Fox uses ElectionLink en route to hostage standoff
Michael Gay November 30th, 2007
I blogged about the new ElectionLink vehicle that Fox News is rolling out to cover the campaign trail. Friday during the hostage standoff at the Clinton campaign office, Fox News used the vehicle and was live while on the way to the scene. At one point police cars could be seen racing past the camera. It was very impressive and pretty good quality video.
Note: The video makes it look like there was an audio syncing problem, but there wasn’t. (Thanks AG for helping get the video!)
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1. Charles | November 30th, 2007 at 8:10 pm
I watched the streaming video on FNC’s web site. I was really surprised by the quality of both the video AND audio. They had just the ElectronicLink vehicle feed, so you could see their reporter and the team making calls and talking over information between live shots on-air. While a streaming live shot is not new, the immediacy and improved quality is.
2. Andrew Gruen | November 30th, 2007 at 9:44 pm
I was really impressed with the audio quality. I expected some out-of-a-tin-can-sounding, low-bitrate audio in favor of higher bitrates for video, but both were great on air.
Also, I somehow expected more lag when talking with the studio, but things were quick and lively.
All in all _very_ impressed.
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