Big Screen to return

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The ‘big telly’ in Chamberlain square is to be taken down sometime this month, and planning discussions have been going on as to whether it would return. We now hear that it will, in Victoria square in “mid November”.

In other news they plan to make it easier for Brummies to get their films on the new screen - by setting up a YouTube group so people can upload films or clips and then they’ll contact you if it’s a go-er to sort out the copyright and all that. More news and linky when it’s confirmed, but it’s a great way to widen the talent base from the more conventional avenues of getting stuff shown.

This entry was posted on Friday, September 14th, 2007 at 3:25 pm by bounder and is filed under YouTube. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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  1. [...] BiNS reports that the BBC Big Screen is to be removed from Chamberlain Square this month before being errected in Victoria Square sometime in November. Jon also has news that they’re looking into some kind of YouTube submission system to make it easier for locals to get their own content on the screen. Which would be great if it weren’t a massive blight on the mental environment of our city. (I don’t like the Big Screen concept…) Share This [...]

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