BBC’s newsstation biggest in Europe

This article is on how the technology of television has changed and how BBC benefits from this. It shows the history of news, which changed in the early 80s. Martin Bell, former BBC correspondent says that everything changed with the introduction of the handheld camera. With this camera you could edit your film on the go, giving a wonderful sense of freedom. A second revolution was the introduction of satellites and internet. Last year’s live interview from abroad was broadcasted using just an iPhone. Now BBC has moved into a new building that has the biggest news droplet in Europe. It is the base for 2500 BBC journalists.

I find it wonderful how news over the years has developed. Looking back at the brave people who filmed the events in World War 2 and in the Cold War one can only realise that these men were heroes, carrying enormous cameras around just for the sake of reporting. Last year’s live interview broadcasted with just an iPhone makes you think how news will look like in the future. Maybe you can zoom in on the disaster area using google maps, having a live stream of the events on your own computer.  One can only hope.

 

BBC. (2013, 03 18). BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5. Retrieved 03 20, 2013, from Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i10-d3X_rXM