Comments on: Going live on TV via Skype

By: Brett Ramsey

Brett Ramsey — Sat, 10 May 2008 03:22:45 +0000

Would love to find out more about this as for a small Community Station on the other side of the world it opens up so many possibilities.
I mean what software/hardware do you use to get the shot from Skype out and on to the screen, and do you need to feed it into a TBC first?

By: mekahlo

mekahlo — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:16:03 +0000

we, nbc los angeles’ digital channel, use skype nearly dialy to interview bloggers and some guests live on the air.
we also used a similiar system to broadcast a new verzion live broadband phone during the LA Mararthon.

By: tdc

tdc — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:00:44 +0000

too bad they didn’t stream this live (click tdc).

thanks go to m.malone

By: z

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:53:03 +0000

skype’s new beta combined with a handful of logitech cameras seems to provide better on-air performance at this point.

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:19:17 +0000

Is there any advantage to Skype over a service like Mogulus or UStream when it comes to mobile video? Couldn’t you put both of those on air too? I like that you can embed the latter two on your website directly as well, and I don’t think you can with Skype. But, I keep hearing about TV stations using Skype. Just curious.

By: Aaron Slavik

Aaron Slavik — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:17:44 +0000

For KCRA 3, there was a slight delay on video, but not much. The picture, because we are in HD, had to be shrunk down to keep the quality decent. The big issue with ANYTHING that mobile is the compression. the amount of motion involved and the ability to keep the data level constant. There were certain areas, because these factors, that we had a great picture from and some where we didn’t.

The CNN analyst was probably using a wired connection and wasn’t moving around too much… and as a result the quality would be considerably better.

By: Allen

Allen — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:12:42 +0000

What did it look like? Was there a big delay?

By: Cory

Cory — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:11:01 +0000

Hey KCRA guys… if you send me a note with some details/links/screengrabs, I’ll post something. I think folks would be interested in how you did it and how it turned out.

By: Aaron Slavik

Aaron Slavik — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:55:46 +0000

There was also live GPS tracking on the route.

By: Joe Rosemeyer

Joe Rosemeyer — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:53:56 +0000

As a note, it was via an aircard and laptop.

By: Joe Rosemeyer

Joe Rosemeyer — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:53:02 +0000

We did, in fact, do this in mid-February for the AmGen Tour of California.

By: Z

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:37:30 +0000

KCRA did this for a statewide bike race last month. They were able to go live from the one of the chase cars.