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Fox News using Skype

Posted by Bryan on 2/18/09 • Categorized as industry news

Regardless of the politics addressed in the interview, I note the use of a Skype webcam interview on Fox News today.

Are other major networks using Skype for webcam interviews on broadcast TV? Who out there in collegemediatopia* recording Skype interviews for their web site?

*collegemediatopia coined by Dan Reimold

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http://disqus.com/texnogeekz/ 1 month ago 1 point
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They use skype web cam but sometimes it is too slow. I think they should stream through the wide coverage area of satellite tv for pc and I think it would come out better.
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In some newsrooms, like student newsrooms this tool is being implemented... I currently do a "unicast" stream in medium-high quality MPEG-4 format back to a computer in our control room. The delay is about 4-seconds. Skype seems to be faster, but more "blocky." Skype also finds itself in a weird position where it won't accept "DV Audio." This means if you hook up a DV camera to you computer for Skype purposes, it only takes in the DV VIDEO not AUDIO. This inhibits you from using XLR microphones,etc,etc... unless you have a mixer hooked into your computer's line in.

This is still an experimental field for me, but as a student journalist that has never attempted live shots before---getting this close to a live truck is a priceless experience. All you need to do now is hook up a broadband wireless internet card and you can do live hits from anywhere!

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