Washington Post Teams Up With Viddy Competitor for Olympics Coverage

The Washington Post is teaming up with video app maker and social network Socialcam to create and distribute coverage of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

The app, which unlike its competitors imposes no time limit on its videos, will be used by iPhone-equipped WaPo reporters to capture "on-the-scene interviews" and "live moments" at the Games. The paper is also asking regular attendees to share their own videos on the video network, some of which it promises to include on an interactive map on WashingtonPost.com called London Eyes. The map is scheduled to appear on the site in mid-July.

Socialcam is the original product of another startup, Justin.tv, and was established as an…
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