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1 hour ago, HanSolo said:

This may be an interesting business story to see how it plays out. The Talk was kind of little more than wallpaper by the time the axe fell. But can a ground-up drama be enough of a profit source for an organization that isn't exactly rolling in dough? Does having those production partners change the financial calculus? How long or short of a leash does the show get to get a foothold? 

I think as long as it makes money CBS will be happy. 
 

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The Gates was developed from the joint venture between CBS Studios and the NAACP. The series will be produced by the CBS Studios/NAACP venture in partnership with P&G Studios, a division of Procter & Gamble.

 Sounds like they may have a solid financial footing.  The stars will likely not be commanding the same amount of money as “The Talk”. Nor the more establish soaps. 

15 hours ago, Jascarter said:

Agree. It gives the show a lot more depth and looks so much better visually.  Don’t know why they can’t go back to on set every week. 

Significantly cheaper using a green screen. Less space needed, fewer stage hands. I assume the set used for Christmas is in storage the rest of the year. 

11 hours ago, IceManNYR said:

Checking the schedule, https://www.nbc.com/schedule, I noticed there are no live morning newscasts on WNBC Christmas day.

The first newscast of the day is News 4 NY at 6. Is this new or a standard thing for them?

Checking the schedules for the other stations: WABC is 5-7am. WCBS is 6am. WPIX is 4-8am. WNYW is the regular 4:30-10am.

Surprising giving this is a major marker. 

The helicopter went down at 2002 and they didn’t receive it was missing until 2250. I don’t know who dropped the ball, surely someone would have tracked it or know how long they’d be out.

It’s underwhelming. Basically they redid the floors, replaced the desk, hid the weather center with a monitor wall, and added a monitor wall on the back wall? Am I missing anything? I understand there’s only so much you can do at times but their set IMO was fine as is. I wonder if this was an update done by the station with money the had or the O&O office had them freshen it up. 

44 minutes ago, HSV cheesehead said:

This looks extremely similar to the NBC News Now graphics, just flipped, and taller.

 

CNBC

 

NBC News Now

 

I would not suprised if it was done by the same team

It makes sense - given NBC is unifying logos and fonts among network.

2 hours ago, ELISYSYN said:

 My biggest critique on Grayone, is that the L3s don't go from end to end on the screen. Just wasting space. (I know this is probably a relic of the 4:3 aspect ratio of the first 60 years of television)

It’s not necessary. The program is going out in widescreen. However, many HDTVs like old analog TVs have overscan. This can be turned off but most people don’t know how to change it. So it’s best to keep most graphics 14:9 safe. 

On 11/12/2023 at 4:22 PM, ATLNewsExpert said:

Hello everyone, our latest edition of "Magnet Newsroom", we reintroduced the headlines segment, using a new transition and AR which I'm very pleased with and our very first on-sciences report, we hope to do this throughout the rest of the year with various students (preferably freshmen and sophomores) to find some potential successors for our current anchor team. 

 

 

That is pretty darn impressive. Is YouTube the only method of distributing these videos either Live or recorded? Just for privacy reasons I’d suggest deleting the past. 

On 12/1/2023 at 8:50 AM, CircleWXYZ said:

Better quality of the 11pm opening!  Overall, it’s ok.

 

On 11/29/2023 at 8:59 PM, CircleWXYZ said:

 

 

 

 

 

WWJ updated its news opening this morning.  Looks like KCNC

Had a does it look like Denver?

Maybe it’s been mentioned but I didn’t know realize it until now, Bloomberg previously had 2 channels a FAST simulcast called Bloomberg UHD+ and then recently the HD feed went to the same layout. I thought they were just downscaling the UHD feed, however almost all the content save for the indices are different they both have the TV schedule pop up but HD seemed more detailed on interview guests than UHD. The news on UHD is more of a paragraph contrasted to the HD which has bullet points 

On 7/13/2021 at 4:10 PM, jimuin said:

Hi! Can anyone tell me which TV Antenna should I choose? I am currently living in a rural area. My budget is no more than 300$. I am using Ecostar LED TV. So suggest me accordingly.

Sorry, I’m a bit late. I would recommend checking out antennaweb.org they list the stations you should get based on your address and antennas are colour coded by type.

15 hours ago, Fbmm1975 said:

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Great catch!

Then set ”upgrade” looks beautiful.

On 9/6/2023 at 6:49 PM, JosiahCubed said:

KDKA has the new ticker but only for CBS News Pittsburgh though; as the old ticker still shows up on the tv broadcasts.

