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Reuters Light News Video Online
The off-beat side of news in Web-ready video
Reuters Light News Video Online provides human-interest stories that inform, enlighten, amuse and entertain. This service draws in online or mobile audiences with original reporting of the stories that make life worth living, including animal antics, crazy stunts and other unusual news.
Key features
- Stories delivered from news bureaus around the globe reflect our ability to capture the local and cultural flavors that provide the perennially popular quirky stories that audiences always love
- Approximately 8 to 10 stories per week, Monday to Friday
- Stories generally average between 60 and 120 seconds in length
- Stories with long shelf life – Funny and addictive streaming videos that are always entertaining and often become viral
- Journalistic excellence – All stories managed by experienced editors guided by Reuters renowned editorial principles
- Time and resource savings - Fully packaged and ready-to-publish news video with complete XML metadata and easy-to-use scripts
- Flexible and customizable audio – Natural sound and an English voiceover accompany each video, providing flexibility in choosing a soundtrack
- Comprehensive resources – Each package includes video in several formats, thumbnail image, headline, introduction and a full script
- Easy integration – Seamlessly integrates into multiple platforms and content management systems
- Convenient help-line - Experienced support staff available around-the-clock for assistance
- Availability: Global, 24 hours a day, Monday to Friday
- Audio: Natural sound and an English voiceover. Audio only files are also available.
- Metadata: XML wrapper file includes headline, introduction and full English-language scripts
- Delivery: Files can be delivered in multiple ways:
- Reuters Content Downloader automatically delivers video files posted on the content delivery network (CDN)
- Receive the XML wrapper files via FTP Push, RSS and Web Services. These files contain the CDN references for retrieving the video files
- Browse and download the content via Reuters Media Express website
- Format: A portfolio of common online formats is available in addition to higher quality Mpeg2 source files.All formats include English voiceover. The Mpeg2 and MP3 formats carry dual audio tracks containing both natural sound and English voiceover, which allows users to discard the English voiceover and record customized audio.
- Requirement: A broadband connection is highly recommended for rapid and efficient video file downloads.
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