> >From TVNZ's press release:
>"In addition to TVNZ's own live broadcast on TV ONE, live streaming
>on tvnz.co.nz and replay on TVNZ ondemand, TVNZ has offered the
>broadcast free of charge to domestic and international radio and
>television broadcasters and agencies.
>
>"So far the following news organisations have requested access to
>the TVNZ feed:
>ABC Australia, Al Jazeera, APTN, BBC, Channel 9 Australia, Channel 10
>Australia, CNN, EBU (European Broadcasting Union), Reuters Australia,
>SBS Australia, Sky News Australia, Prime/Sky, Radio Works, TV Works,
>and Newstalk ZB."
>
>One would assume that this is a clean feed, since it will be used
>(domestically) by the competing networks too.
in theory. Practise is different. Often we have to switch out the ad
breaks, so we mix our cameras, with the feed. It doesn't matter now.
The plan was that we would have started at 9am this morning and gone
on non-stop "as required". We were to cover inside the Cathedral
where Sir Ed is lying in state. Its a good application of robotic
cameras and webcasting - sort of fly on the wall stuff. I don't
think TVNZ are covering that and DIA didn't want cameras in there.
I suspect DIA's decision was based on respecting people's privacy
when paying their respects. No one wants a camera in their face or a
close up shot, when they're grieving. As robot operator, theres no
way I'd have gone close up, but you'd have to trust my judgement. It
was probably just all too new for DIA.
Our client was TV3 and it may have been seen as a competitve move.
The word I got was that clean feed or iso feeds off host broadcaster
cameras were not available and we had to do it ourselves. That would
have been easy in the Catherdral and then when the casket moved to
the funeral we would have just switched to the host feed. The OB is
probably rigging today so no feeds would be available until tomorrow.
Its all too late now......
Rich
