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BBC house magazine Ariel on line:
The BBC will broadcast 250 hours from Glastonbury and is sending 300 people to deliver it.
In a blog about the BBC's preparations for the festival, director of music Bob Shennan defended the number of people being sent to Worthy Farm.
'Broadcasting this amount of live programming from a field in Somerset is obviously demanding, he wrote, explaining that he's 'grateful' to the team who will be working on site.
He added: 'We're sending the same number of people as last year and, whilst some will inevitably still argue this is too many, I can assure you that every member of staff onsite has a clear and accountable role, working long hours to offer unparalleled coverage for our audiences.'
The 250 hours includes 50 hours of radio coverage and 30 on television. There will also be red button services and live and on-demand online streaming from the six key music stages and the BBC Introducing stage.
Replicate success
The BBC hopes to replicate the success of last year's 'truly digital' Glastonbury, which had over 6m viewers on the red button during the festival and 42 per cent of total traffic from the weekend coming from mobiles and tablets. One third of adults (19m people) watched some of the television coverage.
Those who don't catch the live coverage will be able to watch highlights from over 100 artists on iPlayer for 30 days after the event.
The BBC's iPlayer Radio will also allow people to create their own Glastonbury playlist and listen to music on the go.
The One Show will kick off the BBC's television coverage with an hour-long special about the festival's history and heritage on Friday June 27.
On the same day, Chris Evans will take his Radio 2 Breakfast Show to different locations around the site, including the Worthy Farmhouse and Pyramid Stage.
BBC Two, meanwhile, will be the home of the headliners, broadcasting sets from Arcade Fire, Metallica and Kasabian, with programmes presented by Mark Radcliffe, Lauren Laverne and Jo Whiley
The BBC will broadcast 250 hours from Glastonbury and is sending 300 people to deliver it.
In a blog about the BBC's preparations for the festival, director of music Bob Shennan defended the number of people being sent to Worthy Farm.
'Broadcasting this amount of live programming from a field in Somerset is obviously demanding, he wrote, explaining that he's 'grateful' to the team who will be working on site.
He added: 'We're sending the same number of people as last year and, whilst some will inevitably still argue this is too many, I can assure you that every member of staff onsite has a clear and accountable role, working long hours to offer unparalleled coverage for our audiences.'
The 250 hours includes 50 hours of radio coverage and 30 on television. There will also be red button services and live and on-demand online streaming from the six key music stages and the BBC Introducing stage.
Replicate success
The BBC hopes to replicate the success of last year's 'truly digital' Glastonbury, which had over 6m viewers on the red button during the festival and 42 per cent of total traffic from the weekend coming from mobiles and tablets. One third of adults (19m people) watched some of the television coverage.
Those who don't catch the live coverage will be able to watch highlights from over 100 artists on iPlayer for 30 days after the event.
The BBC's iPlayer Radio will also allow people to create their own Glastonbury playlist and listen to music on the go.
The One Show will kick off the BBC's television coverage with an hour-long special about the festival's history and heritage on Friday June 27.
On the same day, Chris Evans will take his Radio 2 Breakfast Show to different locations around the site, including the Worthy Farmhouse and Pyramid Stage.
BBC Two, meanwhile, will be the home of the headliners, broadcasting sets from Arcade Fire, Metallica and Kasabian, with programmes presented by Mark Radcliffe, Lauren Laverne and Jo Whiley
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And...what now?
Do you have an opinion at all?
Well... yes? It would be. There's a host broadcaster for the World Cup and it's not all happening at the same time. That's common sense.
Ye gods ......... do these "journalists" have any concept of the real world?
Surely if you are going to do this get paid for it?
2014
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2650797/BBC-sends-300-staff-cover-Glastonbury-Festival-thats-28-Brazil-World-Cup-crew.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490
2011
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1386724/BBC-plans-send-400-staff-cover-Glastonbury-Festival.html
2009
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1196149/BBC-1-5m-Glasto-Army-sends-Alan-Yentob-414-cover-pop-festival.html
I found DM stories on the BBC in Glasto in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2013 but could not find one for 2012, where the Mail reporting some real news for a change?
Indeed, it was put on hold because of the Olympics.
The Mail probably cannot even spell it.
Any advanced weather warnings for Somerset of tornados, floods and/or heatwave from the Daily Express yet?!
Nice rant. Surely it would be simpler to believe that it does actually require this many people to provide the coverage for this sort of event - the sort of coverage that other broadcasters are just incapable of, mainly because they seem to be controlled by accountants.
Oh, of course... the BBC don't actually produce any coverage of Glastonbury do they? They just send people there on expense for the fun of it. (rolleyes)
Makes my piss boil.
So they're actually sending 100 less this year. Bet the Daily Wail don't mention that
Another poster beat me to it, but Super Sunday on Sky uses over 300 staff to put this into context - something which the Mail and Murdoch media refuse to point out....