RESTON, Va.—Sprint Nextel Corp. is teaming with the Associated Press to allow reporters to file 60-second video clips from the 215 cities and 466 airports where the carrier offers high-speed wireless access.
The service uses SNAPfeed, a “store and forward” video application developed by the AP, and works using a laptop, digital video camera and Sprint Nextel mobile broadband card. Video reports can be delivered in less than 10 minutes using the operator’s CDMA2000 1x EV-DO network, the companies said, and photos and audio clips can be transmitted more quickly.
The Associated Press hopes the application will allow media outlets to file reports from the field easily and without the extra cost of satellite phones or trucks. The application can be licensed to government agencies and emergency services providers as well as broadcasters.
“With AP’s SNAPfeed software, video at a breaking news site is only four clicks away from transmission,” said Mike Palmer, AP’s director of broadcast digital distribution systems and strategy.
