Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Making television history … on a wing and a prayer


When I first suggested coming up with Heritage TV (HTV) for the National heritage Board’s revamped Internet portal (http://yesterday.sg), the idea sounded simple enough.

Produce three-minute video clips focusing on different aspects of Singapore’s art, history, culture and heritage. We would keep it very YouTube-like – raw, edgy and well… home-made (not to mention cheap). Now how hard could that be, right?

But the devil as they say is in the details. ..