Journalism

Barrington Broadcasting Group, a Chicago-based company that operates 23 TV stations, reaching, it claims, approximately 3.4% of US households, said last week that it has tapped Cell Journalist, a provider of user-generated content solutions for TV stations, newspapers and other media outlets, to supply it with a platform that will allow its viewers in 14 television markets to easily send videos and images of breaking news and community events for immediate distribution on-air and online.

In a posting on its corporate blog last week, broadband video publishing solutions provider, Brightcove--which claims to power broadband video for over 30 major newspaper publishers across North America, Europe and Asia (note: its US customers include Cox Newspapers, Freedom Communications, Hearst Communications, Media News Group, the New York Times Company and New York Times Regional Newspapers, Tribune Total Media and the Washington Post)--provided some figures on how its newspaper customers are deploying broadband video services and how customers are responding to those services.