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Going slightly OT but since this thread involves newsreaders and technology I though I could post it here.
Is this new tablet PC thing that the ITVNC use, and now being used on five, at least for the short update on Sat, going to replace newsreaders having a paper script in front of them? It got me thinking that if it does, it leaves a complete dependancy on technology. I always thought the paper scripts were there for if the autocue system goes down, so should this replace paper, and then both the autocue and tablet PC systems crash, how would the news service continue? Surely it is common sense to have something to fall back on that cannot crash or become corrupted unexpectedly during a live programme?
Is this new tablet PC thing that the ITVNC use, and now being used on five, at least for the short update on Sat, going to replace newsreaders having a paper script in front of them? It got me thinking that if it does, it leaves a complete dependancy on technology. I always thought the paper scripts were there for if the autocue system goes down, so should this replace paper, and then both the autocue and tablet PC systems crash, how would the news service continue? Surely it is common sense to have something to fall back on that cannot crash or become corrupted unexpectedly during a live programme?