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Miranda Lets Stations Display Tweets On-Air

Miranda Technologies has partnered with Quest Research & Development Corp. to offer on-air graphics systems that let broadcasters display comments from viewers sent via Twitter and other social networking sites. The first system has been installed at a New York City station, says TVNewsCheck.

"We believe it's the first system of its kind in the country, with viewer comments fully integrated with the station's channel branding. Approved comments are entered into a queue, ready to be keyed on-air in a 'speech bubble' graphic," says Clinton Ash, Quest president. Many stations now have a large following of viewers on their Twitter and Facebook pages.

This could bring a new level of viewer engagement in television, notes Government VideoThe system is based on Miranda's Vertigo XG graphics processor and Quest's QLive server, which is used for receiving and censoring the social networking messages. Approved comments are entered into a queue, ready to be keyed on-air in a "speech bubble" graphic.

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