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AWS Convergence
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Press ReleasesPress > April 10, 2006 Release WBNS-TV and WeatherBug® Partnership Offers Columbus Area Viewers the Only Live, Neighborhood-Level Weather Reporting --On-air and Online Columbus, OH and Germantown, MD – April 10, 2006 – WeatherBug®, the leading provider of live, local weather information services, and WBNS-TV (CBS Channel 10), today announced the two companies have entered an exclusive, three-year partnership agreement. WBNS is now the only local Columbus area television news station to offer viewers access to WeatherBug’s up-to-the-second, live, neighborhood-local weather conditions from 60+ WeatherBug Tracking Stations and 15 WeatherBug Cameras in the Columbus area. (Other local stations typically rely upon data from area airport stations that can be up to an hour or more old.) WeatherBug Tracking Stations are located at area schools and businesses throughout the Columbus area. Sites of interest include the Ohio Valley School for the Deaf, Longfellow Math & Science Magnet School and Washington Court House Senior High School. The WeatherBug Program offers broadcasters the competitive edge in weather reporting and forecasting on-air and online. WeatherBug owns and operates the world’s largest weather network - over 8,000 WeatherBug Tracking Stations and more than 1,000 cameras nationwide - to deliver live, truly local weather content. Broadcast partners are able to showcase live weather conditions right from their viewers’ neighborhood. In addition, broadcast meteorologists are automatically warned of severe weather alerts or dramatic changes in weather conditions – increased wind speed, for instance – providing their viewers precious extra time to prepare and react. In addition, WBNS will also offer viewers WeatherBug reports via their website. As an integral facet of WBNS’ advanced web weather content, the following is now available to website visitors:
“WeatherBug is the answer to differentiating our local weather coverage,” said John Cardenas, News Director. “WeatherBug provides us with dozens of weather stations and live cameras throughout our DMA with real-time local weather conditions, something no other station in the market can duplicate. It also greatly enhances our website with interactive applications that viewers and visitors can use on a daily basis. WeatherBug is local weather on demand and that’s the key to winning weather in our market. “ “WeatherBug welcomes Columbus’s leading news station, WBNS, to our broadcast family,” said Andy Jedynak, WeatherBug GM and senior vice president. “We are happy to be working with Mike Smith’s entire weather team and WBNS. Whether it’s helping local families to plan their day with confidence or giving them advance warning to take shelter from severe weather, our two organizations are committed to making life more fun and the weather forecast more reliable for the entire Columbus viewing area. We know this is only the beginning of a long-term relationship.” WeatherBug has established a variety of ways for consumer and business users to access its rich, proprietary weather information. This includes free and premium versions of its downloadable software application WeatherBug, as well as SMS alerts, a Windows Mobile™ Smartphone application, and on-air distribution through broadcast partnerships with over 100 local television station affiliates. WeatherBug’s commitment to quality content and user experience has established its consistent ranking as one of the top news and information properties on the Internet* and a fiercely loyal and engaged customer base with an extraordinary, 93 percent satisfaction score.* To subscribe to WeatherBug, go to www.weatherbug.com. About WBNS-TVThe Dispatch Broadcast Group established ONN (Ohio News Network) as an independent 24-hour cable news service in 1993. Currently, with 80 employees, ONN is available to nearly 1.5 million homes in throughout Ohio. WBNS-10TV continues to be Central Ohio's News Leader with the most advanced news gather tool in central Ohio. Chopper 10 is a state-of-the-art Bell 407 helicopter with an ultra-sensitive FLIR camera. The "steady-cam" photographs better, with less light and offer crisper pictures than its predecessors. WBNS-DT10's first live High Definition television broadcast took place Sept 5th, 1998 as the Ohio State Buckeyes took on the West Virginia Mountaineers at Morgantown, WV. This ground breaking broadcast brought central Ohio's greatest passion, the Buckeyes, home with color, sound, and picture quality never seen before. About WeatherBug®WeatherBug ensures that individuals, schools, businesses and government agencies receive the most precise live weather information, the most relevant weather reports, and the earliest weather warnings to safeguard property, lives and to plan with confidence. With 8,000 WeatherBug Tracking Stations and over 1,000 cameras primarily based at neighborhood schools and public safety facilities across the U.S., WeatherBug maintains the largest exclusive weather network in the world. The live, local weather conditions are delivered to millions of consumers via the Internet and mobile devices, more than 100 state and local government agencies including the National Weather Service, and to broadcast television stations, schools, and businesses. As such, WeatherBug is the #1 distributor of severe weather alerts to the public. WeatherBug data is unique as it is the only live, neighborhood weather available anywhere. WeatherBug is a brand of AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. Press Contact:Alyce Menton Frank Willson |
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