Is the Green Room an Anachronism?

Back in the day, like 2 years ago, TV stations had ‘Green Rooms’. Places where upcoming guests could be preped, preened and soothed before going on camera. Purpose was to calm the precamera jitters and get the guest in the right mood. The lubricant was usually free drinks and snacks. Well that may be coming to a close. A combination of technology and strangled budgets is making that room a thing of the past. Evidence by this —

That’s Ben Popken of the Blog Consumerist being interviewed via Skype Video at the station WTVT in Tampa, Florida. First, cool dude. Innovative too. It shows some intelligence of the broadcaster that the world is truly getting flatter. It will not be much of a leap that we will see a 3 way talking head Skype call on Sunday Morning with Chris Wallace. If you got that far then why even bother with having the Panel show up at the crack of dawn either. Just pipe them into the Skype conference and you are done. By the way Skype has been supporting video since early this year. See here.

My only question? When will Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit be doing this from his media center?

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