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Via TVNewser, he is on the 2016 team.

Finally, as the 2016 presidential election begins to heat up, I’m proud to announce Cecilia and Tom will join our powerhouse political team, led by Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos. They will join Anchor Diane Sawyer, “World News Tonight” Anchor David Muir, Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl, Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz, Senior National Correspondent Jim Avila, Political Analyst Cokie Roberts, Political Director Rick Klein, Lead Analyst Matthew Dowd, along with Donna Brazile and Bill Kristol and an all-star group of ABC News contributors.

http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/cecilia-vega-tom-llamas-named-weekend-world-news-tonight-anchors/257163

I noticed the 10 o'clock news is really making use of the video wall, for stand-ups, weather, breaking news, etc. -- good to see it finally getting some use more than the film loop of the skyline.

One thing that certainly seems amatuerish is the new Action News Sports Center I've seen on the 10PM news (and at other dayparts). Looks like an idea hatched to give the sports guys somewhere to stand. Four TVs, two of which seem to cycle through a powerpoint of sports team logos, and the other two have a quad-view of... sports.

Also, have noticed the monitor background really reflects the lighting rigs. I can certainly agree they are going with flashy over polish...

 

So, you're not actually "controlling" it - it's just panning around? I don't understand how multiple people could do this at the same time.

 

The various camera images get stitched together, and you get to pan over them. The app or interface gets all the "live" images and you piece it together locally on your device.

As for getting worried about losing their edge... Perhaps. It's hard to compare their past "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" mantra, as these toys and level of user involvement were not possible, even five years ago... The biggest change I see is, instead of just presenting something and acting like nothing is new, they are developing ad campaigns. and such about it.

I remember before 9/11 they actually had two copters, if only briefly.