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Tomorrow's
World: 8.12.99, 7.30pm, BBC1
From
a point on the North-Western fringes of the Mongolian
Gobi Desert, where open earthy planes meet sand dunes
and the Bogd mountains [map], LiveTX
broadcast live pictures to London in the first ever
Internet transmission of its kind, participating in
a four-and-a-half minute feature with Peter Snow in
the Tomorrow's World studio.
Ben,
James and Joe, the team of three from London (1 demonstrating
the equipment and 2 documenting the event) were joined
by their local guide in temperatures of 20 degrees below
zero, just before sunset. Freezing batteries, a couple
of laptop crashes, extreme wind and a couple of dropped
phone connections threatened to spoil the show, but
when everything mattered the equipment pulled through.
Pictures
1. Approach to
broadcast spot
2. Approach to
broadcast spot
3. James on camera
4. Sorenson Broadcaster
and laptop
5. Laptop
6. The whole set-up
Tomorrow's
World transmission
Tomorrow's
World website
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