Interactive television, we don't have to wait for the electronic superhighway to come about, that's the idea of TV 3000, a group of artists who develop different devises on interactivity. They have worked on entertainment programmed tv, to allude people to participate. They work with relatively simple equipment, and show with their programs no special device is necessary for the viewer, just use your telephone to make tv. A crowd of artists, politicians and other colourful people are gathered at the studio in the centre of Amsterdam, waiting to be on. At the moment a camera is downstairs roaming around the square,interviewing passers-by.
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The night has only just started. Many interviews and performances will follow, camera's will go from hand to hand, regularly being kidnapped by revolting guests. This is not hightech tv made by wizzkids, these are just a group of TV maniacs using their imagination, working with whatever is there. Since Amsterdam is a not a city for cars, the program became known as the 'bakfiets tv' because equipment, borrowed from different locations is often transported on a bicycle to and from the studio. Hoeksteen Live has used consumer equipment from the beginning, making the camcorder its main working tool.