Asia-Pacific Broadcasting (APB) Satellie Special Supplement 2015 | Page 18

SATELLITE S 2 P 0 E 1 C 5 I A L
Offering alternative training methods
Training is
essential to
allow staff to
understand
new
technologies
and
equipment
— whether
through
workshops or
instructional
videos readily
available on
the Internet
today.
the upgrade path — a new body, with higher resolution
and a new ultra telephoto lenses with a longer reach to
capture my subject.
What I found during my search was nothing new or
special, but which has been lying dormant on the World
Wide Web via YouTube. On YouTube, there are numerous
instructional videos for various products, offering high
quality not only in terms of content, but also in acoustics
and visuals.
In the video clip that I found, it featured the many
settings options available for the focusing points or
multi-point focusing of the camera model that I was
looking at, and meticulously explained how and when
each option should be applied. For just one of the many
features that this camera has to offer, making such
instructional videos available readily is a good move on
the part of the manufacturer to educate and also ensure
that the users know the proper functions on each of the
features. Of course, making an instructional video is
any satellite operators would have by now fully much more complicated than coming out with a printed
tested their 4K capabilities or have fully func- instructional manual.
tional online services up and running. With more
Instructional videos, which also serve as a sound
and more bandwidth-hungry content in the offing, opera- marketing tool, are readily available today. Setting up
tors have been busy replacing their fleet