GREAT EVENTS
And then I’ve been part of the team right through, starting as an AP and then working up to being the exec on it”
Coming on stream She says technology has been part of that growth. Especially since the iPlayer came into the mix allowing so many sets to be live streamed. “That offers two things. It offers a real time live event for music lovers but, equally, there’s still these real appointments to view - that beautiful live event feel that television does so well whether its sport or a big royal event, we’re all there together.” And that’s magic of televising events “When you make television, you kind of stand a bit taller when
the word ‘event’ is involved,” says Howe. And that’s because it stands apart from everything else. Live event TV “almost goes against everything that you think about in other areas of television - slickness or perfection or promptness. You just live in the moment,” says Howe. “We do the best work we can do, but live it with everyone else. When you watch television, you genuinely know when something’s live or not and even if the odd mistake happens or if we’re still waiting for the main artists to come out, people don’t mind that because we’re all in this together and when it comes, it will be worth it.”
And there’s a rarity value to the BBC’s Glastonbury coverage too. “A whole live music
WHEN YOU MAKE TELEVISION , YOU STAND A BIT TALLER WHEN THE WORD ‘EVENT’ IS INVOLVED
performance on terrestrial television feels like a big responsibility because it just doesn’t happen very often anymore. Particularly because so many concerts that you see on television have not only been beautifully shot but beautifully post produced so that every wrinkle is ironed out and every little mistake is fixed. There’s a real space for that.” “But Glastonbury isn’t that. This is much more about being in the moment with an artist and with a festival that’s iconic and feeling part of that at home.”
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