KOMU-TV was the first TV station to put Google Hangouts to work, letting viewers drop into a live video chat right on the anchor desk, even while the newscast is on the air. But an Australian morning show is using Hangouts in a different way, piping several behind-the-scenes webcams into a Hangout, then showing it live on the air. Both KOMU and Australia’s Channel 7 illustrate the shortcomings of Hangouts for a broadcast model. In the case of KOMU, only 9 people can join at once (Google’s limit). For Channel 7, there’s no interactivity.
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