TORONTO – TVO’s The Agenda with Steve Paikin is now accessible to Ontarians by a simple voice command.
TVO said Wednesday that it has partnered with VoiceX Labs to make the podcast of its in-depth current affairs program available on Amazon's cloud-based, voice-activated digital assistant Alexa, free of charge. It can be accessed within Alexa's Flash Briefing, a service that provides an overview of the latest news and other content.
"TVO is continually exploring innovations to connect our journalism with where people want to interact, helping to ensure informed and engaged citizens, and a stronger democracy," said John Ferri, TVO’s VP current affairs and documentaries, in the news release. "This collaboration with VoiceX Labs and Amazon adds The Agenda's intelligent conversation and balanced, in-depth current affairs analysis to the mix of content people are accessing on multiple platforms, 24/7."
