A couple months ago we changed the Bing Maps Terms of Use in a post called Bing Maps Terms of Use Changes; Benefit Educators, Not-for-Profits and Developers. Well, we’ve gone a done it again. This time all you TV anchors are going to look so much hotter with a Bing Map playing behind your talking head. Oh, the ideas you can come up with for using anything in Bing Maps for free on your broadcast. King 5 in Seattle just happens to be a bit ahead of the game - Using Bird’s Eye on Broadcast. Or, check out the idea of using Streetside to broadcast your reporters location and playback the video with a GPS breadcrumb like I’ve seen with Inca X’s Geocasting.
In addition to licensing the Bing Maps Platform to build interactive mapping applications on Web sites, broadcasters can also use Bing Maps in video broadcasts for free, under the following conditions.
Broadcasters using the Bing Maps Platform for free receive:
So, what do you do? Get cracking! Use a scan converter. Integrate it into your video software. Use Bing Maps to bring your programs to life!
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This is a great development. I'm glad to finally see Bing as a viable candidate for use on news networks and the TV media.
too generous i'd say, the TV media never give away anything for free!
I'm glad to finally see Bing as a viable candidate for use on news networks goooooood
This is a great development.
That is good to hear.