March 28, 2005
More Citizen Media Making: Buntes Fernsehen
Surrounded by devices connected by wires and wireless, what should we do with it all? Entertain each other, and maybe communicate something locally meaningful.
Good news for people favoring local control of media: an Austrian town is part of a bold experiment in citizen media making - Buntes Fernsehen. The BBC is carrying a story "Local net TV takes off in Austria" describing the people of Engerwitzdorf who are "filming, editing and producing their own regional news channel." Using equipment provided by a Austrian telecom, they're filling servers with local mini-documentaries, news and short films. The results are available for download over high-speed modem.
This kind of news has me excited for the potential for human brains. Collaboration between people and companies, using technology to fashion ground-up media. This particular report provides mostly a shiny bauble of a story - it's not terribly long or specific. I imagine the implementation has been messier and less noble than it's been described. But still, wide-spread, high speed public access sounds like a good time to me.
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