interesting tidbits on delays to affiliates. when nbc was feeding both sd and hd simultaneously, the 2 feeds were 3 seconds off. in case of rain-fade at 30 rock, the feeds would then come from burbank, adding 3 seconds of delay to the equation. now nbc doesn't feed any sd, but what they did to 'help' affiliates out was to delay everything by 6 seconds to keep both nyc and burbank on the same delay...great news for stations running automated, right? wrong! first of all, we had to have the manufacturer of our house gps clock system to write software for the extended delay from real time. secondly, for thos nbc affiliates that also broadcast a second network from the same facility, the automation systems have to be on separate clocks, which is not a very friendly procedure since most servers used shared storage and databases. the question asked by every affiliate during conference calls was 'why don't you just feed the programs 6 seconds early on your end'. there was never ever an answer given.
jeff On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 12:03 PM, M-D November <[email protected]> wrote: > You can't really run a 5-second delay on a NYE countdown. It sorta > defeats the purpose. Also, I could totally see Kathy Griffin chiming > in with "5..4...3...2..1...Psych! We're on delay - you missed it, > bitches!" > > On Dec 23, 9:56 am, "Karla Robinson" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Saw Kathy on Scottish Conan last night, where she stated that her > contract > > with CNN is such that if she goes blue on the air, she has to write her > > paycheck back to CNN. She declared it to be a first in the history of > > television...hasn't CNN heard of the 5-second delay? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > > > > Behalf Of Bob in Jersey > > Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 3:37 PM > > To: TVorNotTV > > Subject: [TV orNotTV] Foul word doesn't sink Kathy's Eve gig > > > > TVNewser: Meanwhile, the far-more-frightening-to-some Margaret Cho and > > Ben Stein will be part of this year's CNN ender: > > > > http://snurl.com/tqzek > > > > -- > > BOB > > > > -- > > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
