News production system with dynamic character generator output

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon, program instructions that when executed by a processor, cause a computing device to perform a set of acts comprising:

• accessing, at a first time, data associated with an election;
• using the data accessed at the first time to determine a first status associated with a voting option of the election;
• using the determined first status as a basis to select a first content storage-location from among multiple content storage-locations, wherein the selected first content storage-location corresponds with a first content placeholder of a content template;
• storing, in the first selected content storage-location, a content item associated with the voting option or a reference to the content item;
• using the stored content item to generate a video stream representing video content that includes the stored content item positioned based on a position of the first content placeholder;
• accessing, at a second time, the data associated with the election;
• using the data accessed at the second time to determine a second status associated with the voting option of the election;
• using the determined second status as a basis to select a second content storage-location from among the multiple content storage-locations, wherein the selected second content storage-location corresponds with a second content placeholder of the content template that is different from the first content placeholder,
• storing, in the selected second content storage-location, the content item associated with the voting option or the reference to the content item;
• and
• using the stored content item to generate a modified video stream representing video content that includes the stored content item positioned based on a position of the second content placeholder.

A system comprising a data storage unit including multiple content storage-locations, wherein each of the multiple content storage-locations corresponds with a respective content placeholder of a content template, and wherein the system is configured to perform a set of acts comprising:

• accessing, at a first time, data associated with an election;
• using the data accessed at the first time to determine a status associated with a voting option of the election;
• using the determined first status as a basis to select a first content storage-location from among the multiple content storage-locations, wherein the selected first content storage-location corresponds with a first content placeholder of the content template;
• storing, in the first selected content storage-location, (i) a content item associated with the voting option, or (ii) a reference to the content item;
• using the stored content item to generate a video stream representing video content that includes the stored content item positioned based on a position of the first content placeholder;
• accessing, at a second time, the data associated with the election;
• using the data accessed at the second time to determine a second status associated with the voting option of the election;
• using the determined second status as a basis to select a second content storage-location from among the multiple content storage-locations, wherein the selected second content storage-location corresponds with a second content placeholder of the content template that is different from the first content placeholder,
• storing, in the selected second content storage-location, the content item associated with the voting option or the reference to the content item;
• and
• using the stored content item to generate a modified video stream representing video content that includes the stored content item positioned based on a position of the second content placeholder.