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Benefits and features of APTN Video News
APTN Video News
Video You Can Use
The Associated Press Television News (APTN) is the award-winning video arm of the AP. No matter where the story breaks, APTN has you covered with 83 full-time video bureaus in 67 countries. No other news organization can match the coverage resources AP delivers to bring you exclusives and coverage of the world’s top news.
The APTN News Video services delivers 16 digital feeds a day via satellite, including more than 400 minutes of self-shot material daily.
Fast, factual and geared to meet your deadline, feeds are all digital for superb quality.
The Video News service delivers the content you need, including:
- Breaking news coverage
- Live transmissions
- News flashes with the latest pictures making headlines
- Domestic and international coverage
- Tailored regional services for Australia/New Zealand, Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and North America.
- Daily and weekly news schedules let you plan ahead.
- News scripts, rundowns and advisories are available either via satellite, direct into your newsroom computer system, or online.
The APTN Video News Advantage
APTN Video News delivers the most reliable, accurate and fastest video service in the world. We accomplish that by harnessing the talent, expertise, and local knowledge of more than 80 AP bureaus around the globe.
For breaking news, speed of delivery is our first priority. More in-depth coverage of major stories includes full reports on background, aftermath, reaction, and comment from relevant individuals or groups.
APTN regularly serves up firsts and exclusives — from the surprise Thanksgiving visit of President Bush to Iraq, to the Concorde crash in France, to exclusive interviews with everybody from Paul McCartney to Saddam Hussein.
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APTN offers stories not featured on your network news feed.
Network news feed editors don’t select all of the APTN stories for their feeds. Many international items that may be of interest to your audience may be left out.
Get news video faster than network feeds.
Network news feed editors don’t put APTN items on the feed as fast as we send them. Direct APTN service is faster than network delivery.
APTN provides tools to make editing easy.
We provide extensive shot sheets and transcribed soundbites for all video stories through the APTN Web site.
See the stories!
APTN playout on a newsroom monitor allows your staff to see the stories, to quickly make decisions about airing an APTN item.
One-stop web site
Secure log-in for each customer for access to support materials such as scripts and transcripts for all subscribed video services. The site also offers Live Help, giving your news staff direct web access to the APTN newsroom. You can also set up email alerts on breaking news from APTN.
Eyeballs are always on APTN content with the desktop ticker.
Scrolling desktop ticker with Direct live channel information, subscription service scripts and alerts.
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