Friday, November 24, 2006

ABC NEWS Courting Next Generation On Internet

(From Reuters/The Hollywood Reporter -- By Paul J. Gough)

As the news networks come to grips with the digital revolution, ABC NEWS is merging the old and new world every day with an original newscast whose primary audience have video IPODS.

Each of the networks have carved out a news presence on the Web.

NBC NEWS was the first among the Big Three, putting
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS onto the Web and adding the
EARLY NIGHTLY video blog recently.

THE CBS EVENING NEWS is simulcast on the Web.

But only ABC NEWS creates a 15-minute daily newscast, separate from ABC WORLD NEWS though often using the same anchor, CHARLES GIBSON.

WORLD NEWS WEBCAST airs live at 3 pm ET on ABCNews.com and the ABC NEWS NOW digital channel.

It's available for downloading on ITUNES a little more than
an hour later and it's popular.

In October, there were 5.2 million downloads via ABCNews.com and iTunes, according to ABC.

ABC News Courting Next Generation On Internet

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