C-SPAN prepares all corners as pools for the commission hearing on January 6: “We wanted to make sure all our bases were covered”

When C-SPAN covers the commission’s first prime-time hearing on January 6, viewers will receive coverage from more than one location typically in the session.

The Public Affairs Network serves as the cable broadcast and media group and will cover listening with seven cameras in the magnificent 74-foot-long, 54-foot-wide Cannon Caucus room.

“This is not a normal hearing. It has a little more structure, “said Felix Andrew Jones, Chief Technical Officer of C-SPAN Networks.” We wanted to provide as many sources as possible, but we wanted all of these sources to be essential. We wanted to make sure all of our bases were covered . “

He said the typical audience has three cameras: one for the commission, one for the Witnesses, and one for room-wide footage.

This time, C-SPAN will use a robotic camera to “click on the head” and take pictures of the “cover” of the hat; A crewed camera on top to capture images of committee members; A manned “courtroom” camera to capture images of members sitting on a bench or witnesses and their desk; Robot witness camera; And another camera for witnesses. There will also be two “tall and wide” cameras in the room and they will view the booth from behind the morning desk and the Witness desk. They will also have a multimedia source to record videos, charts, graphs and quotes.

The hearing will reportedly be much more audiovisual than usual as the commission will present its findings. James Goldstone, former president of ABC News, gives advice on the presentation.

The hearing reportedly includes testimony from Nick Quested, a documentary filmmaker who followed right-wing group The Proud Boys when the Capitol was attacked, and Caroline Edwards, a Capitol police officer who was injured. It was also reported that the committee plans to testify as witnesses, including Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner.

The Cannon Caucus Room, with its Corinthian pilasters and detailed ceilings, “has long been the venue for lunches, receptions and committee meetings,” according to the history of the house. It was “probably best known as one of the highest-profile hearings of the House Committee on Non-US Activities.”

Jones said the room was “a cave, an elegant room, almost like a ballroom”. It has also been refurbished for media purposes and, of course, for high profile listeners. He said it had a new dye and new fiber lines.

The hearing begins Thursday at 8 p.m. ET.