WNYW is letting visitors to their site sign up for email alerts when the station’s news chopper is flying and get a link to a live video stream from the helicopter! Cool
MyFoxNy – SkyFoxHD Alerts
I wrote a post I never published about this a few weeks ago when that police chase was going on down in Broward. I watched it on CNN Pipeline – they had a feed with audio from WSVN’s chopper. You could watch everything unfold live and uninterrupted, just Ralph Rayburn talking back to the control room from time to time. And I actually hurried up and turned the TV on to learn more. I though how it would be nice if the stations themselves offered live video from choppers on their websites it can be both interesting and informative if what’s happening is not during a time when a newscast is on. And it sure beats having to wait every 30 or 60 minutes for a 30second update!
I think at one time 7 had video with no audio from Skyforce mixed with traffic cameras when they weren’t streaming their live broadcasts.
MyFoxBoston aka WFXT Fox 25 is also doing a similar thing.
actually, back during one of the recent large brushfires in southwest miami-dade, WSVN had the chopper signal feeding uninterrupted…as you say, it was just ralph talking to the station occasionally. it was on a separate channel from the on-air simulcast.
yes they had it on there new system of web channel. it was great because you could go to wsvn.com anytime and check on the brushfires.
as usual I am the last to know 😀
the wnyw reporter in the chopper is the former reporter for svn traffic reporter and used to work on the desk at tvj and plg, his name is chris cristi.