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Daniel from Toronto, a reader asked: “Is there a radio station that is covering the LIVE feed of the trial anywhere? I know about the video feeds, but trying to find just an audio feed?”
Good question. Here’s what my research revealed. Mediabistro did the heavy lifting:
NBC-affiliate WESH (Hearst)
Through the early days of the trial, WESH’s streaming video has been the most reliable, which can likely be attributed to the station’s use of a YouTube player (image above).
Next to the player, WESH has a live feed of updates (powered by ScribbleLIVE) from its news team, including Jeff Cousins, the managing editor of WESH.com, and from the station’s trial-specific Twitter handles @caseyupdates and @judgeperrysays. WESH also has a 99-cent “Casey Anthony Updates” iPhone app available.ABC-affiliate WFTV (Cox)
WFTV is using a live video player from Brightcove that has nearly matched the quality of WESH’s YouTube player. The Brightcove player allows WFTV to serve pre-roll ads every time a user presses play (WESH’s player is ad-free).
Below the video player, WFTV has live Twitter streams from the station’s designated Anthony account @CaseyAnthonyCh9 as well as veteran crime reporter Kathi Belich (@KBelichWFTV).CBS-affiliate WKMG (Post-Newsweek)
WKMG is offering live streaming video on a Quicktime-based player that may require some users to download or update their browser’s video plug-in. Underneath the player, WKMG has embedded a CoverItLive comment stream where viewers can leave their thoughts and interact with other viewers.
Fox-affiliate WOFL (Fox)
WOFL, which is running its trial coverage using the domain caseyanthonymurdertrial.com, is streaming courtroom video using a Flash-based player from Akamai, which (like WKMG’s player) may require users to download or update their video software.
Like WKMG, WOFL’s accompanying commentary stream is dedicated to viewer opinion. WOFL is using Chatango, a free live chat service that allows websites to create public groups and embed a chat module. The Chatango stream offers users the ability to customize their commentary with different typeface styles and emoticons.
The trial is now in its 13th day. And it’s shaping up to be a very unlucky one for Casey Anthony.
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Follow along with video, chatroom, and more at Central Florida News 13, which is leading the media pack in coverage of all things Casey/Caylee Anthony. Your best bet for continuing coverage.
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Here are the final numbers for traffic to my site http://www.LiveCourtChat.com since we started on May 13th to Thursday July 7th.
68,483 people participated in the live court chat for #CaseyAnthony
367d 20h was the total time spent on the site (approx 200 hours coverage per 24 hour window)
7m 44sec was the average visit time per person.
Not bad for $15 in domain fees and 40mins web development time.
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Congrats! This blog’s statistics skyrocketed too — lots of hits on Casey Anthony and Caylee Anthony. Amazing level of interest by the public.
Yep, we only registered the domain and put it online as a side project to our http://www.LiveFanChat.com website (i didn’t even know the case was happening until the 2nd day of jury selection).
We didn’t build the http://www.LiveCourtChat.com with our full application functionality as i wasn’t sure of the interest level in the case but for the enxt case we will definitely building in all the functionality found on our core http://www.LiveFanChat.com/sites
Not sure when that case will be though…..