KOMO-TV to stream live news to mobile devices

When local stations cover breaking weather stories, one of their greatest challenges is getting the information to the people who really need it. Hurricanes, blizzards and tornadoes are often accompanied with wide-spread power outages. And that means no TV. For mobile users, the smartphone becomes their best (and only) option for news. It’s one of many reasons why streaming live video to mobile makes sense for newsrooms.

In September, Scripps Television became the first local TV group to enable live streaming to mobile devices via their partnership with EndPlay. And now Fisher Communications has signed up with EndPlay to offer the solution to their viewers as well.

Should TV stations promote talent’s personal social accounts?

As local news organizations begin to define the “value” of social media, many newsroom executives wonder what these accounts are actually worth to the station. And if they’re truly valuable, then who is the rightful owner: the reporter who populates the account or the newsroom that promotes it?

Tech reporter Noah Kravitz and his former employer, PhoneDog are hung up in a lawsuit to answer that very question. Kravitz changed his account name from @phonedog_noah to @noahkravitz when he left PhoneDog to work for a competitor. PhoneDog currently has no access to the account or its 21,000 followers.

TV journalists you can subscribe to right now

Updated: Facebook’s Subscribe button is giving journalists a new way to connect with viewers. And while it’s still rather new, there’s a growing list of subscribe-worthy broadcast journalists. Here’s a quick round-up for your clicking pleasure… Network TV News… Erin Andrews – ESPN Ann Curry – NBC News Mark Glaser – PBS Miles Doran – [...]

What newsrooms should know about new Facebook stream

Ahead of Facebook’s F8 developer conference, the social giant has rolled out a major update today to the way users view content in the News Stream. For journalists, there are a few key differences: some good, some bad. 1. Fewer “Top Stories” in the News Stream Prior to the changes, the Facebook News Stream gave [...]

Optimizing posts in the Google Plus stream

(Editor note: Welcome Kim, Lost Remote’s new contributor!) As the grand-daddy of SEO, it seemed only fitting that Google would come up with some sort of tricky algorithm for populating Streams. But for now, they seem to have chosen the simplest possible method: listing posts in mostly chronological order (an improvement over the first week [...]