Octopus Newsroom launches new mobile application and integrates social networks

Octopus 8 provides administrators and users the ability to create social media content even from tablets and smartphones.

Octopus Newsroom At NAB 2016, it will showcase the new capabilities of version 8 of this newsroom system installed on more than 200 channels, including Root Sports in the US, Mediacorp in Singapore, Al Jazeera English and Euronews.

Octopus Newsroom CEO Petr Stokuč highlights that this solution "allows users to collaborate with other teams and deliver stories in multiple formats to the widest possible audience. It streamlines operations and workflows so that all necessary production information, including news feeds, clips and stories, are available at a glance."
Gabriel Janko, Director of Sales, underlines that "the pressure on journalists to meet deadlines is enormous and continues to increase. Octopus 8 features a new graphical user interface that brings together every assignment, notification and update. Until now, newsroom solutions have treated social media as an add-on. With Octopus 8, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram are fully integrated into the newsroom. Social media is now treated with the same importance as a traditional news feed or a program summary."

Octopus 8 provides administrators and users with the ability to create content for social media. Tweets and Facebook messages are treated like any other news with team leaders able to assign tasks and share, and approve messages before they go live. Now journalists can follow Twitter trends and track topics of interest across the social network in real time. The research process has been automated, giving teams instant insights and analyzing trends in real time. Editors can access Tweet, Reply, Re-Tweet or Favorite directly from Octopus.

Octopus 8 interfaces directly with CMS systems such as WordPress or Joomla, allowing scripts and articles to be dynamically loaded to web portals. This new Web component allows television news editors to load pages directly, saving time and reducing the workload of web administrators. Another new feature is the ability to post social media messages directly from the feed.

Mobile application

Also making its debut at NAB 2016, Octopus' new mobile app offers journalists news production capabilities on tablets and mobile phones running Apple iOS or Google Android. Reporters and editors working remotely can now have instant access to all schedules and assignments. They can also edit stories, access a preview, as well as create reports and reports in the field. The new application is compatible with both Octopus and the latest versions of Octopus 7.