BBC Big Screen
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The Public Space Broadcasting project is a project involving the BBC, technology providers, and local councils to install continually broadcasting, 25m LED screens with sound systems in prominent locations in city centres. The premise on which the screens are operated is as a platform for all, to provide local information, and to allow film-makers and other visual artists a platform on which to display their work. The screens are run by the BBC in accordance with its editorial guidelines and are known as 'Big Screen (city name) e.g Big Screen Manchester.[1]
There are currently seven UK cities and one town which have one with a ninth opening shortly in Swindon.
The 'screens' show BBC programming as well as screenings of locally made films, event information and sports coverage. Events that have been broadcast include the Live8 concert in 2005. Interactivity has become a key feature of the package, using technology to enable interaction with audiences. [2]
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[edit] Locations
[edit] Birmingham
Birmingham was one of the earliest sites for the Public Space broadcasting project. The BBC Big Screen was temporarily installed adjacent to the Birmingham Town Hall during its refurbishment[3].
The BBC Big Screen in Birmingham was removed from Chamberlain Square on 19th September 2007 after the renovation of the Town Hall was completed.[4] It was then erected in Victoria Square in November 2007.[5] Some controversy has existed over the screen in terms of the number of objections to the renewal of its planning permission.[6][7]and it has not yet been activated.
[edit] Bradford
The Big Screen in Bradford is located in Centenary Square.
[edit] Cardiff
The "BBC Big Screen" in Cardiff is outside St Davids Shopping Mall in Cardiff City Centre.
[edit] Derby
The Big Screen in Derby is located in the Market Place next to the Assembly Rooms.[8]
[edit] Hull
The Big Screen in Hull is located in Queen Victoria Square.
[edit] Leeds
The Big Screen in Leeds is located in Millennium Square.
[edit] Liverpool
The Big Screen in Liverpool is located in Clayton Square, close to Liverpool Lime Street railway station.
[edit] Manchester
The BBC Big Screen in Manchester is located in Exchange Square.
The Cornerhouse in Manchester[9], supported by the City Council and The Arts Council of England, runs a programme of public art and locally produced films for the screen.[10]
[edit] Portsmouth
The BBC Big Screen in Portsmouth is located in the Guildhall Square, next the Civic Offices, Portsmouth Guildhall, and only a few minutes walk to the City Centre & Portsmouth & Southsea Railway Station.It was the first screen to be installed as part of the Public Space Broadcasting project in 2003.[11]
[edit] Plymouth
In the city centre.
[edit] Rotherham
The Big Screen in Rotherham is located in All Saints Square.
[edit] Screened Videos and Events
[edit] Birmingham
A set of videos showing pre and post-war Birmingham will be shown outlining the development of the city courtesy of Birmingham Central Library archives.
The screen has shown a series of short films from local film-makers including: Scribble, The Lodger, The Art of Keeping Goldfish and Love in a Lecture Theatre.
[edit] Hull
Stepping Up TV, featuring the huge changes happening in the city with regeneration.
[edit] Liverpool
In May 2007, a short film called "Northenders" based around a gang of kids. The video is aimed at littering.
