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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2014 21:10:00 GMT -5
How do stations air Wheel? Do they get copies of the show, or do they take a stream from somewhere and air that? If they get copies, is it a file digitally sent to the station, or do they get physical copies on a DVD or other format?
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Post by jmdarrall on May 22, 2014 21:13:15 GMT -5
If I remember correctly, tapes/DVDs are distributed to the affiliate stations. I recall this from calling my local affiliate to confirm that my episode was going to air as scheduled.
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Post by MarioGS on May 22, 2014 21:14:14 GMT -5
They're sent copies of the episodes. The recent slates suggest that stations receive it as an MXF file (Material Exchange Format. More info here)  |
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Post by joesal90 on May 22, 2014 21:33:40 GMT -5
From what I heard from talking with a cameraman who worked at KMID the days following a time swap with Jeopardy! for only one evening that they used copies of tapes.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2014 22:50:59 GMT -5
So for stations that receive DVDs (or tapes), are episodes sent in a set, or is it one episode on each individual DVD? Also, what happens to the DVDs after?
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