countryman
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- Jun 28, 2011
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I thought I would share a reply from the BBC after I complained about how they do not give enough time to any team who are not West Ham or Southampton.
Here it is:
I understand you feel the programme concentrates too much on Southampton and West Ham and other teams don't get enough coverage.
‘The Football League Show’ only has one match that is covered by multiple cameras a week.
The choice of which match to cover using multiple cameras is usually made a week before the programme for contractual and safety reasons. The rest of the games on ‘The Football League Show’ are covered by one camera.
We tend to give the most coverage to matches that are covered by multiple cameras, simple because the single camera coverage isn’t suitable for longer highlights due to the fact that we cannot vary angles or cut away to a different part of the action.
We usually lead the programme with the multi-camera match. However, we have in the past led with a single-camera match based on the merits of the match itself.
I realise you feel strongly about this, and to that end I’d like to assure you that I’ve registered your complaint on our audience log. This is a report of audience feedback that’s compiled daily and made available to staff across the BBC, including members of the BBC Executive Board, ‘The Football League Show’ team, channel controllers and other senior managers.
The audience logs are seen as important documents that can help shape decisions about future programming and content.
Thank you once again for taking the time to contact us regarding this matter.
Kind Regards
Paul Graham
BBC Complaints
Is it me or is that a piss poor excuse?
Here it is:
I understand you feel the programme concentrates too much on Southampton and West Ham and other teams don't get enough coverage.
‘The Football League Show’ only has one match that is covered by multiple cameras a week.
The choice of which match to cover using multiple cameras is usually made a week before the programme for contractual and safety reasons. The rest of the games on ‘The Football League Show’ are covered by one camera.
We tend to give the most coverage to matches that are covered by multiple cameras, simple because the single camera coverage isn’t suitable for longer highlights due to the fact that we cannot vary angles or cut away to a different part of the action.
We usually lead the programme with the multi-camera match. However, we have in the past led with a single-camera match based on the merits of the match itself.
I realise you feel strongly about this, and to that end I’d like to assure you that I’ve registered your complaint on our audience log. This is a report of audience feedback that’s compiled daily and made available to staff across the BBC, including members of the BBC Executive Board, ‘The Football League Show’ team, channel controllers and other senior managers.
The audience logs are seen as important documents that can help shape decisions about future programming and content.
Thank you once again for taking the time to contact us regarding this matter.
Kind Regards
Paul Graham
BBC Complaints
Is it me or is that a piss poor excuse?