Yup and Oprah is using it as well for her web site, so it is getting big and a broad awareness. On Mar 17, 2008, at 6:37 AM, jim grimsby Jr. wrote:
> I thought Skype users and potential Skype users might find the > following article of interest. > > > > Feed: Skype Blogs > Posted on: Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:55 AM > Author: Villu Arak > Subject: Skype "a good thing" for CNN > > > > > The Hollywood Reporter has done a nice story on how quick-thinking > CNN tech staff in the US helped the network out of an equipment > crunch by using Skype to carry a video interview. > > This isn?t the first time a major network has done so, as the > article also points out. But it could help open the rusty > floodgates. We?re all used to seeing journalists in khaki-colored > vests filing reports from the world?s distant hotspots over the > videophone <http://www.globalcoms.com/video%20streaming > %20solution.asp> , and strangely, the choppy quality of these > reports does add a layer of raw believability to what is being > transmitted. (Similarly, AM broadcasts to me feel more ?radio-like? > than the squeaky clean FM signals or the kills-bugs-dead sterility > of satellite radio) > > However, at some point producers and viewers alike will begin to > wonder if there?s a better way to stretch the equipment budget. > Skype video won?t yet replace satellite-linked videophone reports > from an Afghan mountaintop, but in more hospitable locations (with > wireless or cable broadband) a laptop with Skype and a webcam will > be economically more viable for skeleton crews on a tight budget. > And aesthetically much more pleasing to the viewer. > > Things get even better with High > <http://www.skype.com/intl/en/allfeatures/videocall/#high-quality-video > > Quality Video, which requires Skype, an optimized Logitech webcam > <http://www.skype.com/go/dc.shop.webcams> , a computer with a dual- > core processor, and a reasonably fat internet connection. Nothing > extraordinary for 2008, but it?ll deliver up to 30 frames per second > at 640x480 pixels. With proper lighting and micing, the experience > isn?t too far removed from regular TV. Little wonder, then, that > broadcasters are experimenting with Skype. > > I have a feeling that things won?t end with CNN using Skype to > interview a vacationing analyst in Maui. More exciting stuff is > bound to happen on this front, that?s for sure. If only content > could keep pace with technological advances.. > > > View <http://share.skype.com/sites/en/2008/03/skype_a_good_thing_for_cnn.html > > article... > > Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for > the latest version of skype go to > http://www.dlee.org/skype > To access tutorials and other goodies go to > http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html > thanks and have a wonderful day. > > > _______________________________________________ > Skypeenglish mailing list > Skypeenglish at emissives.com > http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com
