Film to 4K: Evolution of coronation media tech

It’s a King Charles III coronation tech and media special.The newly-minted monarch’s big day will be streamed, broadcasted, tweeted, browsed and clicked in high dynamic range, real-time 4K across the world’s devices.But its been some 70 years since the UK last saw a monarch’s coronation in the pre-Norman Westminster Abbey.How far has media tech come since the days when the film footage of Queen Elizabeth II had to be flown by plane across the Atlantic to the US, and why did young patients at Great Ormond Street Hospital enjoy a colour television exclusive?We’ll hear from Alex Falk speaking outside Buckingham Palace, who was 17 years old in 1953 working for the Press Association as a photographer’s runner.He describes dashing to get shots across town for printing in their Fleet Street dark room.Plus, Tech & Science Daily is joined by Jean Seaton, professor of media history at the University of Westminster.Professor Seaton explains the evolution of broadcast media technology, the challenges of sending news footage abroad and why the timeless skill of an eye for a good TV shot is critical. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.