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FYI: From a press release from the Australian
Broadcasting Company: -Rob de Santos -- ABC
Media Release ABC NOW:
ANOTHER STEP IN THE ABC’S DIGITAL REVOLUTION
The digital
revolution – and evolution - continues at the ABC with the release of ABC NOW, the fastest way to access
a broad range of ABC News, Radio, Television and Sport. It’s a new
way of harnessing ABC content in a small, powerful, customisable space. ABC
NOW
is the first desktop application of its kind in Australia – and possibly
the world - allowing audiences to aggregate TV, Radio and News content within a
single player downloaded to their desktop. Now
audiences can watch and read the latest news headlines, listen live to Local
Radio, Radio National, News Radio, Classic FM, triple j, dig and Radio
Australia, and listen and download podcasts. Or watch
selected TV programs such as The
7.30 Report, At the Movies, The Cook and the Chef, Gardening Australia, Enough
Rope, Good Game, Insiders, Media Watch and The New Inventors.
Vodcasts will also be available to download from ABC NOW. News, weather
and sport bulletins will also be available to watch and read. To ensure
that content is only a click away, users can customise ABC NOW by bookmarking
their favourite content so it’s even easier to get the information they
want, when they want it. ABC
NOW
is built with Flash 8 and MProjector. Using a Flash interface, ABC NOW pulls in XML
content feeds for all the main content categories and sets up the overall
structure of the player. ABC
NOW also accesses both Flash progressive and streaming video,
with the latest Flash player (MovieStar). Windows Media and Real Player are
used to stream the live radio content. ABC
NOW
provides another fast, easily accessible way for ABC audiences to watch, listen
and interact with ABC content. DOWNLOAD
NOW at abc.net.au/now Sam
Doust, ABC Innovation’s Creative Director, is available for interview Media
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