Category: West TV
Date: 05.01.2006
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In a new trial project making use of 3G mobile telephone technology, 91Èȱ¬ Points West is inviting local football fans to send their views on weekend matches to the studio as video clips by mobile phone.
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The Footie Feedback trial starts from Saturday 7 January 2006.
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Points West aims to enhance its sports coverage through the trial - one of the first of its kind across the 91Èȱ¬'s English Regions.
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Viewers are invited to send in views via their mobile phones to a studio inbox, where the team will select the best clips for broadcast in the Points West 6.30pm evening bulletin on 91Èȱ¬ ONE, broadcast each Monday after weekend fixtures.
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Fans wanting to give their views from 3G phones after matches have finished can follow some simple instructions to make clips suitable for broadcast:
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make sure you have sufficiently good lighting on your face, without strong backlighting (eg, avoid having the sun behind you)
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try to film your clip somewhere away from loud background noises
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tell us at the start of the clip your name, where you are from, and clarify any tricky spellings of names
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keep your clip to under 40 seconds and as succinct as possible
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keep it clean - obviously!
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video-call with your comments to the following number: 077 23 630 630 (your standard video call rate applies).
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If you have not got a 3G phone, you can still join in. You can e-mail your phone video clip to pointswest@bbc.co.uk (standard sending rates apply).
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The 91Èȱ¬'s terms and conditions for any broadcast use of viewers' clips are described in detail on Points West's website at bbc.co.uk/pointswest.
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Points West's sports correspondent David Passmore believes the new trial will add some real spice to the programme's football round-up.
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He says: "It's fantastic that, through the evolving technology of 3G, we can now provide a way for punters to come straight through to the programme with their views - rather than us going to them armed with a camera.
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"We'd already pioneered the use of 3G phones for our newsgathering at Points West, something that's now been adopted more widely by 91Èȱ¬ journalists elsewhere.
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"This next
step - having viewers send their video clips to us for broadcast - is the next obvious evolution.
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"It's an exciting development and I can't wait to see some heated views from our local fans!"
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91Èȱ¬ Bristol Press Office
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