Skype for a relative in the hospital?

I am hoping someone can help me with some technical advice. My dad is going to be in a hospital for a few weeks, but would love to watch his grand-daughter (my niece) play soccer. I told him I thought there would be a way to set up his TV (a Samsung UN28H4000) so that he can watch the games over Skype.
I think we will be able to get someone at the game to record the action using a smartphone, and keep a Skype connection open, but I have no idea how well this will work. Smartphone cameras are usually wide angle, and for a soccer game, I would think he would need a distance camera.
I don't mind buying a camera for his TV, or even buying a distance camera for his dad's cell phone, but I just don't know enough about the hardware and software connections.
Does anyone have any ideas on how I can make this work?

Most of the hospitals I visit don't have fairly new TVs. That TV in question does not natively support Skype so you'd have to get an all-in-one solution like a TelyHD or a Logitech TV cam. It might be less expensive or easier, to use a laptop or netbook. There still would be the issue of Internet access at the hospital. Still trying to coordinate this in real-time with poor quality equipment is not that ideal. It would probably easier, less expensive and higher quality to have the game recorded using a quality digital camera then copied to a flash drive to be either viewed on that TV or any computer/device that can play the file back. A skype call could always be made later to the grand-daughter while in the hospital.

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