NewsON Intros Mobile Multi-Station Alerts

NewsON today announced the availability of breaking news alerts that deliver instant access to coverage from multiple TV stations via one notification in its mobile app. In addition, NewsON continues to expand its U.S. market footprint with the addition of 14 new stations in August.

Multi-station alerts give viewers a choice of which station to watch when breaking news stories are being covered by several stations in theNewsON app.

As an example, recent tropical weather events illustrate how consumers benefit when selecting what coverage is most useful to them. Stations in Miami, Orlando and West Palm Beach all tracked the development of the storm. Viewers had the option of choosing among five different stations that were all covering the story in cities that had the potential to be affected.

In addition to providing access across a wide area, multi-station alerts also play an important role when notifying users of local breaking news, NewsON said. If an event is taking place in a specific city, viewers can now see all of the NewsON stations in that metropolitan area that are covering the event. For example, NewsON now has 39 cities with more than one station, so when news breaks the alert allows the viewer to choose which station they would prefer to watch.

NewsON has also expanded its reach this month with the addition of 14 new stations, four of which are in new markets including Charleston, W.Va.; El Paso, Texas; Springfield, Ill.; and Syracuse, N.Y. NewsON now features video content from 163 stations in 108 markets covering 83% of the U.S. population. NewsON covers 48 of the top 50 markets, and 88 of the top 100 markets.

The new stations are:

• WEAR Mobile, Ala.-Pensacola, Fla.
• WHP Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York, Pa.
• WWMT Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, Mich.
• WBMA Birmingham, Ala. 
• WSTM Syracuse, N.Y. 
• WCHS Charleston W.Va.
• WVAH Charleston W.Va.
• WKEF Dayton, Ohio
• WRGT Dayton, Ohio
• WLUK Green Bay Wis.
• KDBC El Paso, Texas
• KFOX El Paso, Texas
• WSET Roanoke-Lynchburg, Va.
• WICS Champaign-Springfield, Ill.

“NewsON is committed to connecting people to the communities they care about by expanding the audience for local news coverage,” said Louis Gump, CEO of NewsON. “Viewers have told us that they love our alerts, and wanted more choices, so that’s what we’re delivering. Viewers have also shared that they wanted more cities and stations, so we’re adding them — a lot of them. It’s energizing to see more and more people viewing NewsON as a uniquely valuable source for local news nationwide, and moving us to their phone’s home screen.”

The NewsON app is available for Apple iPhone and iPad, Android phone and tablet, and on the Roku platform on Roku players and Roku TVs. Download NewsON from iTunes, Google Play and Roku Channel Store.

NewsON provides a nationwide lineup of local news from TV stations, giving consumers access to live and on-demand local newscasts and local news clips. NewsON is available for Apple iPhone and iPad, Android phone and tablet, and Roku devices, and offers a free, ad-supported app which features instant access to broadcast-quality video. The NewsON ownership group includes the ABC Owned Television Station Group, Cox Media Group, Hearst Television, Hubbard Broadcasting, Media General, Raycom Media and Sinclair Broadcast Group among other station groups.