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C-SPAN's Switch to Facebook and Periscope for Democrats' Gun Control Protest Highlights Live-Streaming's Power
Yesterday morning, just after I posted “5 Reasons Why Facebook Spending $50 Million on Live-Streaming Content is So Smart,” C-SPAN’s cameras in the U.S. House of Representatives were turned off by House Speaker Paul Ryan as Democrats began a sit-in to protest gun control legislation not being brought to a vote. But then, an extraordinary thing happened: various Democratic Representatives began live-streaming the protest via Facebook Live and Periscope, with C-SPAN picking up the feeds.
Categories: Live Streaming, Politics
Topics: C-SPAN, Facebook, Periscope
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YouTube, C-SPAN Team Up for User-Generated, Multi-Platform Voter Project
Broadband video's influence on Election Year 2008 grew further with today's announcement of the "YouTube Voter Video on C-SPAN" initiative.
To build momentum toward the Pennsylvania primaries on April 22nd, the companies are inviting viewers to upload to the C-SPAN channel on YouTube videos answering the questions "what issue in this election is most important to you, and why?" C-SPAN will air a selection of the videos on its "Road to the White House" program beginning April 13th.
I think this is a clever, fun idea to help drive awareness and share disparate views on the election. Though participation is completely self-selected, it will certainly offer much-needed dimension to the dry polling results constantly churning through the media. Combined with the CNN/YouTube debates from a couple months ago, Election Year 2008 continues to show how much more dynamic and inclusive the process becomes with broadband video's influence.
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