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1 hour ago, 24994J said:

This morning, GMA celebrated Robin's 30th anniversary with ESPN/ABC (they grouped it as Disney, which is untrue), and while I love me some Robin Roberts, the special guests were the highlights.

 

It's Disney's policy to count years of service to an acquired company as Disney service -- Bob Iger for instance celebrated 45 years at "Disney" last year even though the first ~20 years were at ABC/Cap Cities ABC.

Well what are they to do since abc o&o president has been transferred to europe and now we see the proper channels are useless

Sherwood is President of Disney-ABC so he does actually directly oversee the O&Os now-- he hasn't been ABC News President in a while.

New weather graphics hinted during the 6pm weathercast. A new font seen in the radar/satellite pic, new font and bar for the temps, and a new animation and font for upcoming weather. I am not a big fan of the upcoming changes. I love WABC's current graphics in every way.

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The current graphics are coming up on 5 years old, the limitations of the package are becoming evident with the graphics dept coming up with new ways to animate the existing graphics to try to meet new demands... Also there are a lot of unnecessary and outdated 3D movements in the current package that aren't in style anymore, especially for DMA 1.

Because it's easier to post them "publicly" and share them internally than it is to privatize them and add an extra step to viewing the thing. By the time people on here find them, they're probably not needed anymore and they get yanked offline.

 

I hope these are early drafts, because what I'm seeing right now is NOT up to the quality you would expect from Market #1.

Definitely agree- there isn't much polish on them, but based on the fact that the new opens were shot with the anchors in front of a white backdrop instead of in the studio leads me to believe that these are the general design they are going with.

This package would really cut down on the over the top animations and flashes that the current package has (especially in the open). It'll be interesting to see the graphics that go along with these and if they change the cut!

Does anyone have a video of the new open?