Defcon 19: Viewing Suite Planning [DCTV, DC TV, Defcon TV]

[calypso]

Re: Defcon 19: Viewing Suite Planning

that is bloody brilliant.

the only thing i wouldn't see as having a really huge value-add would be the info channel. maybe it's just me, but i've never really gotten much out of it... in this modern era, wouldn't twitter or some other medium make more sense for announcements, etc?

unless we really jazzed it up, however, with Qik videos and such firing in all the time. i dunno, just suggestions.

cotman's allocation of channel usage makes the most sense to me, absolutely.

Why not overlay or a fill between talks. Hell depending on how the info channel is made (text only?) parse it and run it as a sub like on the news channels. If the info channel is only a schedule and is text only that would be a good method. The biggest roadblocks I can see would be:

1) Equipment (cameras)
2) Transmission (you can't stop the signal Mal, but you can really screw it up)
3) Making sure you don't catch hell from the Rio (self explanatory lol)

I'm totally up for this, especially the cyberpunk bar just want to know the logistics of it.

[Lockheed]

Re: Defcon 19: Viewing Suite Planning

So while we were at the Riv, what we did with the DCTV/Info channel (which you really only got to see around the TV's in the convention area) was put up scrollers with schedule & info updates (which we sync'd from the InfoBooth) and also did user-submitted videos & stuff (many from the DefCon Confessional camera).

Question is - should we continue any of that?

I like CotMan's ideas - my main concern is just audio/video quality to the guest rooms. I'll be taking a trip to talk to the Rio soon, so I'll talk to them about that and see if it looks good enough to support that kinda of thing. If so, we'll see if we can get the gear to make it happen.

So tentatively, we have the following line-up
1) DC Info / DCTV
2) Tracks 1/2
3) Tracks 3/4
4) Track 5
5) ??

The big hotels tend to have concerns about doing a movie channel (it takes away from their PPV revenue).

We've also talked about doing a "roaming reporter/camera" thing - interview people, talk to people, etc - put those up on DCTV. Interesting? Lame?

[tanAtHNN]

Re: Defcon 19: Viewing Suite Planning

HNN (http://www.hackernews.com) would like to be very actively involved in roaming reporting and maybe even in studio coverage where speakers and event organizers stop in to promote "why you should go to my thing" via an interview with Space Rogue or Courtnee.

We have 2 hours of pre-recorded content to contribute including the previous 30 days worth of news (4 HNNCasts) and last years Defcon 18 "Behind the Firewall" episode (http://www.hackernews.com/2010/08/16...010-defcon-18/).

Neither Space Rogue nor Tan have any exposure to past DCTV though so we're really looking to figure out how we might fit into what seems like an expanded version of that.

What sort of facilities are part of the Riv's setup for all this? Some sort of control room and wiring infrastructure to the individual conf. rooms? Are we talking a closet of a control room or a big studio or is that part managed by the Hotel with the actual conference limited to providing content and a playlist?