Its CBS, but this would still be pretty cool.
I really hope CBS concentrates more on the video aspect of this than anything else. After all, we already have plenty of news websites on the internet. What would be creative is a live video feed of a news channel that internet users could watch. The NRA already has an online news channel like this (though its not 24 hours) complete with live video. If the NRA can do it, why not CBS?
Why not Fox? Or CNN?
Heck, I'd probably have it playing in the background on my desktop all day while I'm working just so that I could listen to what's happening. I imagine that a lot of other people would do the same.
Rob Port is the owner and operator of Say Anything.
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Fox has a live radio... (Below threshold)1. Posted by firstbrokenangel | July 13, 2005 12:17 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Fox has a live radio show - 24/7. Plus their growth has just about covered the world.
Except Aruba which only carries CNN.
Cindy
1. Posted by firstbrokenangel | July 13, 2005 12:17 AM |
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2. Posted by firstbrokenangel | July 13, 2005 12:19 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
PS Is Paul ever coming back?
Cindy
2. Posted by firstbrokenangel | July 13, 2005 12:19 AM |
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3. Posted by AnonymousDrivel | July 13, 2005 12:24 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
RE: Rob's blogpost (July 13, 2005 12:07 AM)
Heck, I'd probably have it playing in the background on my desktop all day while I'm working just so that I could listen to what's happening. I imagine that a lot of other people would do the same.
I'm already doing the live-feed version. Run the cable to processing center (EC/PC) and pipe the output to accommodating video card. Works best at a multi-monitor workstation but can be done on a single monitor just fine. Granted, an on-demand video library would be pretty useful for videobloggers (or anyone for that matter) but I'm not sure the content creators would want to disseminate that copyrighted material quite so readily.
Do you have access to news feeds whether via air or cable at your work desk?
3. Posted by AnonymousDrivel | July 13, 2005 12:24 AM |
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4. Posted by Rob | July 13, 2005 12:34 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
No, not at my work desk. I don't even have cable at home. I'm not a big television watcher. I do have broadband internet though, at work and at home.
I guess I was thinking that it would be especially nice for travelers. Say you're sitting in an airport or some place with a wireless hotspot. Wouldn't it be nice to fire up Fox News on your laptop?
4. Posted by Rob | July 13, 2005 12:34 AM |
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5. Posted by AnonymousDrivel | July 13, 2005 1:01 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
RE: Rob's post (July 13, 2005 12:34 AM)
...it would be especially nice for travelers. Say you're sitting in an airport or some place with a wireless hotspot. Wouldn't it be nice to fire up Fox News on your laptop?
Yes, it would. Last few trips to the airport I went to had CNN locked in to every monitor in the terminal. I can stomach that for a little while but, sheesh, when that Crossfire show was on, I had to take breaks outside. Begala and Carville are just too much to take. I guess a few people agreed with that sentiment because the show was canned. [FOXnews strikes again]
5. Posted by AnonymousDrivel | July 13, 2005 1:01 AM |
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6. Posted by Random Numbers | July 13, 2005 3:10 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
FOX News used to broadcast on the internet. I started watching the channel a year before my cable company started carrying it.
As I recall, it was bandwidth limitations that made them quit at the time. Perhaps they should re-examine the idea in light of changes in technology?
6. Posted by Random Numbers | July 13, 2005 3:10 AM |
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7. Posted by vinnievin | July 13, 2005 3:55 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
can't say too much - but a MAJOR cable news network already has this product. It is online in-house, and will be available to the public within a month.
7. Posted by vinnievin | July 13, 2005 3:55 AM |
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8. Posted by penny | July 13, 2005 10:59 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
If they build it, we won't come.
Why not just go to an animated nightly news? Total cartoon format. Cheaper. No expensive anchor contracts or set remodeling. CBS wants out of the old fogey image.
8. Posted by penny | July 13, 2005 10:59 AM |
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Posted on July 13, 2005 10:59