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ITV technical problems - Inspector Sands - 11-10-2021

JAS84 post_id=46183 time= user_id=881 Wrote:
Inspector Sands post_id=46162 time= user_id=1003 Wrote:There was a problem with their playout centre in Leeds, hence the outage and some sort of DR kicking in.... presumably the channels came from Chiswick instead
I missed it, but I assume this would've affected all of Yorkshire Television then, and not just the West part of that region.
Their playout centre in Leeds (which is now part of Red Bee) plays out ITV for half the country, there's no such thing as Yorkshire Television,its just another variant of ITV

ITV technical problems - Inspector Sands - 11-10-2021

Richard post_id=46163 time= user_id=838 Wrote:Out of interest, what is the benefit to ITV from having “Northern” regions coming from Leeds? Given it’s national continuity wouldn’t it be easier to completely centralise things?
As Brekkie says, it's more resilient to have two places doing it. So in yesterday's case one had a problem and the other in London took over what it normally outputs. If the problem was in London then Leeds would have done the same.

The BBC has a similar setup. It's not something that was that easy to do in the past, it's only now that everything's digital and storage and connectivity is cheap that things can be mirrored elsewhere.

ITV technical problems - harshy - 11-10-2021

CameronYoung post_id=46187 time= user_id=1509 Wrote:
JAS84 post_id=46183 time= user_id=881 Wrote:
Inspector Sands post_id=46162 time= user_id=1003 Wrote:There was a problem with their playout centre in Leeds, hence the outage and some sort of DR kicking in.... presumably the channels came from Chiswick instead
I missed it, but I assume this would've affected all of Yorkshire Television then, and not just the West part of that region.
Yes, i've seen on Twitter that Central East and YTV East were affected.

I think Central comes from Leeds too it’s good to know the itv regions name are alive and kicking in the background.

ITV technical problems - Mike - 11-10-2021

harshy post_id=46345 time= user_id=970 Wrote:
CameronYoung post_id=46187 time= user_id=1509 Wrote:
JAS84 post_id=46183 time= user_id=881 Wrote:I missed it, but I assume this would've affected all of Yorkshire Television then, and not just the West part of that region.
Yes, i've seen on Twitter that Central East and YTV East were affected.

I think Central comes from Leeds too it’s good to know the itv regions name are alive and kicking in the background.
Central at one stage were at Chiswick as well, assume that was linked to the Central South macro region

ITV technical problems - JAS84 - 11-10-2021

Inspector Sands post_id=46275 time= user_id=1003 Wrote:
JAS84 post_id=46183 time= user_id=881 Wrote:
Inspector Sands post_id=46162 time= user_id=1003 Wrote:There was a problem with their playout centre in Leeds, hence the outage and some sort of DR kicking in.... presumably the channels came from Chiswick instead
I missed it, but I assume this would've affected all of Yorkshire Television then, and not just the West part of that region.
Their playout centre in Leeds (which is now part of Red Bee) plays out ITV for half the country, there's no such thing as Yorkshire Television,its just another variant of ITV
The post I quoted referred to YTV, so I assume that's the short code that appeared on screen. If it was something like YOR, shouldn't only the word Yorkshire be mentioned... which, by the way, is still a name in use for the studios.

LWT, Carlton, HTV and Grampian are the only regional brands to have been completely obliterated.

ITV technical problems - Markymark - 12-10-2021

Mike post_id=46416 time= user_id=850 Wrote:
harshy post_id=46345 time= user_id=970 Wrote:
CameronYoung post_id=46187 time= user_id=1509 Wrote:Yes, i've seen on Twitter that Central East and YTV East were affected.

I think Central comes from Leeds too it’s good to know the itv regions name are alive and kicking in the background.
Central at one stage were at Chiswick as well, assume that was linked to the Central South macro region

Central South (aka Oxford) for a period carried Meridian news, but Central non news regional, and Central ads I recall?

ITV technical problems - AxiosBrit67 - 12-10-2021

Is this technical problem related to Red Bee fire alarm?

ITV technical problems - Steve in Pudsey - 12-10-2021

Was that the short lived ITV Thames Valley Tonight, shown on Central South and Meridian North?

ITV technical problems - Steve in Pudsey - 12-10-2021

AxiosBrit67 post_id=46444 time= user_id=1688 Wrote:Is this technical problem related to Red Bee fire alarm?

Being about 200 miles away I think that's unlikely.

ITV technical problems - Op4bridge - 12-10-2021

AxiosBrit67 post_id=46444 time= user_id=1688 Wrote:Is this technical problem related to Red Bee fire alarm?
Let me think.... No. No it is not.

ITV technical problems - CameronYoung - 12-10-2021

JAS84 post_id=46417 time= user_id=881 Wrote:
Inspector Sands post_id=46275 time= user_id=1003 Wrote:
JAS84 post_id=46183 time= user_id=881 Wrote:I missed it, but I assume this would've affected all of Yorkshire Television then, and not just the West part of that region.
Their playout centre in Leeds (which is now part of Red Bee) plays out ITV for half the country, there's no such thing as Yorkshire Television,its just another variant of ITV
The post I quoted referred to YTV, so I assume that's the short code that appeared on screen. If it was something like YOR, shouldn't only the word Yorkshire be mentioned... which, by the way, is still a name in use for the studios.

LWT, Carlton, HTV and Grampian are the only regional brands to have been completely obliterated.
It was YTWEST (and presumably YTEAST)
https://twitter.com/cleanfeed_ttvr/status/1447262632117944320

ITV technical problems - Markymark - 12-10-2021

Steve in Pudsey post_id=46445 time= user_id=942 Wrote:Was that the short lived ITV Thames Valley Tonight, shown on Central South and Meridian North?

Yes, I think it was. After Ridge Hill was retuned back to Central West, and an additional frequency added for it to carry HTV West.
Circa 2008 ish

ITV technical problems - Mort - 14-10-2021

CameronYoung post_id=46106 time= user_id=1509 Wrote:I've got it on SD Freeview:
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My TV is, well, strange, I think the frame is too thick for the screen or something, and so I get about 1cm of the screen cropped off, so i just see three lines. Anyway, asked dad on the much better one connected to the Sky box and he says TTT (T yne T ees T elevision presumably). So maybe they're in some form of DR mode if they did fall off air this morning.

Forced overscan is a downside of some TVs with integrated tuners on SD channels/signals. While viewing an SD channel, you can try looking for the picture size / picture scaling / zoom option called something like "Just Scan", "Just Fit", "Exact Fit", "Full", "100%" or similar. Some TVs will have a separate option like "16:9 Overscan" or "Overscan" which you may be able to turn off.

On our Samsung MU series, we have to use the Sky box to upscale SD channels to 1080i otherwise they're always overscanned with no option to disable. Its integrated DVB-T2 tuner does the same thing.