A little over a week ago, I noted that the broadcast networks were cutting back campaign convention coverage and that the parties were "plead[ing]" for more coverage (Major Broadcast Networks to Decrease Convention Coverage - Author Experiences Schadenfreude). However, while broadcast television cuts back on coverage, internet coverage is going to be 24/7, according to CBS Marketwatch (Web's convention plans top TV Nets):
Hmmm, perhaps politicians should work towards increasing the availability of broadband and broadcatching if they want Americans to actually see the conventions. Nah, pleading with networks for more coverage probably suits them better.[links omitted]
- AOL's broadband subscribers can get live gavel-to-gavel coverage and express opinions on convention issues via online InstaPolls, the unit of Time Warner said.
- ABC-TV's Peter Jennings will anchor convention sessions on abcnewslive.com, the 24/7 streaming news channel operated by the Walt Disney Co. subsidiary, available through America Online and the RealNetworks content subscription service.
- CBS plans free coverage of the sessions on CBSNews.com, plus on-demand clips and news reports. (Viacom, the parent of CBS, is an investor in MarketWatch, the publisher of this report.)
via Scripting News