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<p>Hi Michael,</p>
<p>Do we have any solid evidence of this? Clearly as conference organisers we worry may impact the economics of running the conference, but perhaps it servs more for the very remote (overseas) audience? I know fromt he January streaming of TBL w ehad most viewers outside of Australia.</p>
<p>The cost of streaming (versus recording) is almost nothing (indeed, its easy to get this sponsored). The base cost you reference is incurred to video - which I see as a continuing return for all parties involved.</p>
<p>In Perth, PLUG applied for state lottery funds to get equipment - $8K. PLUG has effectively enough equipment itself for a one room stream - LCA each year is between 3 and 6 streams, so we could scale and own all or some of the equipment (perhaps not cameras, but the rest of the kit). Perhaps we should apply for federal grants for any identified equipment (I defer to those more informed on this possibility).</p>
<p> James</p>
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<p>On 2013-03-23 10:56, Michael Still wrote:</p>
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<pre>I do think we need to remember that video comes at a significant cost
(a bunch of people from the team who could be doing other things),
plus hardware costs. 2013 paid over $10,000 for video camera hire for
example.
So... I like video and streaming, but how do we fund it if it reduces
the attendance at the event?</pre>
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