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WSI, TrafficLand team up on real time TV traffic and weather reports

WSI, the professional division of The Weather Company, and live traffic video aggregator TrafficLand have announced an agreement for WSI to integrate and resell TrafficLand network video. Under the agreement, WSI will offer TrafficLand video to television station clients for traffic and weather news reporting, either integrated with WSI’s Max Traffic real-time visualisation and street-level mapping solution, or as stand-alone content for integration with other on-air and digital platforms. TrafficLand
April 8, 2015 Read time: 2 mins
WSI, the professional division of The Weather Company, and live traffic video aggregator 1964 TrafficLand have announced an agreement for WSI to integrate and resell TrafficLand network video.

Under the agreement, WSI will offer TrafficLand video to television station clients for traffic and weather news reporting, either integrated with WSI’s Max Traffic real-time visualisation and street-level mapping solution, or as stand-alone content for integration with other on-air and digital platforms.  TrafficLand will provide WSI with access to real-time video from more than 18,000 324 US Department of Transportation roadside traffic cameras currently on the TrafficLand network.

Lawrence Nelson, CEO of TrafficLand, commented,  “By combining our unique content and capabilities, this partnership between TrafficLand and WSI will dramatically advance TV traffic and weather reporting, keeping the travelling public and businesses that rely on our roads better informed, safer and will help them operate more efficiently—real quality of life improvements.”

“This partnership provides our customers with a tremendous opportunity to dramatically enhance their traffic and weather reports,” said Mark Gildersleeve, president, WSI.

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