[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [cultural-partners] Hurtigruta - another strange video project from Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation

[Abhilash S Unni]

Either ways it should work. The Railtel backbone (if existing) can be used
for live streaming, as was done in the case of Hurtigruta. Or a simple video
recorder should do the trick for a taped video production.

On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 4:35 PM, Pradeep Mohandas <
pradeep.mohandas at gmail.com> wrote:

> hi,
>
> I don't really think we need to live-cast. We could easily video tape and
> upload it to Wikimedia Commons.
>
> warm regards,
> Pradeep Mohandas
>
> On 17 June 2011 16:32, Abhilash S Unni <abhilashunni at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I remember reading a news items about the plan for indian railways to have
>> some sort of national internet broadband network, riding on top of the
>> existing railway network.
>>
>> Railtel Corporation of India Ltd, was supposed to provide broadband
>> internet connection in Kerala. Not sure how far the project has advanced.
>>
>> Couldn't that network be used for such live streaming... just a thought
>>
>> Abhi
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 4:13 PM, Pradeep Mohandas <
>> pradeep.mohandas at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> hi,
>>>
>>> I was wondering if they would allow recording equipment to take video of
>>> the whole 64,215 km of tracks that the Indian Railway has and release it
>>> under a Creative Commons (CC-BY) license licensed to Indian Railways.
>>>
>>> Crazy but could be done. There are railway enthusiasts.
>>>
>>> warm regards,
>>> Pradeep Mohandas
>>>
>>> On 17 June 2011 16:06, <wheredevelsdare at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>  Email the General Manager, Western Railways - but I doubt you will get
>>>> any response!
>>>>
>>>>  ------------------------------
>>>> Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 15:53:04 +0530
>>>> From: pradeep.mohandas at gmail.com
>>>> To: wikimediaindia-l at lists.wikimedia.org
>>>> Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [cultural-partners] Hurtigruta -
>>>> another strange video project from Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> hi,
>>>>
>>>> I wonder if anybody in the Indian Railways or cruise ships would be
>>>> interested in such a project.
>>>>
>>>> warm regards,
>>>> Pradeep Mohandas
>>>>
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>> From: *John Erling Blad* <jeblad at gmail.com>
>>>> Date: 17 June 2011 03:04
>>>> Subject: [cultural-partners] Hurtigruta - another strange video project
>>>> from Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation
>>>> To: Wikimedia Chapters cultural partners coordination <
>>>> cultural-partners at wikimedia.ch>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> In 2010 the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation made a strange video
>>>> production «Bergenbanen» (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergen_Line), a
>>>> five hour contineous video streamed live from the train. Now they are
>>>> making «Hurtigruta» (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurtigruten), a five
>>>> day contineous video from the ships travelling along the Norwegian
>>>> coastline. The stream should be available worlwide
>>>> (http://www.nrk.no/hurtigruten/). The previous stream about
>>>> Bergensbanen is made available under a creative commons license and is
>>>> also available at commons
>>>> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bergensbanen_1280x720.ogv).
>>>>
>>>> This kind of documentary video should be possible in other contexts
>>>> too. What about the steamboat «Skibladner»
>>>> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skibladner) at lake Mjøsa? Or the boats
>>>> travelling Göta Kanal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6ta_Canal)?
>>>> In general, what if we could build a rig to make such documentary
>>>> videos? Just an idea.
>>>>
>>>> John
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