Broadcast Facilities

[littlegezzybear]

@Sully

knowing how they can’t stand each other

… which is why they ganged up against Ten over TX Australia, and formed another joint venture.

[WAtvVideos]

@Sully

Isn’t that an old photo of the then Nine Playout Centre ? I think I posted it (and other facilties) pics at the very start of this thread out of interest.

Ahh so it is. Thanks to Gough for using an old photo! Good eyes @Sully

[lexington]

@Sully

knowing how they can’t stand each other.

The only people in the networks that hate each other are the news directors and the PR teams.

Everyone else gets along in the small Australian industry.

[theGradyConnell]

Newshub’s Media Exchange

[RFBurns]

Not officially confirmed, but I’m hearing around the traps that the 7 transition from BCM to NPC will be completed today?

[AustralianAerial]

Seven On-Air Presentation

Brisbane has changed over to using NPC on-air now. Another thing to note is that 7HD now has 5.1 surround sound audio and that all SD channels have also now gotten small black bars on either side of the picture to save on bit-rate. [vlcsnap-2019-08-21-15h04m14s594] [vlcsnap-2019-08-21-15h04m41s453] [vlcsnap-2019-08-21-15h04m53s904] [vlcsnap-2019-08-21-15h05m09s943] [vlcsnap-2019-08-21-15h05m39s352]

As has Melbourne

[SydneyCityTV]

In Sydney too, so I presume the playout switch has been made in all metro markets:

What I’d probably be more interested to know (perhaps @TV.Cynic knows, because I think he receives the Gold & Sunshine Coast versions of Seven along with the Brisbane one) whether there’s finally an MPEG4 version of Seven Gold Coast and/or whether Regional Queensland now has Seven in MPEG2 SD & MPEG4 HD in-line with the metro markets.

[TV.Cynic]

No change to regional . I can’t tell if the GC is different until later in the afternoon.

[littlegezzybear]

@SydneyCityTV

In Sydney too

What is noticeably different that shows it changed from BCM to NPC?

[TV.Cynic]

The watermark is different - the 7 is more opaque; the HD slightly smaller.

[AustralianAerial]

Multichannel watermarks have also changed - at least for 7Two and 7mate

[anthony78977]

At least 7TWO and 7mate’s watermarks look more like their original ones now from what I’ve just seen

[TV.Cynic]

No change to Gold Coast HD situation this afternoon with break away programming only on SD.

[Radiohead]

I can’t see any black bars on any 7 SD channels (Sydney via Central Coast repeaters), and I have overscan turned off.

Yes, the 7TWO watermark is even more noticeable than before.

[WAtvVideos]

@anthony78977

At least 7TWO and 7mate’s watermarks look more like their original ones now from what I’ve just seen

I prefer these ones over the stacked versions. Now it looks more consistent across all 4 multis.

[NQCQTV2]

@SydneyCityTV

whether there’s finally an MPEG4 version of Seven Gold Coast and/or whether Regional Queensland now has Seven in MPEG2 SD & MPEG4 HD in-line with the metro markets.

There is one very minor difference.
The name of the channel currently showing on LCN 7, 70, 71 was “7HD Townsville”.

Since the change it is now just listed as “7 Townsville”.

No other changes, still broadcast in HD with no SD simulcast

[Aurora]

However the TWO does not appear to be in the middle of the Seven logo preceding it.

[WAtvVideos]

Nor does the mate or the flix.

[Sully]

So looks like 7flix now played-out of NPC? Watermark has shifted position and PRG now the exact same as the other channels (was different previously).

[Aurora]

The flix is aligned on the bottom line and mate is middle-aligned but TWO appears to be strangely random, unless the logo has actually been changed?