Apps for Live Streaming Easy to Use, Hard to Make

摘要

Providing consumers with apps so they can watch their favorite content all day long? These days, that seems like a no-brainer. But gathering the licensing rights from syndicators and producers is, in a word, complicated. At this months upfront presentations, ABC kicked off the week by introducing its Watch ABC app, which will allow viewers to see a live stream of ABC TV stations. The app will first be available to viewers of WABC New York and KPVI Philadelphia. Later this summer, Watch ABC will roll out in the six other ABC-owned markets: KABC Los Angeles, WLS Chicago, KGO San Francisco, KTRK Houston, WTVD Raleigh-Durham and KFSN Fresno.