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The best example is sporting events. I mentioned half time in the Cup Final in another comment: there's a referee-determined amount of injury time added to each
by scrumper 14y ago
The best example is sporting events. I mentioned half time in the Cup Final in another comment: there's a referee-determined amount of injury time added to each half of the game, then that is subject to the ref (who is, as is required by the job, blind) bothering to check his watch. It's impossible to point to a given five minute window when the game will end.
And yes, British TV is pretty different, at least on the main channels. Over-running programmes will push everything else out to start later, rather than simply starting five minutes in.
TV shows - even in the USA - start all over the place, they are absolutely not 'clocklike' at all. So bad even TiVo has a hard time getting it right.
- rtkwe 14y agoI think that's partially due to the fact that syndication, national providers selling programs to local affiliates is a larger thing here in the States. Those programs go out at a specific time and often the local stations are just relays and can't time shift things. Contrasted against the system in the UK with the BBC where there's not really a local affiliate but a national station. In that case it seems much easier to shift for longer running programs.
- jdietrich 14y agoBoth the BBC and ITV are regional, with a core national schedule but lots of opt-outs. Most news broadcasts will be followed by a regional news programme. BBC Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland regularly opt-out of the main schedule to show locally-produced programmes.
- rtkwe 14y agoOk, didn't know the exact setup. I thought even the regional were run by a BBC branch.
- rmc 14y ago(who is, as is required by the job, blind) ha!
- mcdowall 14y agoEqually, if you think of extra time in a cup match then TV schedules for the rest of the evening are definitely effected. It happens a lot.