Mobile phone video

I noticed the only video on the Ikea story seemed to come from mobile phones. This is the first time I've seen mobile video used in a news report - has anyone seen it before?

London Tonight made a lot of fuss about their use of camera phone footage of football violence in Croydon last year - and ever since have been encouraging viewers to sign up to their 'newscrew' scheme to send footage of breaking news to ITN

Now you mention it, I recall the ITV Newd channel in the past asking viewers to send in mobile video footage if they had some. I can't remember what for. I remember them asking people to record their views on something on webcam and emailing it in too.

I recall Sky asking for Mobile Phone footage and pictures during the Boscastle floods.

Sky had to, it was the only hope they had of getting any pictures out !

ITV NEWS ASKED FOR VIDEO FOOTAGE IN THE BOSCASTLE FLOODS INITIALLY. THEY SHOWED THE FOOTAGE USING WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER, AS THE PLAY BAR POPPED UP.