By Don Langley, University of Cincinnati & Jerry Richter, Rice-Richter Associates
Broadband interactive teleconferencing is a programming technique that can be interesting and enjoyable for both participants and viewers alike providing a useful feature to your cable communications system while enhancing the public's image of the cable firm. Briefly, this involves the interconnection of two or more remote locations anywhere along the cable television system allowing participants at these locations to carry on face-to-face conversations on a television screen.
While this method of programming may sound complicated, the technical configuration is actually quite simple and the required equipment is probably already available in your community programming studio. The procedures outlined will allow you to produce live, split screen teleconferencing with minimal problems.