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Re: Time and the BBC
From: Cliff Sojourner
Date: 2004 Jan 19, 11:13 -0800
From: Cliff Sojourner
Date: 2004 Jan 19, 11:13 -0800
... I always wondered why does everyone feel they MUST turn on the TV on new year's eve to watch the antics in Times Square? it's one matter that what Californians see on TV actually happened 3 hours previously, but for the broadcasters to be off by 2 minutes really lends the lie to it, eh? as far as "digital" time sources go, I wouldn't bother with broadcasters either on the web or on radio. NTP works just fine. Jared Sherman wrote: > > Andrew, I have no knowledge of the BBC standards but would point out to you that the US broadcast industry (radio & tv) are expressly required by our FCC to announce the correct time only within two minutes. If the BBC followed a similar standard, yes, they could be off a full two minutes. This is considered good enough for "civilian" time matters. >
