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Not sure what this has to do with "video" being a "good thing."
Certainly video production and distribution of international news at
the time this article was published wasn't much cheaper than film.
In fact, it could be argued that, at the time, video distribution
was by far the more expensive option. I would posit that the thrust
of the TIME article points more to which segment of the media market
TIME thought the money should have been spent on. I suppose the
key phrase is "<font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Arial"
size="2"><em><font size="+1">leasing a line for $3,000 an hour to
transmit<br>
the pictures to New York</font>" </em></font>Many outlets
just sent prints of the film to the relevant markets at a much lower
cost.<br>
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--greg<br>
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On 12/4/10 5:13 PM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:COURYHOUSE@aol.com">COURYHOUSE@aol.com</a> wrote:
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<div><em>The expense of flying film from Viet Nam,<br>
for example, developing it on the West Coast and<br>
then leasing a line for $3,000 an hour to transmit<br>
the pictures to New York for inclusion in a<br>
program, is likely to have an overbearing effect<br>
on news judgment. Even if the pictures do not<br>
live up to the raves cabled in by the man in the<br>
field (who probably had not seen them and was<br>
depending on his photographer's word), they may<br>
price their way onto the program.^</em></div>
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^"Television: The Most Intimate Medium," Time<br>
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We are always looking for items to add to the museum's
display and ref. library - please advise if you have
anything we can use.<br>
<br>
Coury House / SMECC<br>
5802 W. Palmaire Ave. Phone 623-435-1522<br>
Glendale Az 85301 USA<br>
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