September 3, 2004
ABC putting news at your fingertips
Baltimore Sun Staff reporter David Folkenflik reports on ABC News Now, "an experimental service that offers seemingly limitless political coverage to a select group of Americans - whenever, wherever, and even however they want to view it".
"ABC News Now is being hailed by some media professionals as the next big thing in delivering the news, a development potentially as significant as the emergence of cable news two decades ago.
Right now, ABC News Now can be seen only by those people who own digital televisions, subscribe to high-speed Internet services from AOL, Comcast or Yahoo, or own specialized cell phones from Sprint. Small hand-held Internet devices, such as BlackBerrys or Palm Pilots, are likely to carry it too someday soon - assuming ABC News Now survives past Election Day.
And that means, sometime in the near future, you may call up ABC News reports at your convenience as you wait for a doctor's appointment, ride a bus to a friend's house, or take a break from poring over spreadsheets at work."
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