Overall the presentation went well, and everyone's hard work was evident.
Much of the presentation was focused upon Cornwall and how internet TV would effect this part of the country if broadcasters ventured into it.
We managed to interview several of the key newseditors in the South West on this topic and conducted our own local survey to learn what people really wanted.
While we thought this was interesting and relevent, it came under criticism from some of the audience, who felt we should conduct a wider survey across the country.
While this was a reasonabl comment to make, and something we may have considered on a longer project, think focusing entirely on Cornwall was a good idea to assess the possibility of internet TV.
As Tim Hubbard (BBC Radio Cornwall) noted in his interview, Cornwall would be one of the best places for internet TV to take off as tourism and second-home owners would be interested in learning about the county as well as there being lots of potential revenue.
The localising of our presentation through Cornwall, the comparison with Kent TV, and our in-depth look at local radio, I felt made the presentation realistic and demonstrated our interest in really researching whether internet TV would actually work or be used by the people.
However, I can also see that this presentation was that, a presentation, and not a sales pitch, and so our continual focus on the region may have been more tiresome than necessary.
Overall though I think we considered many of the angles that broadcasters must be angonising over when considering whether to invest time and money into internet TV.
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I think Tim is right that Cornwall would be a great market for a station to be set up. Cornwall has a great tourism market and people coming down would love, I am sure, to know more about the area before they arrive.
It works in Kent and in Holmfirth and I am sure the concept can work in Cornwall.
It would also appeal to those people who have moved out county and save them the cost of getting the West Briton sent to them.
It would however take a large business with financial backing to get this project started.
Perhaps the University College Falmouth can encompass the running of a station in one of its courses, there must be EU money that can be claimed.
I would love to see UCF start up it's on internet TV site on Cornwall. Considering that the majority of students aren't even Cornish, it would be an interesting one.
With regard to the presentation, I found it a challenge and quite a difficult topic to build on without being to vague. Our survey added structure and helped us understand the audience a bit better, but overall the question is one that can be answered in many different ways with many different views.
On the presenting, I am actually a bit of an actress on the quiet so wasn't really fazed by standing up in front of the others!
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