WMTW News 8 - Portland, Maine
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| News | Free | Hearst Television | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
Our Local News, Weather and Sports App Features Include:
- Portland breaking news alerts with push notifications
- Live streaming breaking news updates from our WMTW News 8 reporters when it happens, where it happens
- Local news submission area for breaking news, news tips and the ability to email your news photos and videos right to our newsroom to be featured on air
- Share stories via email or your social media pages
- Up to date, current local weather conditions, hourly Portland weather updates, and 7 day forecasts
- An interactive radar that lets you zoom in and out to street level and watch storms as they approach. Move the map around to see major weather activity
- Portland weather alerts and updates, Maine's Total Weather videocasts and more
Reviews
Advertisements Get in the Way
msnala
Like everything about Channel 8- it’s our ‘go-to’ station so I wanted to use this app exclusively for news. I find that the blocks used for advertising cut off sentences describing the article however, and I’ve lost information. There is no transition to the next paragraph located under the advertisement. This is very annoying as I don’t know how important that info could have been. Not sure if it’s the format, or something I could tweak on my iPhone, but I dislike having to access PPH to get the complete version of the story. Fix it please?
Stories not loading properly
AmJer668
I love the updates. My issue with the app comes when I hot the banner, because I’m interested in the story and the story either doesn’t load or the app shuts down. My other issue is that if one of the two scenarios happens I can NOT just open the app and have the story right there. I have to go hunting for it and sometimes I find it but often I don’t see it anywhere.
Embarrassing Ads
Maragnus
They need to filter their ads AND start them muted. And you need to turn off your volume before you open the app in public spaces. I clicked on a headline from my lock screen only to had the word "Diarrhea?!" fill the otherwise silent floor of my office. And withing earshot, my director and VP. Luckily with a good sense of humor. But not everyone will be able to have all eyes on them from their phone yelling something inappropriate unexpectedly. It was worse than when Pandora on my TV started showing dildo ads while my mother-in-law was over.
Best local news app
mm57!
By far the best app for local news I’ve tried others and find this is the best
Lebanon
p-ant
We can’t depend on the weather report on channel 8 because the weather report as well as other reports always stop at Sanford. Channel 9 in NH is more of a accurate report pertaining to our area. I do like the team very much but like I said most of the news is for upper Maine.
Lot better than others. I see
peteswede
Works smoothly and is way better than the few other tv channel apps I have used
Disappointed
Nostets44
This app lacks depth. No good sound reporting. Just repeating other news sources.