I like the TV  ticker best, the different colors of the new one look odd with the color palette. 

On 7/28/2023 at 6:33 PM, NowBergen said:

Wouldn't it just be easier just to say reporting from Miami, Jose Diaz Balart?  Why the make believe he flies from Miami to NY to Miami every Saturday?  Then they don't have to do a virtual copy of 1A, or 3C in the past and any future 3X studio.

 

From what I’ve been told Telemundo likes to dabble in VR. Al Rojo Vivo I think initially when they moved to the Telemundo Center they rebuilt  the set I believe the large curved wall for ARV in the home shot is a green screen as was the corner where the host would sit  at a see through table. 

On 7/11/2023 at 4:05 PM, Matt Jackson said:

The rings background ended up reused by WLWT in 2012 with the debut of their then-new graphics.

 

 

I like this. It’s unique and they differed from the first Hearst HD package. However I am surprised that this was 2013 and they didn’t get the diagrid 1.0 before the Olympics. 

I mean we can tell it looks virtual and kudos for them for making the reflections on the anchor desk.  The few changes I’d make is that it appears the larger desk that is rarely used was either scanned in or added in virtually. Second, in lieu JDB sitting at what I assume is the small desk of 1A which may be keyed in, I’d remove it and ad a physical desk where they could zoom out from. Then maybe make it where the desk in front of the wall can be removed, and maybe add some dynamic lighting. 
 

I did find it interesting that for the most part they kept the studio as is as opposed to cleaning it up. One example is the video wall that’s used for OTS and on Today weather. They kept the seams in the metal that are there in real life. 

50 minutes ago, jd285 said:

Tonight’s edition came from a virtual recreation of Studio 1A.

 

I mean we can tell it looks virtual and kudos for them for making the reflections on the anchor desk.  The few changes I’d make is that it appears the larger desk that is rarely used was either scanned in or added in virtually. Second, in lieu JDB sitting at what I assume is the small desk of 1A which may be keyed in, I’d remove it and ad a physical desk where they could zoom out from. Then maybe make it where the desk in front of the wall can be removed, and maybe add some dynamic lighting. 
 

I did find it interesting that for the most part they kept the studio as is as opposed to cleaning it up. One example is the video wall that’s used for OTS and on Today weather. They kept the seams in the metal that are there in real life. 

5 hours ago, CircleSeven said:

Well, fifty miles from DC, WBAL longtime anchor Stan Stovall also signed off tonight after 44 years. 

 

 

Some other clips from this week.

amd a clip from the FBI Academy! 

Oh here’s a true Baltimore thing.  The city puts salt boxes out for people to get salt for the winter. This winter they allowed people to paint them. So someone drew Stan on it.

The story from WBAL with additional photos and videos.. 

NewscastStudio tweeted out that it was known as Look S about two hours before it’s name was known in this thread.  So this time they didn’t steal from us. 
 

3 hours ago, JCB4TV said:

NBC Sports Washington still has the old NHL on NBC score bug.

 

Generally takes a few months or even a year for the graphics to reach the RSNs. 

On 1/14/2021 at 5:06 PM, JCB4TV said:

I wonder whether Univision would be willing to end the deal early in several markets. One market I see would be Washington, DC where Univision hosts Nexstar on RF15 as potentially clearing Grit and Bounce could make room for WDVM move into DC. Also, the other Scripps subnets air in DC on WRZB-LD and should move to WPXW in the spring.

I shudder to think of the picture quality on that channel. 

1 hour ago, ScottJ said:

Comcast and Hearst have reached a new retrans deal covering the entire group, including the out-of-market stations that were scheduled to be dropped later this month. Those stations will remain on Comcast systems in the affected markets.

Glad I can continue watching WBAL when on vacation in Rehoboth or Ocean City.

18 hours ago, noggi said:

I think they just wanted larger boxes. The ones in this package were still 4:3 safe if I recall and most of these newscasts live in double boxes now. 
 

I can’t imagine anything from this current look, which was a pretty lame evolution of the previous look, will show up in their new package. 

WJZ is using double 16:9 boxes now. Same background. Not full height. 

On 12/10/2020 at 2:08 PM, T.L. Hughes said:

Seems strange that CBSTVS elected to have WWJ be a 3.0 participant, but not have WKBD sign on a 3.0 signal as well.

There could be a variety of reasons such as no space left on the signal.