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A plug for Sky News Unplugged
From tomorrow Sky News will air its new online programme Sky News Unplugged.
The show, which promises ‘a sideways look at the week’s news’, will be available only on the channel’s website and through interactive services on TV.
The programme will later be available on demand through the site’s video channel.
Live: first ever online broadcast of a UK newspaper’s editorial conference
The Liverpool Daily Post will later on today become the first newspaper in the UK to broadcast its afternoon editorial conference live on the web.
Journalism.co.uk will be carrying the stream. Watch it here.
Bush gives first online interview to Yahoo
US President George W. Bush will give his first online interview later today in a collaboration between political website The Politico and Yahoo News.
Bush will be questioned on camera by The Politico’s Mike Allen, who will go behind-the-scenes at the White House and ask questions on a ‘colorful mix of serious policy-related topics, and some personal questions’, a release on the site said.
The video will be available on Yahoo News’ homepage from Tuesday afternoon (EDT) with a full transcript on Politico.
“This interview is a natural progression in political news coverage, mirroring the change in the habits of Americans, who are increasingly turning online for their news,” said Alan Warms, vice president and general manager of Yahoo News, in the release.
Nashua Telegraph experimenting with Qik
The Nashua Telegraph is experimenting with live video from mobile phones on its website using streaming service Qik.
The Telegraph is using the tool to stream footage from N95 handsets to provide behind-the-scenes coverage of its online food show, The Doorbell Gourmet.
Qik’s popularity with publishers seems to be growing – last month the Sacramento Bee used the service to create a broadcast channel for reporters to cover protests over the Olympic torch relay.
Here’s Journalism.co.uk’s interview with Qik founder Bhaskar Roy.
UPDATE – The Telegraph has posted its first ever breaking news coverage using Qik.
Live footage of a police evacuating residents was captured using mobiles and streamed to the site using the service.
Guardian: Times website seeks Sky News link-up
The Times website wants to carry more video content from Sky News.
Times Online editor-in-chief, Anne Spackman, told MediaGuardian.co.uk that negotiations to make this happen were at an early stage on the newspaper website carrying breaking news videos from Sky.
Any deal is likely to improve the online video offering from the Times.
Despite being one of the first national newspapers to adopt a TV service the Times offering has fallen behind other nationals – in terms of quality – and seems to be due an overhaul.
YouTube moves into India
YouTube has launched a localised version of the video-sharing site for India.
YouTube India will apply ‘an Indian lens’ to filter content from the main site for an Indian audience, according to the site’s blog.
Local content partners have also been signed up to distribute their videos through the site.
RBI’s Flight Global adds video content
Reed Business Information’s (RBI) aviation title Flight Global has been trialling video content on the site for a couple of months now, editor Michael Targett says in a blog post, but the service is now being officially launched.
The video is hosted by Brightcove and will feature clips from the publication and those submitted by users. The announcement includes an explanatory video and asks for feedback on the new service – a nice touch.
“As with most of the developments on this website – it’s something we plan to enhance with time, but it serves our current purpose very well and helps add another medium to our content portfolio,” says Targett.
Velocix launches free multimedia content delivery systerm
A digital delivery service for sites looking to host video, music or games online has been launched today with the creators claiming its as the first free service of its king.
The Velocix Accelerator delivery service provides can support the same media as current systems costing around £5,000 per year, the firm claims.
“Velocix is committed to disrupting the traditional CDN [Content Delivery Network] marketplace with breakthrough delivery performance, economics and control,” said Phill Robinson, CEO at Velocix.
The new offering includes a 500GB per month delivery allowance for file download and video streaming and is already being used by sites Fifzine and Uploaded.TV.
Innovations in Journalism – a plug in to ease sorting through web images and video from PicLens
We give developers the opportunity to tell us journalists why we should sit up and pay attention to the sites and devices they are working on. Today, it’s searching easily though web images and video with PicLens.
1) Who are you and what’s it all about?
Hi, I’m Alec Jeong from Cooliris.
We’ve developed PicLens, a plug-in that transforms your browser into a 3D environment where you can search, drag, and zoom around thousands of images and videos across the web.
PicLens makes your online media come to life in a full-screen, cinematic presentation that goes beyond the confines of the traditional browser.
2) Why would this be useful to a journalist?
Journalist regularly search for photos and videos on the web, tediously clicking in and out of web pages and image search engines to find the perfect image or video.
PicLens changes all that, by allowing you to search and view 100s or even 1000s of online photos and videos in an instant.
Need to see the photo in detail? Just click a toggle button and the photo or video will go full screen. Jump to the corresponding page of the image or video? No problem.
3) Is this it, or is there more to come?
There is much more, much more to come. In the coming months, we will be adding features that will completely transform the way you use online media.
4) Why are you doing this?
We asked ourselves the question: What would the web be like if, rather than having to browse click by click, we were able find and share information quickly and directly through a single, rich media navigation layer that frees you from the confines of the traditional browser window and web pages?
We believe that you would discover that the web is richer than you’ve believed before, and that the added spatiality would enable you get much more from the rich online media and from your social connections.
5) What does it cost to use it?
PicLens is free to use and available for Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari.
The “3D Wall” interface is available now for Firefox and IE and is coming to Safari soon.
6) How will you make it pay?
Our goal has always been to focus on providing the ultimate user experience. With several million downloads of our product in just the past few months, we are on a fast trajectory to bring in the next generation online media experience.