Within the next month, the BBC is set to roll out an iOS app that will allow field reporters to broadcast live from their iPhone using nothing but the 3G service to carry the data transmission, an article from Journalism.co.uk states.
The app will also allow BBC field reporters to file still photos, video and audio directly into the BBC content management system from any iPhone or iPad.
As Journalism.co.uk points out, the ability to broadcast right from an iPhone would mean that reporters could no longer have to carry cumbersome satellite or codex equipment. Martin Turner, BBC's head of operations for newsgathering, told Journalism.co.uk,
