 24, 2008, 4:22 PM > Earlier this week I left a comment on the webserver of > Wisconsin Public Television (WPT), one of two PBS networks I > can receive on my local cable given that I live on the > border with that state, complaining about their substitution > World Focus for BBC News. Here is the key paragraph in > their response, which just arrived: > > "On Monday, Oct. 6, Worldfocus began airing on WPT at > 5:30 p.m. Worldfocus is a 30-minute global news program > based in New York City. It is an endeavor undertaken by a > large consortia of national news organizations working with > contributors worldwide. We at Wisconsin Public Television > wanted to give our viewers the opportunity to view the work > that is a result of this groundbreaking coalition. In > addition to the high quality of this exciting news program, > part of the decision to make the change from BBC World News > at this timeslot was due to the move of BBC World News' > production and distribution to Los Angeles. After that move, > BBC World News has consistently experienced a number of > technical issues with their delivery of the program and we > could no longer rely on a daily broadcast. Worldfocus was > able to offer a more timely and reliable feed at the 5:30 > timeslot than BBC World News. WPT Director of Programming > Garry Danny said, "While Worldfocus is > stylistically different than BBC World News, it offers the > same high quality of news from around the world aimed at an > American audience."" > > Kevin Anderson > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Swprograms mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED], or > visit the URL shown above. _______________________________________________ Swprograms mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or visit the URL shown above.
