Monday, July 11, 2005
'Hurricane One' Steals the Spotlight
Everyone is talking about CNN's 'Hurricane One'. Below is an excerpt from an article in the Telematics Journal about its use covering Hurricane Dennis:
CNN reporters made much ado about the vehicle’s ability to roam and simultaneously transmit pictures as opposed to other networks who were tied to one specific location for the entire broadcast. Several network reporters from the Weather Channel to ABC, NBC and Fox affiliates stood outside hotels or landmarks and talked about the storm. They were limited to footage of their immediate surroundings. Hurricane One, on the other hand, drove the streets and along the coast delivering a much broader video sense of the storm’s wake. And, it delivered the video in real-time without dropping the feed despite bad atmospheric conditions.“CNN covers completely devastated areas, like the Tsunami, the war in Iraq, hurricanes and other disasters where all normal communications are non-existent," Scott Teissler, CIO and CTO of Turner Broadcasting told Telematics Journal. “It’s harder than it looks."
“We have very significant technical demands and we are always pushing the envelope. It means we have to push for more, for better, on a global field everyday," says Teissler.
Read the complete article HERE.
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