SUSU elections
03/03/10 categories: television
Southampton University Students' Union Elections results night streamed live in 720p on Wednesday 3rd March 2010, with technical and production help from Inqb8r.
The 205 minute broadcast was produced, presented and crewed by students under the mindful eye of David Mercer. With over twenty candidates running for six positions, the evening didn't disappoint in being a jam-packed, emotion fueled journey, summarising the last week of campaigning and the result of three days of voting, and the 7156 votes, 30.4%, a UK student record.
With a 400-strong audience of campaign teams and supporters in the West-Refectory (and adjoining union bar) the night was full of live music, voting statistics, green-room interviews, audience banter with the university chaplain and of course the election results, all broadcast in high definition on the World Wide Web.
This year viewers were encouraged to join in with the broadcast, sending questions for the candidate green room, tweet through a comment to the live Twitter wall or texting their predictions as the results were announced live.
The show, shot in HD, was broadcast using dynamic streaming technology from the expertise of Inqb8r team. Viewers experienced a stream up to 720p resolution at 2.5Mbps, with dynamic switching for those viewers on slower connections.
SUSU.TV, the student-run TV society, smashed last year's cumulative viewing figures of 6,200 from over 25 countries as far away as Australia and New Zealand.
To watch the stream click through to elections.susu.org.
The 205 minute broadcast was produced, presented and crewed by students under the mindful eye of David Mercer. With over twenty candidates running for six positions, the evening didn't disappoint in being a jam-packed, emotion fueled journey, summarising the last week of campaigning and the result of three days of voting, and the 7156 votes, 30.4%, a UK student record.
With a 400-strong audience of campaign teams and supporters in the West-Refectory (and adjoining union bar) the night was full of live music, voting statistics, green-room interviews, audience banter with the university chaplain and of course the election results, all broadcast in high definition on the World Wide Web.
This year viewers were encouraged to join in with the broadcast, sending questions for the candidate green room, tweet through a comment to the live Twitter wall or texting their predictions as the results were announced live.
The show, shot in HD, was broadcast using dynamic streaming technology from the expertise of Inqb8r team. Viewers experienced a stream up to 720p resolution at 2.5Mbps, with dynamic switching for those viewers on slower connections.
SUSU.TV, the student-run TV society, smashed last year's cumulative viewing figures of 6,200 from over 25 countries as far away as Australia and New Zealand.
To watch the stream click through to elections.susu.org.
