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The BBC's new TV dawn for the Proms
The BBC's new TV dawn for the Proms
For the 2010 Proms, the BBC has introduced new techniques and new technology
Friday, 23 July 2010
Paul Lewis, Beethoven specialist and pioneering subject of the Q-Ball camera
For the couch-bound classical music lover, keeping up with the Proms is pretty straightforward. Step one: open bottle of agreeable claret. Step two: turn on Radio 3 and listen, or watch selected Proms on BBC Two or BBC Four. Or, indeed, catch up on the iPlayer. But needless to say, there's a colossal amount of work going on behind the scenes to make it all happen.
For the couch-bound classical music lover, keeping up with the Proms is pretty straightforward. Step one: open bottle of agreeable claret. Step two: turn on Radio 3 and listen, or watch selected Proms on BBC Two or BBC Four. Or, indeed, catch up on the iPlayer. But needless to say, there's a colossal amount of work going on behind the scenes to make it all happen.
An experimental innovation is the Q-Ball camera, operated backstage using remote controllers, and allowing hitherto unknown access to classical performances.
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