YouTube API powered news video app and Brazil
Steven Clift
You may have seen my invites a few years ago to join the global Civic Tech and Open Gov Facebook group that I host.
This post is about my "side hustle" simply called the TV News App: http://tvnewsapp.com
It is on Android so far.
I am not sure why but Google Play search lists my app as #1 when you search for various news video terms so well over half my downloads come from Brazil. Wow!
Version 2 just came out which allows users to filter by country and language, so as I type this I am adding more YouTube *news* channels from Brazil and more in Portuguese generally.
I will soon have over 2,000 news channels from 100+ countries (I focus on serious news sources and avoid most all opinion channels.)
What do you you think of the app? What channels in Brazil would you add?
I am looking a few volunteers to help review the app and give me feedback on how to improve it from a Brazilian perspective. Feedback can come via email - comm...@tvnewsapp.com - or we can do a call via Zoom.
I will be adding future personalization and advanced search features for "Pro" users who love news. Hopefully a small percentage of users will pay to cost of a single beer a month to make this a viable business. I'll give any volunteers a free Pro membership, but I'll bet beer is preferred.
Thanks,
Steven Clift