Nerveless

I'm a little alarmed to read in Broadcast that BBC Sport is introducing new programme scheduling software ahead of the Olympics. There are plenty of self-imposed challenges ahead - capturing every event and streaming or broadcasting them, 3-D, High Resolution, the bloomin' Torch; all from blocks of flats or shipping containers on site, or from Salford, where there have been reports of the odd outage of media systems in the past four weeks.

The scheduling system comes from Deltatre, a largely Italian firm, who are already supplying results computers and tv graphics. Let's hope the scheduling works out of the box - 160 days to familiarise yourself before the opening ceremony.