Huge number of viewers for Gay Marriage Bill on Tandems 'InTheHouse'
Press Release April 18 2013 More than 100,000 people viewed the historic Marriage Amendment Bill debate via www.inthehouse.co.nz More than 100,000 people have watched the videos
of the third reading of the Marriage Amendment Bill via the Parliamentary video archive website www.inthehouse.co.nz since last night, (17 April). The video of Hon Maurice Williamson’s speech to the House alone has attracted 25,000 views and more than 100 comments. (update at midday Apr' 19: 95603 views and 2443 comments. UPDATED April 21. 155,794 views and 2840 comments) http://youtu.be/XCA8CA2hUoQ The video of the House passing the bill itself after which supporters of the legislation spontaneously began singing “Pokarekare Ana” has so far attracted more than 80,000 views and more than 700 individual comments. (update at midday Apr' 19: 534,430 views and 5994 comments. UPDATED Apr 21. It now has 1,114047 views and 7660 comments) http://youtu.be/DW4DXOAXF8U Christchurch-based Tandem Studios records, re-formats and re-purposes Parliament’s traditional TV content and publishes it on the website www.inthehouse.co.nz in small segments that are easy for viewers to search for and locate using its own leading edge online media tool LaBon™ (Living and Breathing Online Newsletter). Since beginning its work with the Clerk of the House of Representatives in 2009, Tandem Studios has created more than 17,000 videos for the House of Representatives resulting in more than 950,000 individual views. “The way that people used the site to participate in the yesterday’s historic debate in the House proves the value of the service for all New Zealanders,” said Tandem Studios’ Managing Director, Dave Dunlay. “New Zealanders and people in other countries were exhilarated by the process and we were delighted to be able to provide content from the debate that they could access at a time, in a place, and on an internet connected device that suited them. All videos were available for viewing and sharing on the site within 15 minutes of going live. “We know that more and more people globally are watching television content online at a time that suits them and the results achieved last night with www.inthehouse.co.nz confirm that. We already know the Huffington Post UK (the post has been ‘liked’ by 3,833 people on Huffington Post UK’s Facebook page) and slate.com, amongst others, have shared the video content proving that this is truly a global story.” Tandem Studios’ work with www.inthehouse.co.nz has led to interest in similar services from local and regional authorities around New Zealand and from the Australian federal government.
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