Twitter Visuals For ITV's EU Referendum Coverage

Blurrt were asked by Twitter to help them visualise the conversation around the EU referendum for ITV. Several of our live data visuals were shown on live TV throughout the night.

I was the onsite tech, responsible for making sure everything went smoothly.

ITV EU referendum coverage with Twitter visualisation screens

Live ITV studio during EU referendum with social data visuals

ITV news set displaying real-time Twitter visualisations

Close-up of Twitter conversation visuals on ITV EU referendum broadcast

Twitter's @robowers analyses social media conversations about the late Jo Cox MP #EUref https://t.co/U239Ulw9wF
— ITV News (@itvnews) June 23, 2016

No let-up in Twitter activity as results pour in #EUref https://t.co/K7OLMXZrgp
— ITV News (@itvnews) June 24, 2016

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