Local CCTV channel proves more popular than Big Brother
Published on 30 Nov 2007Viewing figures for an CCTV network that relays pictures from local cameras into resident's televisions has notched up higher viewing figures than Channel 4 programme Big Brother, reports The Register.
In January 2006 we reported on the Shoreditch Digital Bridge Scheme, a plan to give residents access to local CCTV footage. At the time there were objections from thise worried about infringment of civil liberties and in the end the Information Commissioner - responsible for data protection issues – deemed that the pictures had to be low resolution to prevent individuls from being identified.
The scheme is being touted as a success with a 600% increase in reports of graffiti and a 200% rise in reports of vandalism.
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