Day #3
Well, here we are wrapping up day #3 - on the verge of a few very big things you’ll all see soon enough. Today was another big day for us, with lots of news going on (anyone catch that giant sinkhole in Denver? holy cow! not to mention the dog flying around in the helicopter…) and a great job by our team of moderators/hosts/NJs.
“NJ” is a new term our VP of News Andrew Finlayson coined today - combining the skill of a DJ with the essence of a newscaster - NJ meaning “news jockey”, of course. I’ve spent many years in front of the camera, and still anchor weather here in Chicago once in a while - but the thought of spending 4, 5, or 6 hours in front of a camera the way Sarah, Kat, Andy, Kelly, and others are doing - wow - its not as easy as it might look. And I hear all of it - since the camera pointing at the moderator is actually mounted on my desk! I’ll try to take some pictures tomorrow and post them here.
As I said earlier, we’re close to adding in several new features - including links back to the sites where the video streams are originating from.
Ali Hassan joined our development efforts full-time today from a different part of our news operation, and I’m really excited to see someone with his skill-set working on our team. I built the core of the site with brute force, and got it working - Ali has the skills to make it graceful, and - brace yourself here - standards compliant - (there, I said it) and even cross-browser compatible (Safari users - we hear you! Shouldn’t be long now…)
One more thing - and this is big.
If you are part of a news gathering organization anywhere in the world and would like to be part of this project - regardless of network affiliation - please get in touch with me by email (steve.baron (at) foxtv.com).
I am happy to say as of today we are open to working with anyone and everyone who would like to be a part of LiveNewsCameras.com.
Thanks for checking in,
Steve
Steve Layne Said,
February 8, 2008 @ 10:15 am
Congratulations…………..this is very very cool.
Would love to know the technology behind it all, but this is going to catch on big as the word gets out.
I heard about it on Lost Remote………..clearly you are early stage, but this will evolve into something substantial. Natuarally you will need to figure out how to monetize it…..not exactly sure how advertisers will react to this but what they heck………..just run national Fox Promos for now. Corporate should dig it……..
Reminds me of some futuristic police scanner but with video.
The off air (well they think it is) audio of several of the chopper crews is very entertaining. Keep the mute bottons away from them.
Good luck………someone ought to submit this for some kind of most innovative award or something.
SL
Lurker Said,
February 8, 2008 @ 10:37 am
Cool site. One suggestion. How about lowering the volume to the lowest bar for the moderator. If people want to up the volume they can do it themselves instead of ir being on full blast.
GeraldZ Said,
February 8, 2008 @ 4:02 pm
Interesting idea. But there is so much stuff that I don’t know where to start. I’d prefer to chat with the moderator using the chat function on Mogulus - interactivity with the viewers is really cool. Sending comments by email - well that’s just no fun.
I found your channel on Mogulus, which in turn can be found on http://www.RSSLiveTV.com - a quick and easy way to tune into live internet television. Check it out!
All-seeing eye Said,
February 8, 2008 @ 4:59 pm
“I’ll try to take some pictures tomorrow and post them here.”
Hopefully there will be a picture of Julia! WOOOOOO!