Ireland Rugby Match BBC HD

gipo2

Ireland match from croke park is on BBC Hd on staurday. This must be first six nations rugby match to broadcast in HD from dublin.

Martin_F

All the matches are on BBC HD this weekend. Possibly they plan to cover the whole tournament in HD this year ?

Minstrel27

Martin_F wrote: »

All the matches are on BBC HD this weekend. Possibly they plan to cover the whole tournament in HD this year ?

It certainly looks that way. Six Nations Forum will also be on BBC HD

Stevecw

Nice one, fair play to BBC.
Pity the voice of rugby died last week. Dream combo would be Bills voice & a HD game esp later when we stuff England in Twickenham!!!

snaps

I hope this six nations wont be boring this year, Its the world cup when we see how good Ireland really are!

Im actually not 100% sure the Ireland home matches will actually be in proper HD, but upscaled. I hope im wrong.

Minstrel27

snaps wrote: »

I hope this six nations wont be boring this year, Its the world cup when we see how good Ireland really are!

Im actually not 100% sure the Ireland home matches will actually be in proper HD, but upscaled. I hope im wrong.

The BBC don't show upscaled programming on their HD channel. They are not allowed.

snaps

Minstrel27 wrote: »

The BBC don't show upscaled programming on their HD channel. They are not allowed.

No they just reduce the bitrate...........lol

Minstrel27

snaps wrote: »

No they just reduce the bitrate...........lol

That's true also

delsutton2008

Does this mean BBC is covering the Dublin match as opposed to RTE? Or is it that RTE already have HD cameras and just don't broadcast in HD?

snaps

As far as im aware a 3rd party does the camera work and uplinking. BBC and RTE pay for the coverage.

delsutton2008

snaps wrote: »

As far as im aware a 3rd party does the camera work and uplinking. BBC and RTE pay for the coverage.

Ah, OK. Thought it unlikely the BBC would be allowed to take over Croker!!

Minstrel27

delsutton2008 wrote: »

Ah, OK. Thought it unlikely the BBC would be allowed to take over Croker!!

Providing coverage does not equate to taking over Croke Park.

snaps

delsutton2008 wrote: »

Ah, OK. Thought it unlikely the BBC would be allowed to take over Croker!!

Next you'll be saying the BBC commentators/crew will have to broadcast from outside the stadium. I think since "God save the queen" has been played there we have moved on a little!

Someone can correct me here, but in the old days the host broadcaster done the camera work/transmissions, but nowadays a 3rd party broadcaster is awarded the contract for these sporting events.

slegs

I think BBC have been doing the pictures for a few years now. If you look at the graphics on six nations matches it is always the BBC captions with a little RTE logo stuck over the area where BBC normally is. Great to see this in HD though.

scout353

IIRC matches from Croke Park last season were shown on BBCHD!

Remember watching the coverage on BBCHD rather than RTE!

Though the picture on RTE is quite good, the commentary is dreadful from Ryle Nugent ......but that is a different thread.

Also, all stations are using HD cameras as it is the standard now - just not broadcasting in HD!

Minstrel27

scout353 wrote: »

IIRC matches from Croke Park last season were shown on BBCHD!

I am almost 100% sure that they weren't

evilivor

scout353 wrote: »

IIRC matches from Croke Park last season were shown on BBCHD!

You recall incorrectly.

slegs

The English match probably was HD?

evilivor

slegs wrote: »

The English match probably was HD?

Nope. Neither of the Croke Park games were in HD. This is the first year.

scout353

My humblest apologies to all here

Have the distinct memory of watching BBCHD for all the Six Nations last year!

high heels

No HD last year..

BBC do the feed they hire SIS live to cover the matches. last year was shoot in HD But wasent avalable to broadcasters.

If anyone remembers BBC got to do a interview before RTE when Ireland won against Wales, RTE send a couple of commentators at Irish games and thats it.

Minstrel27

high heels wrote: »

If anyone remembers BBC got to do a interview before RTE when Ireland won against Wales

The BBC are the national broadcaster for Northern Ireland so not surprising.

evilivor

high heels wrote: »

No HD last year..

BBC do the feed they hire SIS live to cover the matches. last year was shoot in HD But wasent avalable to broadcasters.

If anyone remembers BBC got to do a interview before RTE when Ireland won against Wales, RTE send a couple of commentators at Irish games and thats it.

BBC are the host broadcasters for all Six nations games outside France.

Martin_F

I agree that last year only the matches from the UK venues were broadcast on BBC HD.

snaps

scout353 wrote: »

IIRC matches from Croke Park last season were shown on BBCHD!

Remember watching the coverage on BBCHD rather than RTE!

Though the picture on RTE is quite good, the commentary is dreadful from Ryle Nugent ......but that is a different thread.

Also, all stations are using HD cameras as it is the standard now - just not broadcasting in HD!

