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| Crematorium set to offer webcasts | Crematorium set to offer webcasts |
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| A Hampshire city crematorium is set to start offering its funerals as webcasts on the internet. | A Hampshire city crematorium is set to start offering its funerals as webcasts on the internet. |
| Mourners will have to pay £75 for a password to access a live broadcast of the Southampton Crematorium service. | Mourners will have to pay £75 for a password to access a live broadcast of the Southampton Crematorium service. |
| They can also get a DVD for £50 and a sound recording will cost £25. Southampton City Council said the new service would start from 1 April. | They can also get a DVD for £50 and a sound recording will cost £25. Southampton City Council said the new service would start from 1 April. |
| A council spokeswoman said it would allow people who could not be there in person to still "attend" the funeral. | A council spokeswoman said it would allow people who could not be there in person to still "attend" the funeral. |
| The filming of the service will be done with a small, discreet camera at the back of the room and it will be streamed online with a 20-second delay. | The filming of the service will be done with a small, discreet camera at the back of the room and it will be streamed online with a 20-second delay. |
| 'Profits negligible' | |
| About 3,500 cremations are carried out every year at the East and West chapels of the council-run establishment. | About 3,500 cremations are carried out every year at the East and West chapels of the council-run establishment. |
| The money charged for the webcast will be used to cover the running costs of the equipment and internet uploading fees, the spokeswoman said. | The money charged for the webcast will be used to cover the running costs of the equipment and internet uploading fees, the spokeswoman said. |
| "Of the money, £35 will go the company which provides the recording service and the rest will be ploughed into maintaining the equipment," she said. | "Of the money, £35 will go the company which provides the recording service and the rest will be ploughed into maintaining the equipment," she said. |
| "It costs about £4,000 a year to have the two chapels wired up and when it comes profits, they are negligible." | "It costs about £4,000 a year to have the two chapels wired up and when it comes profits, they are negligible." |