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Originally Posted by Ken Moss
I can only go by the quotes we have been given for webcasting other councils and that is the average figure. It may well be less than that for HBC but we'd have to look at what potential bills we might be facing.
Parliament is wired up like a Christmas tree and during full debates I imagine the sound engineer really earns his money because someone will have to operate the console and make sure that the right microphone is being recorded otherwise you'd get a real hash. Unless you also had a vision mixer you'd also have a hell of a job editing as each council session goes on a least three hours and you'd need at least three cameras. Bear in mind that this is in my field of work and you'd need someone who knew what they were doing, not just decent equipment.
I'm keen on webcasting but all the gear and no idea wouldn't make for very good viewing.
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I appreciate that you are in that area of business and undoubtedly, you would want the quality and effect to be topnotch i.e. the equivalent of a high quality TV broadcast. However, what is being suggested is that it could be done as a simple webcast, with a fixed camera and only the speakers mic'd up.
Editing would then be straightforward as it would be a case of breaking it down into manageable chunks and posting onto youtube.
We're not asking for high quality TV drama, we're suggesting that we get the content of the meetings made more public.