Tuesday, 26 June 2007
16.30
Two more speakers to come - Ian Angell, Professor of Information Services at the London School of Economics and Peter Woodford from viewmy.tv
15.49
John Ryan:
"Everytime I see and dust my VHS player I wonder why I keep it"
"They want their stuff where they want it"
John has just been demonstrating his AE radio that allows him to listen to any internet streamed radio station. Details here.
"Everytime I see and dust my VHS player I wonder why I keep it"
"They want their stuff where they want it"
John has just been demonstrating his AE radio that allows him to listen to any internet streamed radio station. Details here.
15.35
John Ryan has aquired a lazer pointer since I saw the morning session. It's so much better than a sonic one.
15.25
It's a bit like the old days of cinema. I've just arrived back in Studio 7 for the audience session and the previous presentation is still on - so I could spoil it for the next group and tell them who dunnit.
Some more quotes
Crichton Limbert:
"It's all about the personalisation of choice"
"Linear TV is not going away"
"The will always be a demand for live content and putting it into context"
"A file can be easier to lose than a tape"
Ian Wagdin:
"We're going to be tape less"
"Metadata, metadata, metadata"
"I can take Solid State and throw it across the room and hopefully it would still work" - did they say the same about CDs before we discovered that they scratched when they came into contact with dust?
"It's all about the personalisation of choice"
"Linear TV is not going away"
"The will always be a demand for live content and putting it into context"
"A file can be easier to lose than a tape"
Ian Wagdin:
"We're going to be tape less"
"Metadata, metadata, metadata"
"I can take Solid State and throw it across the room and hopefully it would still work" - did they say the same about CDs before we discovered that they scratched when they came into contact with dust?
14.56
Ian is talking about storage and memory and something else with a name I missed. It says Starwinder on the screen. I'll just smile and nod. Did he just say effing hell? Nope, F+L.
14.44
Oh no, Ian Wagdin from DV Solutions has asked if anyone is good at maths. He obviously hasn't seen any of my expenses claims.
14.30
Crichton is back talking TV and how to get your story. Apparently in London in the newsroom they have huge plasma arrival boards showing when your file has 'landed'. Then once it clears customs you can grab it off the server and edit to your heart's content.
End of morning sessions
Time for lunch and for my brain to rest.
The key message really is summed up by the guys at Media Snackers - 'The world has changed and it's not turning back.' Future technology, some of which is already being tested, is going to make life very different, especially for those working in TV, although questions about the futre of radio must also be asked.
I've learnt about cameras that will talk to equipment back at base and will automatically format the 'story' for transmission, sorting out its own graphics, adjusting pixels for best quality and running off a hot bath for the reporter. Actually that last bit is still a couple of years away but I think we should insist on having it. And why should we asume that equipment will talk to each other when us mortals seem to have a problem?
As for radio, the question really does arise about live radio. Who will need it in the future if we can get all we need on demand?
Finally for now, ahead of me ingesting some food, a few quotes:
"It's not about geeks anymore" - John Ryan
"It's not techie, it's technology" - Phil Bromley
"If we don't do MetaData, we're stuffed" - Crichton Limbert
"We're editorial and we know stuff" - Crichton Limbert
"I'm starving, what's for lunch?" - Richard Fair
The key message really is summed up by the guys at Media Snackers - 'The world has changed and it's not turning back.' Future technology, some of which is already being tested, is going to make life very different, especially for those working in TV, although questions about the futre of radio must also be asked.
I've learnt about cameras that will talk to equipment back at base and will automatically format the 'story' for transmission, sorting out its own graphics, adjusting pixels for best quality and running off a hot bath for the reporter. Actually that last bit is still a couple of years away but I think we should insist on having it. And why should we asume that equipment will talk to each other when us mortals seem to have a problem?
As for radio, the question really does arise about live radio. Who will need it in the future if we can get all we need on demand?
Finally for now, ahead of me ingesting some food, a few quotes:
"It's not about geeks anymore" - John Ryan
"It's not techie, it's technology" - Phil Bromley
"If we don't do MetaData, we're stuffed" - Crichton Limbert
"We're editorial and we know stuff" - Crichton Limbert
"I'm starving, what's for lunch?" - Richard Fair
12.22
Ian Potts is from BBC HD - high definition. The plan is for a free to air channel showing the best of BBC 1-4. He's talking about the technical specs of HD cameras. TV guys are lapping it up. I think the radio guys are counting the steps on the ladders.
12.05
Crichton Limbert is giving us a lesson on how news and data moves around the BBC - looks easier than getting into the canteen on orchestra day. Crichton is Head of Production Modernisation. He's talking recipes and glue. I need to pay more attention - he may ask questions . 'Thank God life is real time'.
11.49
More facts and figures to swim through. And now some letters. RSS - Real Simple Syndication. nearly 80 per cent of people have never heard of it and let's be honest, do we need to? It's there, it works. Heh. Ooo - a film to watch about Wikis.
11.35
After a slight technical glitch in the Technology session things are up and running. Barry Grinfell is from Media Snackers who run training sessions in technology. Their catchline is 'The world has changed and it's not turning back.'
11.25
A 5 minute comfort break. music to my ears. Can't someone invent a way of doing that via mobile phone?
End of the morning sessions
Time for lunch and for my brain to rest.
The key message really is summed up by the guys at Media Snackers - 'The world has changed and it's not turning back.' Future technologhy, some of which is already being tested, is going to make life very different, especially for those working in TV, although questions about the futre of radio must also be asked.
I've learnt about cameras that will talk to equipment back at base and will automatically format the 'story' for transmission, sorting out its own graphics, adjusting pixels for best quality and running off a hot bath for the reporter. Actually that last bit, is still a couple of years away but I think we should insist on having it.
As for radio, the question really does arise about live radio. Who will need it in the future if we can get all we need on demand?
Finally for now, ahead of me injesting some food, a few quotes:
"It's not about geeks anymore" - John Ryan
"It's not techie, it's technology" - Phil Bromley
"If we don't do MetaData, we're stuffed" - Crichton Limbert
"We're editorial and we know stuff" - Crichton Limbert
"I'm starving, what's for lunch?" - Richard Fair
The key message really is summed up by the guys at Media Snackers - 'The world has changed and it's not turning back.' Future technologhy, some of which is already being tested, is going to make life very different, especially for those working in TV, although questions about the futre of radio must also be asked.
I've learnt about cameras that will talk to equipment back at base and will automatically format the 'story' for transmission, sorting out its own graphics, adjusting pixels for best quality and running off a hot bath for the reporter. Actually that last bit, is still a couple of years away but I think we should insist on having it.
As for radio, the question really does arise about live radio. Who will need it in the future if we can get all we need on demand?
Finally for now, ahead of me injesting some food, a few quotes:
"It's not about geeks anymore" - John Ryan
"It's not techie, it's technology" - Phil Bromley
"If we don't do MetaData, we're stuffed" - Crichton Limbert
"We're editorial and we know stuff" - Crichton Limbert
"I'm starving, what's for lunch?" - Richard Fair
11.00
Matt Deecan used to work for GMAP and was a producer at Classic FM. He is also one of the brains behind Chill a radio station that does what it says on the can. He's been talking about Facebook 'It's taking your real life and giving it some online dimentions'.
10.37
For this session I'm in Studio 7 where the Philharmonic live. Behind the screen I can see some kettle drums and a gong. On the screen there's a graph. Ooo - a harp shaped box.
09.56
The technology is arriving. Studio A and Studio 7 are looking great, just needs some bums on seats.
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