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Field Broadcast App

Sun, 13 Jul 2014

Field Broadcast App

Field Broadcast is an innovative arts platform that connects artists, audiences and obscure locations through live video broadcasts. It's a really successful project that has used a Windows and Mac app for the last few years to alert people when a broadcast is starting and then deliver the video stream to their desktop.

For the latest series of broadcasts Cuttlefish was asked to create a mobile app for Android and iOS that would allow mobile users to receive alerts and broadcasts on their smartphones. The Android app went live a couple of weeks ago, and the iOS app was finally approved by Apple this weekend.

I've been using the app myself to tune in to the recent broadcasts and have to say I'm hooked. When the broadcast alert arrives you never quite know what you are going to see. It could, literally, be a transmission from a field, or - as it the case with some of the current broadcasts - from a riverside, and even from a row boat.

I've taken a few screen grabs of the recent broadcasts that you can find on my Flickr here. To see the next live broadcast yourself you can download the desktop of mobile apps from www.fieldbroadcast.org. All downloads are free.

Author: Sean Clark