I wonder why no one mention that $broadcast
accept a parameter where you can pass an Object
that will be received by $on
using a callback function
Example:
// the object to transfert
var myObject = {
status : 10
}
$rootScope.$broadcast('status_updated', myObject);
$scope.$on('status_updated', function(event, obj){
console.log(obj.status); // 10
})