[BC] "Breaking News" Interruptions

[Robert Meuser]

Phil:

I am talking about minimums to light up a studio and I did forget to 
include the necessary TD.

R


Phil Alexander wrote:

>On 27 Dec 2006 at 12:16, Robert Meuser wrote:
>
> > Think about this. It is more than having a camera ready reporter
> > available. You also need at a minimum one video technician, a camera man
> > at least one  (probably two) audio people, a lighting director, an
> > electrician, a producer, a director, an AD and possibly some graphics
> > people. That is a big staff to carry for no planned show. Would you pay
> > 12 or more people the appropriate salary to sit around all night doing
> > nothing?  Then double that for the two shifts needed.
>
>There was a time when we put up a "we interrupt this program for important
>news" slide, and an announcer stepped into a booth to read copy.
>
>Not everything has to be an on-location talking head to communicate,
>although TV seems unable to cope otherwise. In these cases it is the
>message NOT the medium that is important.