CTV iPhone app featured by Apple HQ

An iPhone application developed by CTV Toronto has been chosen as a featured app by Apple headquarters.

The iGateway app allows CTV journalists to shoot high-definition video with their iPhones and then immediately send that video back to the studio, without the need for a satellite truck.

The app also allows reporters to upload videos while shooting additional video, make small edits to existing video and embed GPS co-ordinates and other data within the video clip.

The result of the app is that CTV journalists can get accurate breaking news out to viewers faster, even when a satellite truck isn’t immediately available.

“We needed a way to get this beautiful HD video back to the news bureau as quickly as possible,” said Josh Tidsbury, a systems specialist in CTV’s Creative Technology Systems group. “That’s why we created the iGateway app.”

The entire app design took only a few weeks, which shows how smooth the development process can be, Tidsbury said.