Glastocam!

[Leyrulion]

Seems like a lot of set up for a couple of 30 second links between coverage.

Maybe it is and they're just using up some of the money they've saved from not doing the usual huge operation.

[Ayrshire Chris]

15 minutes ago, Leyrulion said:

Seems like a lot of set up for a couple of 30 second links between coverage.

Maybe it is and they're just using up some of the money they've saved from not doing the usual huge operation.

Yes, if it was just a few links then they would have done it from up in the farm or build their little studio with the fake cows. 

[jparx]

Yeah, this may end up being nothing at all but it certainly looks like a lot of activity for just links. And you'd want as few people involved as possible at the minute surely.

[Deaf Nobby Burton]

Also looks a big winabago type thing? Seems a bit OTT for a few links 

[Crazyfool01]

It’s not the rabbit hole is it ? 

[tumbles]

My guess is the BBC having a similar setup to what they normally have but in corner of the pyramid field.  Live broadcasts coming from there with perhaps the odd acoustic set? 

[Mr.Tease]

14 hours ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Picard is getting worried about how many he can see.

[Gingerfish79]

More HGVs arriving. They certainly need a lot of equipment for simple TV links.... 👀

[shuttlep]

tents going up ion front of the pyramid

 

 

[squirrelarmy]

You’d be surprised how many people are needed for a small link. 

You also don’t have any nearby hotels allowed to be open and also nowhere to eat. 
 

Even if there’s only 4 people on camera in total you’ll need more operating cameras, sound lighting. Then you have hair and make up plus director and other staff. 
 

All these people need feeding and accommodation. The people serving the food also need somewhere to sleep. They have to be a completely self contained unit for the duration of the festival. 

[Neville Street]

Looks interesting......

[phimill]

A third tee-pee going up now?

[Deaf Nobby Burton]

Are those ports cabins to the left hidden behind the bushes always there? Haven’t looked at the camera until this time last year. 

[Dukeicon]

Just now, Deaf Nobby Burton said:

Are those ports cabins to the left hidden behind the bushes always there? Haven’t looked at the camera until this time last year. 

No, they went up yesterday

[Deaf Nobby Burton]

16 minutes ago, squirrelarmy said:

You’d be surprised how many people are needed for a small link. 

You also don’t have any nearby hotels allowed to be open and also nowhere to eat. 
 

Even if there’s only 4 people on camera in total you’ll need more operating cameras, sound lighting. Then you have hair and make up plus director and other staff. 
 

All these people need feeding and accommodation. The people serving the food also need somewhere to sleep. They have to be a completely self contained unit for the duration of the festival. 

Then the question is would they bother? Seems like a lot of unnecessary use of licence payer money just to film a few links, some of the lockdown TV being broadcast at the moment is seriously budget.

[grayfitz]

2 minutes ago, Deaf Nobby Burton said:

Then the question is would they bother? Seems like a lot of unnecessary use of licence payer money just to film a few links, some of the lockdown TV being broadcast at the moment is seriously budget.

BBC Music are going to have a certain budget for the year for content - makes sense to spend some on what is probably their biggest event of the year. I'm sure it's a tiny percentage of how much it'd normally cost doing the proper event coverage.

[squirrelarmy]

3 minutes ago, Deaf Nobby Burton said:

Then the question is would they bother? Seems like a lot of unnecessary use of licence payer money just to film a few links, some of the lockdown TV being broadcast at the moment is seriously budget.

A lot of that money will have already been spent. The outside broadcast units will have been booked, sub contractors will already been paid. 
 

The alternative would be finding studio space which would actually put more people at risk. Why not use the staff and equipment that otherwise would be gathering dust in a BBC warehouse. 

[Pinhead]

Good PR and a good jolly for them tho. Saved a load of money on Wimbledon too I reckon.

[Crazyfool01]

haven't we also had articles about 500 bbc staff at Glastonbury wasting our licence fee before ... this won't be anything close to that ..

[Ayrshire Chris]

28 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

haven't we also had articles about 500 bbc staff at Glastonbury wasting our licence fee before ... this won't be anything close to that ..

If you worked for the bbc wouldn’t you be desperate to get on the crew for a normal Glastonbury ? You can imagine the scramble for places on that team😁.  

[Crazyfool01]

Just now, Ayrshire Chris said:

If you worked for the bbc wouldn’t you be desperate to get on the crew for a normal Glastonbury ? You can imagine the scramble for places on that team😁.  

indeed  seems a decent little number ...

[Neville Street]

A fraction of the cost of a proper BBC Glasto and it will be high viewer numbers this year, as it is every year.

[Tommy101]

I guess they will be thinking that the viewing figures will be higher this year than a normal one as there are 250,000 extra people who are normally on site wondering what to do with themselves?

[squirrelarmy]

2 minutes ago, Tommy101 said:

I guess they will be thinking that the viewing figures will be higher this year than a normal one as there are 250,000 extra people who are normally on site wondering what to do with themselves?

It will probably be the most viewed tv this weekend. At least it’s original programming that’s not presenters introducing old repeats. Even though technically it’s what will be happening 😂

[Tommy101]

4 minutes ago, squirrelarmy said:

It will probably be the most viewed tv this weekend. At least it’s original programming that’s not presenters introducing old repeats. Even though technically it’s what will be happening 😂

I've been wondering who on Earth is watching these old football reruns, but wouldn't judge anyone in the slightest for watching old festival footage. Perhaps I need to check my hypocrisy there!