Since the reporter is in Ottawa and I am located just outside Toronto, we had to use a speaker eqiupped mobile phone to do the interview's audio component; she could not see me as I was filmed (ironically on Betamax tape I seem to have noticed). With my Skype Video setup we could have done the interview over Skype and she could have seen my expressions and reactions as it proceeded. (Not to be used as the video for CBC's use but just as a monitor to see the interviewee.) Ah, the need to increase Skype awareness amongst the general public.

A great example of the convergence of today's technology; the reporter found my post through a Google search. You never know where blogging will lead you. The real challenge in today's time-shifted video world is to see if CBC (and other networks) makes interviews such as this available also via their website. In this case it would probably increase their viewership significantly, especially if, say, "corporate" blogs, such as SlingMedia's", linked to such a resource.

Update: April 25; Received a call today to say that due to a technical glitch with an associated interview, the CBC Newsworld piece on SlingBox will probably appear later in the week of May 1 at 6:30 p.m. EDT.