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On occasions when [[Grapevine]] is down for maintenance the clock has been used as the on-air sustainer. There was also brief glimpses of it when playing out programmes, originally to hide the Sky info bar when changing channels in the digibox. This useage has on occasions given rise to YSTV being named "clock soc", implying that it is all we ever show. It also had a reputation for a while for being inaccurate by a few minutes. | On occasions when [[Grapevine]] is down for maintenance the clock has been used as the on-air sustainer. There was also brief glimpses of it when playing out programmes, originally to hide the Sky info bar when changing channels in the digibox. This useage has on occasions given rise to YSTV being named "clock soc", implying that it is all we ever show. It also had a reputation for a while for being inaccurate by a few minutes. | ||
Now S4C, BBC One, C4 and all ITV regions have dropped their on-screen clocks(even on technical failures!), YSTV may be the only UK broadcaster left to use one. | Now S4C, BBC One, C4 and all ITV regions have dropped their on-screen clocks (even on technical failures!), YSTV may be the only UK broadcaster left to use one. | ||
At the start of the 2009/2010 academic year, the Clock was re-written by [[Michael Cullen]], and now runs on PC hardware, with anamorphic widescreen enabled. One thing to notice with the existing clock, is that the hands only move when | At the start of the 2009/2010 academic year, the Clock was re-written by [[Michael Cullen]], and now runs on PC hardware, with anamorphic widescreen enabled. One thing to notice with the existing clock, is that the hands only move when their unit of time is up - ie. the seconds move after the second, the minute hand moves after that minute, and the hour hand moves only once every hour - this has lead on many occasions to watchless techies missing lectures! When YUSU lend YSTV their plasma screens around campus, they have been known to complain of the clock's marks screenburning! | ||
{{YSTV Productions}} | {{YSTV Productions}} | ||
[[Category:Productions]] | [[Category:Productions]] | ||