I dont think anything broadcast from a sporting event in Ireland has been in HD until this six nations event. I think though one GAA match was recorded in HD but obviously never shown in HD as there is no HD platform in Ireland for it to be shown (RTE, Setanta etc)

Apogee

The Leinster Finals in 2007 were transmitted live in HD during the earlier DTT trial.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055113696

The OB was handled by Observe.ie. All matches could potentially be shown in HD.
http://www.screenscene.ie/index.php?/observe_facilities/

gipo2

snaps wrote: »

I dont think anything broadcast from a sporting event in Ireland has been in HD until this six nations event.

Heineken Cup
Soccer Internationals
Golf

On Sky Sports of course.

snaps

gipo2 wrote: »

Heineken Cup
Soccer Internationals
Golf

On Sky Sports of course.

I think those were upscaled? The soccer certainly wasnt in true HD.

Any how, it'll be great to see the six nations in HD, i for one will be ditching RTE and watching BBC coverage. Again another programme ive decided to watch on non Irish channel because of our poor channel choice here.

Minstrel27

gipo2 wrote: »

Heineken Cup
Soccer Internationals
Golf

On Sky Sports of course.

Soccer internationals from Ireland are not HD unless it is a friendly match

gipo2

Maybe not soccer but all heineken cup matches are hd and irish open golf. This match on saturday is not the first hd sporting broadcast.

Tony

Unders 21 games have been shown in HD

Minstrel27 wrote: »

Soccer internationals from Ireland are not HD unless it is a friendly match

Minstrel27

Tony wrote: »

Unders 21 games have been shown in HD

I was referring to the senior team.

Tony

Minstrel27 wrote: »

I was referring to the senior team.

Perhaps but that was not clear in your post.

Minstrel27

Tony wrote: »

Perhaps but that was not clear in your post.

So what? It's not the end of the world is it?

high heels

Pretty much all sport events are done in HD here.. All the trucks, cameras and the equipment is HD Its just no channel in Ireland can show HD picture..

ynotdu

high heels wrote: »

Pretty much all sport events are done in HD here.. All the trucks, cameras and the equipment is HD Its just no channel in Ireland can show HD picture..

Hi high heels,mostly it is because the Broadcasters want to at least record them in HD for future broadcast.They know HD is an unstopable force at this stage,even if many viewers are not equipped to to view HD at the moment.:)

BowWow

snaps wrote: »

I dont think anything broadcast from a sporting event in Ireland has been in HD until this six nations event. I think though one GAA match was recorded in HD but obviously never shown in HD as there is no HD platform in Ireland for it to be shown (RTE, Setanta etc)

I'm pretty sure I watched a Dublin GAA football match during the DTT Trial.

high heels

Was the 6 nations game from croke park done by RTE or the BBC? Anyone know what OB company they used?

snaps

high heels wrote: »

Was the 6 nations game from croke park done by RTE or the BBC? Anyone know what OB company they used?

Whats confussing is that all the other channels that were showing the six nations games (Canal+ for one) were showing BBC graphics.

I was switching between the soccer on Canal+ HD and the rugby on Canal+ sports 2.

copacetic

slegs wrote: »

I think BBC have been doing the pictures for a few years now. If you look at the graphics on six nations matches it is always the BBC captions with a little RTE logo stuck over the area where BBC normally is. Great to see this in HD though.

high heels wrote: »

No HD last year..

BBC do the feed they hire SIS live to cover the matches. last year was shoot in HD But wasent avalable to broadcasters.

If anyone remembers BBC got to do a interview before RTE when Ireland won against Wales, RTE send a couple of commentators at Irish games and thats it.

A little out of date guys, see here from back in 2008:

http://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2008/0124/sixnationsrte.html

this new four-year term also grants RTÉ host broadcast rights for all of the Irish home matches between 2010 and 2013.

RTÉ are host broadcaster for all the home games for next 4 years. BBC previously had the host broadcast deal.

The host broadcaster provides all the actual match footage to the rest of the world, including the BBC. People taking the service can decide if they want graphics included or not.

The BBC likely take a clean feed and add their own graphics locally at croke park. They do the same in France, where they aren't host broadcaster either.

Was the 6 nations game from croke park done by RTE or the BBC? Anyone know what OB company they used?

RTÉ, using Observe.

high heels

thanks for the info I was wondering as RTE graphics were used on the world feed.

also ive noticed RTE have given up some rights as setanta have the Ireland match on at the moment

simonckenyon

snaps wrote: »

I dont think anything broadcast from a sporting event in Ireland has been in HD until this six nations event. I think though one GAA match was recorded in HD but obviously never shown in HD as there is no HD platform in Ireland for it to be shown (RTE, Setanta etc)

not true
Sky had an HD outside broadcast unit at the cricket in clontarf last year.
i have seen the same unit on at least one other occasion driving around dublin.

high heels

Snaps is right.. Most of the sporting events are being recorded in HD but are not broadcast due to RTE not being in HD or setanta..

Im not sure about Sky sports and the H cup any rugby in HD from that?

Tony

high heels wrote: »

Im not sure about Sky sports and the H cup any rugby in HD from that?

Yep all the H Cup games I've watched so far have been in HD