CNN Digital posted its most trafficked week and story in history during April, receiving 536 mm page views during the week and 87 mm on a individual story. The month also saw CNN’s second highest video streaming numbers, with over 162.5 mm streaming starts. These record numbers come as the events in Boston unfolded and [...]
TVNewsCheck has a great “Air Check” column by Diana Marszalek that discusses the importance of having reliable TV news websites, especially during high demand periods such as breaking news or weather events. The article highlights the Boston Marathon bombing coverage as a recent and high profile example, when the websites for the market’s NBC and [...]
Al Jazeera America, the upcoming cable new network that will replace the Al Gore-founded Current TV, has created an online presence, although it has yet to find a physical home. While the site doesn’t include news headlines yet, it appears to be serving as more of a hub of information about the forthcoming channel, with [...]
ABC News has announced a new desktop app called “Social Soundtracker” that lets viewers interact, in realtime, with streaming ABC News content. The desktop app, announced today, will be getting a mobile version next month. By combining a video pane with emoticon buttons, the app lets viewers quickly and easily respond to the content being [...]