CNN Are Using Skype to Carry a Video Interview

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Sometimes it is interesting to see how hard it is to switch from previously used things to new ideas and solutions. Today at Hollywood Reporter was published interesting story how journalists used Skype for a video interview.

It’s nothing new - Skype with video support is out there for a while now and it is interesting to see that people are discovering the possibilities and how easy it is only now. But, yes - I’m a fanatic Skype user and of course for big companies it takes a while to accept new things.

“I didn’t want to take this guy and his family away from vacation and send him to Oahu (where there would be other facilities),” CNN senior vp David Bohrman said. “I thought it would have been really annoying.”

Looking for another way, CNN’s tech staff and producers discovered that some technicians had been experimenting with a feed from Skype, the eBay-owned videophone service that offers free voice and webcam calls over the Internet.

“They had done a bunch of tests and were itching to try it,” Bohrman said. “No one had ever done it, as far as they knew.”

Some compliments also:

Bohrman said he was pleasantly surprised at the quality of the video.

“Other than that the lighting wasn’t perfect, it worked really well,” Bohrman said. “It looked as good or better than the broadband with more complex technology.”

Hey dude - do you use Skype?

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