KPIX-TV uses Slingbox for live cams

The CBS O&O in San Francisco has found a very innovative way to use Slingbox to transmit live video to air from both fixed cameras and live shots (watch a video demo). The cameras are jacked into wirelessly-connected Slingboxes in the field, and the signals are received back at the station on a computer and then pushed into a router for broadcast. KPIX uses it for its “Commute Cam” (pictured) which shows live video from a moving vehicle, as well as fixed camera positions, among other uses — 25 cameras in all. “It lets us get a lot of live shots back for a low cost,” said Dan Rosenheim, VP News at KPIX. “This kind of technology is such an advance over what we’ve had.” You can bet that many local TV stations are going to copy this idea, quick. (Thanks Jake for the tip!)