kmetz 5 Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Simple question, why cover a situation like a car chase in California when the stations are in Florida? Simply to gather metrics / views? I’m confused. Thanks! Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17090-why-live-stream-this/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkAP 10 Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Slow News day in Tampa... Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17090-why-live-stream-this/#findComment-225251 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kshow 166 Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 People find them interesting and police pursuits get a lot of clicks to their pages. Makes sense if you want views on Facebook. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17090-why-live-stream-this/#findComment-225260 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4745 Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Maybe I'm wrong but didn't NASCAR evolve out of the good old fashioned police pursuit in the south? The bootleggers blacked out in the Hudson Hornets running from the revenue agents and old Sheriff Fester of carter County. People like pursuits because they want to see a crash or a good foot chase. If it wasn't for the car chases...the multi million dollar L.A. Newscopter business wouldn't exist as we know it. So go enjoy your pursuits, and that time that it fills on the news when it's a really slowwwwww day...it's a guilty pleasure. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17090-why-live-stream-this/#findComment-225264 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mre29 1519 Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 At least the stations didn't interrupt regular programming to run the coverage on-air. (That's what they do in LA, right?) Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17090-why-live-stream-this/#findComment-225265 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmetz 5 Posted April 25, 2019 Author Share Posted April 25, 2019 40 minutes ago, mre29 said: At least the stations didn't interrupt regular programming to run the coverage on-air. (That's what they do in LA, right?) I believe so, if it’s in a residential area. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17090-why-live-stream-this/#findComment-225266 Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Block 1566 Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 LA car chases do very well online. So well that KNBC doesn't allow other stations to stream them online. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17090-why-live-stream-this/#findComment-225268 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmetz 5 Posted April 25, 2019 Author Share Posted April 25, 2019 Now South Florida is joining in.... Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17090-why-live-stream-this/#findComment-225270 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 2415 Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 3 minutes ago, kmetz said: Now South Florida is joining in.... I don't why they're streaming something from thousands of miles away when it has nothing to do with Miami. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17090-why-live-stream-this/#findComment-225271 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1684 Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 All I can think of is that it gets views on their Facebook site and people to stay there even if it’s not monetizing. 1 hour ago, C Block said: LA car chases do very well online. So well that KNBC doesn't allow other stations to stream them online. That explains why KNBC does not stream on Facebook. I take it they allow it on NewsChannel so stations can do ther own cuts for newscasts or own coverage? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17090-why-live-stream-this/#findComment-225272 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProButtonPusher 230 Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 1 hour ago, rkolsen said: All I can think of is that it gets views on their Facebook site and people to stay there even if it’s not monetizing. That explains why KNBC does not stream on Facebook. I take it they allow it on NewsChannel so stations can do ther own cuts for newscasts or own coverage? KNBC did live stream the car chase last night on Facebook. For what it is worth, FOX 5 Atlanta’s Facebook live stream of KTTV had 23,000 people watching live last night. It draws eyeballs nationwide...just happens to occur a lot in Southern California. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17090-why-live-stream-this/#findComment-225277 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skbl17 188 Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 1 hour ago, NateinFLA said: KNBC did live stream the car chase last night on Facebook. For what it is worth, FOX 5 Atlanta’s Facebook live stream of KTTV had 23,000 people watching live last night. It draws eyeballs nationwide...just happens to occur a lot in Southern California. Very appropriate Anchorman 2 clip: Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17090-why-live-stream-this/#findComment-225283 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 3304 Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 LA is the car-chase capital of the world. They get ratings, clicks, and views. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17090-why-live-stream-this/#findComment-225284 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSSZNews 1051 Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 3 hours ago, kmetz said: Now South Florida is joining in.... You know it's digital when they break out OCR A for a header. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17090-why-live-stream-this/#findComment-225285 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1684 Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 24 minutes ago, TSSZNews said: You know it's digital when they break out OCR A for a header. OCR = On screen credit? Almost everything that CNN retransmits (via NewSource and a lot of times on CNN) has the credit like that. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17090-why-live-stream-this/#findComment-225286 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Journalist 894 Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 27 minutes ago, rkolsen said: OCR = On screen credit? Almost everything that CNN retransmits (via NewSource and a lot of times on CNN) has the credit like that. OCR A the typeface. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17090-why-live-stream-this/#findComment-225287 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1684 Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 8 minutes ago, Journalist said: OCR A the typeface. Stupid me. I thought initially optical character recognition but didn’t know it was a font. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17090-why-live-stream-this/#findComment-225288 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathannah 2429 Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 I swear I've gotten more inane 'distant police chase' breaking news notifications on my Tribune stations than about actual local breaking news lately. I know why though; same reason Real TV and the police chase shows lasted so long; there's people who will tune in for the likelihood of gore, but that threat (and the 'Day in 45' hyperfocus; can't deny those pundits that sweet, sweet airtime) has made them verboten on cable news now. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17090-why-live-stream-this/#findComment-225293 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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