Author Benjamin Woolley considers how the combination of affordable camcorders, PCs with enough grunt to run digital video editing software, and growing internet access might lead to a broadcasting revolution.
To demonstrate, he gives The Net's professional production crew the day off, and - armed with just a handheld camera and a Desktop PC - attempts to make a segment for the show on his own.
Could this be the beginning of the democratisation of video?
Will we one day all run our own media empire?
Clip taken from The Net, originally broadcast on BBC Two, 8 June, 1994