The Online Platform That Told the Public's Story During the England Riots

The Online Platform That Told the Public's Story During the England Riots

LONDON, September 6, 2011/PRNewswire/ --

London based online media company StreamUK [http://bit.ly/csoQms ] today
released statistics from one of their media platforms that shows its largest
ever usage during the London Riots. Stream CrowdSourcer
[http://bit.ly/aKQrOI ]which is used by broadcasters such as BBC News
[http://upload.news.bbc.cs.streamuk.com ] and publishers such as The
Guardian
[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/14/new-europe-submit-your-videos ]
allows its user to receive mass amounts of multi-media content from all over
the world, enabling the news service to evaluate and publish the best of
those assets.

For the four days when the riots were most intense, StreamUK
[http://bit.ly/csoQms ]'s reports show over 7,000 submissions of both video
and image content from citizens all over the country with a story to tell.
The record number of submissions throughout this period stands as a 657%
increase from the previous month: adding to a staggering total of over
24,000 submissions for the month of August.

Created in 2007, the CrowdSourcer [http://bit.ly/aKQrOI ] platform has
been used for various national and international campaigns to invite
first-hand contributions from the public. As broadcasters and journalists
become skilled in the use of user-generated content, CrowdSourcer
[http://bit.ly/aKQrOI ], through its flexible API, is able to integrate
further into internal workflows.

StreamUK [http://bit.ly/csoQms ] CEO Duncan Burbidge notes that
CrowdSourcer [http://bit.ly/aKQrOI ] is becoming increasing valuable for
news publishers worldwide; "User generated content has a fundamental place
in news broadcasting, especially with mobile devices becoming more
sophisticated. We're continuing to invest in the platform by improving the
intelligence of the search algorithms and image verification checks."

Ben Darby T: +44(0)207-419-2027 ben@streamuk.com

Source: StreamUK

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