Pool and his partner Henry Ferry are doing more with $500 Samsung Galaxy S II phones on Sprint’s 4G Network than TV networks can muster with thousands of dollars of gear, satellite trucks, pretty anchors, and helicopters. CBS News’s UStream, for example, offers an unfiltered feed from its eye in the sky. But the CBS feed has often felt like a mere complement to Pool’s on-the-ground coverage. (Plus, Pool and Ferry hope to get flying video drones that would augment their coverage—read on). On Nov. 17th, for example, when Pool was among thousands who first gathered at Foley Square in Manhattan then walked over the Brooklyn Bridge, the helicopter pilot on the CBS Ustream searched for the right shot, panned around the city randomly, and talked to a person presumably back in some studio about his wife’s prowess for holiday tree decorating.

Sean Captain, Tim Pool And Henry Ferry: The Men Behind Occupy Wall Street’s “The Other 99” Live Stream  (via soupsoup)

<- I’ve tuned into this quite a bit. They do an amazing job. The sheer stamina is impressive, as is their ability to narrate the visuals on the fly.

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    fascinating stuff.
  5. ybot said: “with $500 Samsung Galaxy S II phones on Sprint’s 4G Network” nice product placement
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