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Jersey Blockade - RDJ - 05-05-2021
There’s increasing Anglo-Franco tensions emerging tonight with the French purported to be currently blockading the ports of Jersey in retaliation with the dispute with France on fishing rights in British waters since Brexit. Navy vessels are being called in on the island as a precaution.
There’s also increasing threats of France completely cutting off their supply of Jersey’s electricity which 95% of it is supplied by underwater cables from France.
Which then begs the question, if France did go ahead with their threats on the electricity supply of the island - how will this then affect broadcasting on the Channel Islands as a whole? Especially given such a big news story could be on the horizon for the islands and the difficulties this would then cause to relay the latest news to islanders.
If there were power supply issues on Jersey itself, would there be contingency plans in place by ITV & BBC to provide a regional news service potentially broadcast from the UK to the islands for the likes of Guernsey and the other islands who are unaffected by this and for the few in Jersey that may have electricity generated to be able to watch television. Much like the service Points West provided to Spotlight viewers a few years back when they decamped to Bristol for a few days when the Plymouth studios lost their electricity supply.
Jersey Blockade - Humphrey Hacker - 05-05-2021
I daresay there would be some kind of backup and maybe many channel islanders would have battery powered radios.But if the BBC and ITV were knocked out by a power cut as a result of France's actions then there would be huge political implications. I can't see it happening
Jersey Blockade - UTVLifer - 05-05-2021
RDJ post_id=10884 time=1620246651 user_id=831 Wrote:There’s increasing Anglo-Franco tensions emerging tonight with the French purported to be currently blockading the ports of Jersey in retaliation with the dispute with France on fishing rights in British waters since Brexit. Navy vessels are being called in on the island as a precaution.I would suspect that if there are issues with the power supply on Jersey then any contingency regional news programming will come from ITV West Country and BBC Spotlight respectively...unless either network was able to get something on either from Guersney, or one of the other islands
There’s also increasing threats of France completely cutting off their supply of Jersey’s electricity which 95% of it is supplied by underwater cables from France.
Which then begs the question, if France did go ahead with their threats on the electricity supply of the island - how will this then affect broadcasting on the Channel Islands as a whole? Especially given such a big news story could be on the horizon for the islands and the difficulties this would then cause to relay the latest news to islanders.
If there were power supply issues on Jersey itself, would there be contingency plans in place by ITV & BBC to provide a regional news service potentially broadcast from the UK to the islands for the likes of Guernsey and the other islands who are unaffected by this and for the few in Jersey that may have electricity generated to be able to watch television.
If power was lost to Jersey, then it would also leave BBC Radio Jersey as a casualty in all this, with them presumably going to simulcasting BBC Radio Guernsey.
Also, if matters escalated further am I right to assume that the main transmitters for the CIs that gets the signal from the UK mainland is on the island of Alderney, so if they had power issues that affected the transmitters, then the islands would be completely cut off?
Jersey Blockade - Brekkie - 05-05-2021
Although as Guernsey electricity comes via Jersey despite contingency arrangements their power would be underthreat too.
Can't even believe this is a conversation we're having to have though.
Jersey Blockade - UTVLifer - 05-05-2021
Brekkie post_id=10897 time=1620248944 user_id=976 Wrote:Although as Guernsey electricity comes via Jersey despite contingency arrangements their power would be underthreat too.I didn't realise. So potentially, if Jersey lost power it could take Guernsey with it into a blackout?
Can't even believe this is a conversation we're having to have though.
Jersey Blockade - Humphrey Hacker - 05-05-2021
Brekkie post_id=10897 time=1620248944 user_id=976 Wrote:Although as Guernsey electricity comes via Jersey despite contingency arrangements their power would be underthreat too.
Can't even believe this is a conversation we're having to have though.
Sadly we are.
Jersey Blockade - Roger Darthwell - 05-05-2021
Well about electricity this tweet came out to reassure the Islanders' fears https://twitter.com/electricjersey/status/1389883697663516674
But I completely agree with Brekkie here, it is indeed unbelievable that we are discussing all of this, right now this is the closest that the UK and France went to war with one another since the Napoleonic Wars more than 200 years ago
Jersey Blockade - XIII - 05-05-2021
I think people are getting a bit carried away with the suggestion of a war between France and the UK, that's BM11 fantasy territory,
Jersey Blockade - Roger Darthwell - 05-05-2021
XIII post_id=10910 time=1620249704 user_id=894 Wrote:I think people are getting a bit carried away with the suggestion of a war between France and the UK, that's BM11 fantasy territory,Thank goodness for that, I was really scared, BTW what is BM11?
Jersey Blockade - Humphrey Hacker - 05-05-2021
XIII post_id=10910 time=1620249704 user_id=894 Wrote:I think people are getting a bit carried away with the suggestion of a war between France and the UK, that's BM11 fantasy territory,
I think It's a storm in a teacup but as I and other have said Im sure there is a backup plan
Jersey Blockade - XIII - 05-05-2021
Roger Darthwell post_id=10912 time=1620249870 user_id=1160 Wrote:Thank goodness for that, I was really scared, BTW what is BM11?A member of the old place who used to make various doom mongering posts before he was finally banned.
Jersey Blockade - Humphrey Hacker - 05-05-2021
XIII post_id=10915 time=1620250038 user_id=894 Wrote:Roger Darthwell post_id=10912 time=1620249870 user_id=1160 Wrote:Thank goodness for that, I was really scared, BTW what is BM11?A member of the old place who used to make various doom mongering posts before he was finally banned.
Which we were all glad about.
Jersey Blockade - Roger Darthwell - 05-05-2021
I'm sorry for my behaviour guys.......I can be pretty anxious sometimes, and this has been one of these cases where the anxiety got the better of me, I am so sorry for going off topic, I am very sorry....Humprey Hacker mentioned a backup plan earlier and Jersey Electricity said that they can fulfill Jersey's electricity requirements on their own if needed, so maybe everything will be alright....
Jersey Blockade - Brekkie - 05-05-2021
Yes, he had this crazy idea last year that all events last summer would be cancelled due to a global pandemic.
Bringing it back to TV and I'm guessing it's proximity means French channels can be picked up quite easily in the islands.
Jersey Blockade - XIII - 05-05-2021
Brekkie post_id=10919 time=1620250398 user_id=976 Wrote:Yes, he had this crazy idea last year that all events last summer would be cancelled due to a global pandemic.A Broken Clock is right at least twice a day!
Bringing it back to TV and I'm guessing it's proximity means French channels can be picked up quite easily in the islands.