BBC trials new Instagram video service to target mobile users

In an innovative move, the Beeb has decided to launch Instafax, a Ceefax-inspired social media experiment, which will see three 15-second videos uploaded every day for followers looking to consume bite-sized chunks of global news.

In an innovative move, the Beeb has decided to launch Instafax, a Ceefax-inspired social media experiment, which will see three 15-second videos uploaded every day for followers looking to consume bite-sized chunks of global news.

Created in order to tap into the growing number of global smartphone and tablet users too busy to tune into televised news reports, the service was launched earlier in January, and is to run for a month in order to see if enough traction is garnered to make it a permanent social media news service.

Steve Herrmann, head of BBC News Online, told the Guardian: “We want the process to be organic, and we’re keen to trial new ideas on how we can use our video content to reach new audiences.

“[BBC News director] James Harding has been clear in his vision to find innovative ways to bring the best of our journalism to new audiences, something our team has been looking at for some time.”

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