Live Broadcasting Quotes

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When you call a game, it's almost like you're doing a three-hour movie and the production of it all, living in the moment in real time, the replays, all the intricacies that go into putting a game in a broadcast. It's not just 100 percent football.

I used to watch TV in the days that I was on TV. But in that time, streaming has come along. So I can honestly say, I have no idea what's on real-time TV.

I'd happily describe myself as a TV presenter now.

In the year and a half I was on SNL, I never saw anybody ad lib anything. For a very good reason - the director cut according to the script. So, if you ad libbed, you'd be off mike and off camera.

I adore every anchor I watch or I am standing next to. It's not the most easy job being live while you have countless instructions to follow. So, immense respect for each one out there.

The whole thing about doing TV is that you never know what's going to happen. You just have to go with it and go with the flow.

Let's say something like Olympics is happening, I will definitely watch because that is something which is live after so many months. I think sports will definitely get people to watch.

In a television age, the record is lame; it never catches up.

Many times, I would be on live television and have no idea what the next match is, and I'd have no clue who was coming out next. The last person to know is always the announcer, and it's always your fault if you make a mistake - even if you didn't know. I was always on top of everything and never said the wrong name or the wrong town.

Some of the greatest reality television we ever had was the moon landings. When you think about it, that was human emotion and people, unscripted, working with each other - and millions and millions of people around the world, glued to their television sets to share real-time in a brand new, fascinating human experience.

The microphone is open. There is no delay. If I see something and want to say it right now, I can.

Of all the programs, I watch sporting events live and I watch 'Survivor' live. Everything else I TiVo.

Almost every media organization is doing something with live events now, and that's because they feel they can break through that way.

There is a deeper connection with streamers and viewers than any other celebrity or influencer - I'm live 12 hours a day; that's half my day I'm sharing with millions of people.

If I did a talk show, this would allow me to speak on what's happening at that moment. I can be current, and I get to flex my stand-up muscle but stay at home without doing the traveling.

We have Al Jazeera Arabic news, Al Jazeera English news, of course; we have three sports channels, and we have Al Jazeera Mubasher, which is a live channel that broadcasts live press conferences and symposiums and meetings. And, of course, we have Al Jazeera commentary in Arabic.

A show can be completely dead before you even get on the air. I've been privy to a couple of those.

We're closer to HBO than we are to the entire grid of cable on demand.

The radio - this old piece of technology that's still crackingly current - gives you this communal experience in real time.

85% of all video we watch is pre-recorded, so you can set your system to download it all the time. You're still going to need live television for certain things - like news, sporting events and emergencies - but increasingly it is going to be almost like the iPod, where you download content to look at later.

Amazon's 'Twitch' appears to be creating a service that operates like Twitter.

Live television is always stressful and the more you do it, the more you realise what can go wrong.

Live broadcasting was something only done by the rich news organizations. So when you bring it to the masses, the public gets really excited.

So when I got the chance to do my first talk show, 50 years ago last month, I never had any writers. There was no budget - it was just me and the camera and my friend who was the director. I talked about what I'd done that week.