SNL’s touchscreen parody used same technology as CNN’s

In tonight’s re-run of Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday, we noticed a credit line that read: “Promotional Consideration Provided by Perspective Pixel.”

Perspective Pixel is the company that makes CNN’s real-life touchscreen technology that John King uses, which SNL parodied Thursday.

For more on Perspective Pixel and its use at CNN, check out these articles:

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