I'm not sure this is a first for a television station, but it's a first in the Albuquerque television market. I went live on KOB-TV airwaves using an iPhone while reporting on a group of local software developers. Here's the report on KOB.com
I downloaded a video streaming program called Qik available on the iPhone App store (it was first available through the use of jail broken phones).
We then used a station computer to open up Qik's website where my live profile was opened up. We full-screened the video box on the computer (which is routed to our broadcast equipment in the control room) and there we were--streaming live video to thousands of people from the palm of the hand.
It was certainly easier than dragging up a bunch of cable and lugging around a huge camera and tripod.
There is a four-second delay in the live video feed, so the newscast producer had to cue me four seconds earlier than normal. The timing worked out well and our audio was clear. The video was a bit choppy, but hey...it's new technology!
The con:
My head looked huge during the live shot (cue the jokes). That's because we had to have the phone up close so my audio could be picked up by the phone. The audio tech in the control room was having a hard time hearing me when the phone was more than three feet away from my face.
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3 comments:
Awesome stuff, Jeremy! Looks like you got some press from TUAW. Thanks for leading the tech charge for ol 'Burque!
Nice use of the iPhone. I just completed a road trip and posted videos along the way, learning like you did that the iPhone microphone isn't good at a distance. I ended up using the iPhone earbud/mike combination to capture the audio--and the cord is about one arms-length long so I could back off from the camera slightly.
Couldn't you of used a blue tooth head set for a microphone? Hmm maybe they sell blue tooth mics? So you dont have to stay close to the iphone.
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