ABC News Now: New 24/7 news channel goes live with full RNC coverage

[krkaufman]

Just received this email from "ABC News." The disparate coverage of the RNC conventions goes way beyond just the Monday Night Football halftime broadcast. (Or did ABC News Now cover the DNC, as well, and they just didn't email me?)

August 30, 2004

This year's convention coverage will be anything but politics as usual.

Beginning today Peter Jennings will anchor gavel-to-gavel coverage of the 2004 Republican National Convention on "ABC News Now" - a 24/7 news channel available on your computer, on your cell phone, on digital cable and broadcast digital television. This ground-breaking video news service puts you on the inside of every political twist and turn as it happens at the convention!

Plus, in addition to extensive political coverage, you'll get live news reports from ABC News' award-winning team of anchors and correspondents and daily programs covering the latest news and hot topics at the convention.

"ABC News Now" is available with your subscription to ABC News On Demand at ABCNews.com and at no extra charge to all AOL members and Comcast.net, RealNetworks' SuperPass, SBC Yahoo! DSL and BellSouth FastAccess customers. This programming is also available on mobile phones with MobiTV through Sprint PCS Vision. Go to http://abcnews.go.com/sections/abcnewsnow/ to find out where "ABC News Now" is available over digital television in your market and for more information.

Stay in the know with this breakthrough video new service...ABC News Now!

[merh]

1. They just established ther 24/7 channel, how convenient

that it will begin the week of the RNconvention.

[otohara]

2. Oh Joy

another POS 24/7 news network - yawn

[zbdent]

6. Clarification: Another POS 24/7 Repuke spewing

"news" network.

[ladjf]

12. Infomercial.

[LittleApple81]

3. Even if they had 48 hours a day, I would not watch... But this is bullshit

Is there a place where people can complain?

[Killarney]

4. It's a brand new station.

I could be wrong, but I think they premiered during the DNC. I don't get the station, but read about it.

[WI_DEM]

5. is it just coincidence that they go live on the date of the start of the

GOP convention? hmm.

[The empressof all]

7. No they didn't start today

I have been getting them for at least 2 weeks now. Wouldn't have known though without flipping through the more obscure channels. What I've seen was nothing special.

[oasis]

8. A double dose of "Sellout" Zell Miller. What a treat.

[marlakay]

9. This must be what I heard yesterday about ABC n/t

[Massacure]

10. They did this during the DNC as well

[krkaufman]

11. If so, they didn't advertise it nearly as much. n/t

[Massacure]

14. Peter Jennings mentioned it a couple of times on World News Tonight IIRC

I'm not sure about the email though, as the krkaufman said. I don't get ABC's e-mails.

[devinsgram]

13. Didn't know the devil incarnate had any.