Steve,
Congratulations on landing the Beeb job. I seem to recall you were interviewing them around the time of the London PDML event.
John
On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 23:58:21 +0100 (BST), Steve Jolly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Fri, 25 Jun 2004, Cotty wrote:I kid you not: the VJ is the first to arrive and the last to depart a presser, and the result sucks big time. But the people who have the power to make these things happen, the people in charge of TV companies now are not program makers, they are corporate execs who could be in charge of a telecoms co, a fast food chain, a retail chain, anything you care to mention. It's all about money. Quality is taking a back seat. Nearly.
:-)
If there's a place for VJs, the scrum at press conferences isn't it. Whether there *is* a place for them or not, well, that's definitely not my area of expertise. :-) Suffice it to say that I'm definitely on your side in the quality-vs-cost-cutting debate.
Steve, if you want to improve the TV news, forget about consolidating
staff positions through hardware, instead - make things faster. Instant
broadcast quality live pics and sound from anywhere via mobile technology
with minimal fuss will be a big step forward. Forget landlines etc, it
needs to be completely standalone, operating in the field, no mid-points,
but no satellites either- too expensive. maybe new mpeg compression or
something?
It'll come, I'm sure. The success of videophones in TV news pretty much guarantees it. :-) Broadcast quality might even be feasible once 3G mobile phone technology gets properly off the ground, although quality of service and coverage are issues with that technology. I genuinely have no inside information on this one, but I'm sure it's being looked at.
S
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