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Best app for breaking news w/live video

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FortWorthMac

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With what's going on in Japan this morning I tried to find some live video feeds of the coverage. Of course I first checked my CNN app. While they had video of the stories there was no live continuing video coverage. I then checked a few others apps and kept striking out.

So I guess my question is, are there any apps I'm overlooking or websites that have live video feeds, playable on the iPad/iPhone that one can turn to?

Thanks
David
 
This is exactly what I came to ask. I got live video from Japan on CNN, but it was in Japanese. I am anxious to hear what other apps people are using today for breaking news video.
 
Go to filmon.com and create a shortcut on the homescreen. I subscribed to the $10/month package and I get to watch quite a few live TV channels, including CNN International, BBC and Al Jazeera English. All live. :D
 
Slide show?

Along the same lines, I'm sitting here at work with my iPad in a dock on my desk. I'd love to have some sort of slide show running with news headlines/pics etc. If one looks interesting, I could click it and read the story. Anyone know of an app to do this?
 
I think a lot of people are expecting a tv tuner in their iPad. Is there an app for live tv at this point?
 
vincenz said:
I think a lot of people are expecting a tv tuner in their iPad. Is there an app for live tv at this point?
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There can't be an app because those streams (NBC, CBS, etc) are all copyrighted, so they're broadcast over-the-air but obviously the iPad doesn't have a tuner. On the other hand, you could find a website that streams live tv.

Edit: justin.tv has a live CNN feed, and they also have an app in the app store, though I doubt it has their live feeds
 
Time Warner app now streams CNN among other channels - but must be a subscriber to both TV and Internet.
 
AceCoolie said:
Along the same lines, I'm sitting here at work with my iPad in a dock on my desk. I'd love to have some sort of slide show running with news headlines/pics etc. If one looks interesting, I could click it and read the story. Anyone know of an app to do this?
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This.. I'd be down for this..!
 
AceCoolie said:
Along the same lines, I'm sitting here at work with my iPad in a dock on my desk. I'd love to have some sort of slide show running with news headlines/pics etc. If one looks interesting, I could click it and read the story. Anyone know of an app to do this?
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Yahoo home page.
 
FortWorthMac said:
With what's going on in Japan this morning I tried to find some live video feeds of the coverage. Of course I first checked my CNN app. While they had video of the stories there was no live continuing video coverage. I then checked a few others apps and kept striking out.

So I guess my question is, are there any apps I'm overlooking or websites that have live video feeds, playable on the iPad/iPhone that one can turn to?

Thanks
David
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I just tried the iPhone app of the Japanese TV NHK World on my iPad, It's translated in english live, the quality is good and it's live news 24/7 about the event in Japan.
 
pdqgp said:
Yahoo home page.
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um...I opened the Yahoo home page in safari and it hardly displays a slide show of headlines. It's just a static page like any other site. Am I missing something?

So far, I'm using Flipboard and the featured page does this except for the huge fricken Flipboard logo in the upper left corner.
 
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