Archive for 'Satellite Interviews'
The Skype’s the limit
The television industry has, over the years, developed an intricate network of satellite feeds and other means to create what we’ve taken for granted over the last decade or so: the satellite interview or discussion. Now Skype and other internet video technologies are making that intricate network almost obsolete, overnight. Take a look at this [...]
Posted: March 6th, 2009 under Media Interview Trends, Media Tours, Satellite Panel Discussions, Technology and Media Interviews.
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Forget satellite split-screens, try a hologram
Missed this during CNN’s election coverage, but on November 4 they pulled off a television first – they brought someone into studio via hologram. Correspondent Jessica Yellin was in Chicago, but she was “beamed” into the Washington studio with Wolf Blitzer. As a tip of the hat to Star Trek (and good old fashioned show [...]
Posted: November 6th, 2008 under History of TV Interviews, Media Interview Trends, Media Tours, Satellite Interviews, Technology and Media Interviews.
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Saving ABC News’s reputation
In the rush to fill a 24 hour cable news channel, ABC News demonstrates the dangers of throwing interviewers still in their first month of broadcasting school straight onto the air… Ok, the “first month of broadcasting school” may be a bit unfair to Merry Miller of ABC News Now, but I can certainly say [...]
Posted: September 24th, 2007 under Entertainment Beat, Interview Preparation, Interviews Gone Bad, Satellite Interviews, TV Interview Case Studies.
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Amateur (late late) night
I was just about to write a piece about some horrific interview techniques I saw on Fox News’s new early morning show Red Eye, when I find out the Chicago Tribune is suing Fox for an alleged trademark violation of the name Red Eye. So now there are at least two good reasons for Fox [...]
Posted: March 11th, 2007 under Asking Questions, Satellite Interviews.
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