Glastonbury on BBC

[brettredmayne]

The BBC are expected to announce the red button service will be stopping to save money. 

Wonder how this effects the coverage of Glastonbury and of we will get less filmed next year 

[Wellyboot]

If they don't show as much it might make T day a little easier next year......

 

Might just be wishful selfish thinking. But what a shame about the red button 

[fatyeti24]

14 minutes ago, brettredmayne said:

The BBC are expected to announce the red button service will be stopping to save money. 

Wonder how this effects the coverage of Glastonbury and of we will get less filmed next year 

it'd just be online, i'd imagine.  like bbc 3 will do.

[Alan_C]

It will all be online and easy to stream to your TV. 

[willutalk]

Surely they could temporarily enable the red button service during the festival?

[mrtourette]

Red button coverage has got worse and worse over the last two or three years. Online coverage instead does seem the logical way to go.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Depends on whether the reduction in service results in a reduction of what gets filmed.

[The Placid Casual]

2 hours ago, willutalk said:

Surely they could temporarily enable the red button service during the festival?

...what?

 

Hopefully anyone who has set up an account on here is capable of accessing iplayer. The red button was bound to go soon with all the features being easily accessible online.

[Woffy]

If all else fails Ceefax should suffice.

Glasto coverage Minecraft style.

It'll all look like a White Stripes video.

Edited November 18, 2015 by Woffy

[The Nal]

Forget Glasto that fucks with the snooker. The swines!

[Avalon_Fields]

274 people worked on behalf of the BBC to deliver Glastonbury 2010. And with the best will in the world it can't replicate the feeling of being there....

Their snooker coverage however is marvellous!

 

[Woffy]

45 minutes ago, Avalon_Fields said:

274 people worked on behalf of the BBC to deliver Glastonbury 2010.

 

All of whom were presumably asleep in their Travelodge in 2014 when the War on Drugs opened the Pyramid on Friday.

[LondonTom]

Depends on where the budget cut actually is, if its just the service then they can move it online and I think it works better than the red button service there, as you can change stage/what you watch easier.
 

But I'd imagine Glasto coverage could be prime target for cuts, given the piss poor job Sky etc do of covering festivals it will be a sad day to see the only broadcaster the comes close to doing it right, have to do an hours highlight package.

[Guest]

5 hours ago, Woffy said:

All of whom were presumably asleep in their Travelodge in 2014 when the War on Drugs opened the Pyramid on Friday.

Nobody stays awake through a TWOD set anyway.

[CaledonianGonzo]

This specific Pyramid stage opening War On Drugs gig was performed by an ensemble of shrieking, tribal drumming Japanese  cyberpunks.

[Woffy]

3 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

This specific Pyramid stage opening War On Drugs gig was performed by an ensemble of shrieking, tribal drumming Japanese  cyberpunks.

I was so off my face at that gig it seemed like Howard Stern plays Bruce Springdylan.