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Also - before Tamron Hall, that studio was the former home of The Chew.

Not a fan.  This seems like a step down from everything they've done since as far back as 2014.

Any idea if they plan to at least have the anchors in the cities?

I mean, it wouldn't be difficult to put a Televator and a PTZ in front of a monitor and fibre it back to the stations.  That's what CBC and Citytv do up here (and one CTV2 station).

Haven't paid much attention to WNT in a while.  I used to like the curved video wall made up of flat panels.  Thought it was creative.

I assume in the left hand side of the first photo, those panels and backlit elements are hiding a pillar?

On 8/2/2019 at 8:42 AM, ED2 said:

Any bets on if/when Corus/Shaw (Global) and Videotron (TVA) merge or get together in some formal strategic partnership?

I don't think Peladeau is going to ever come back to English Canada.

19 hours ago, ED2 said:

 

I'm not counting on Bell to build local newsrooms across Quebec for V.

 

I reckon they'll start with a national (re: provincial) news operation out of Montreal (at CTV Montreal?), a parliamentary bureau in Ottawa using CTV's resources, stringers for regional Quebec, and dub any CTV News stories from across the country in French. 

 

Bell would probably have bigger issues to take care of before they get to news. Does anyone think a re-naming of the network might be in the works?

I could see them literally take the green triangle 'V' from the CTV logo and use that as the logo.

As for the news, you are correct.  Currently, they offer a program called 'NVL'.  Here's the description from their website (translated from French) "News in a dynamic newsletter that offers you a different and effective way to keep you informed about local and national news."

The program itself is a 30-minute show broadcast twice a day with news read by an unseen announcer with music underneath.  They seem to have some videographers - the show is produced out of house by a company called Attraction Images.

At one point, the news output was produced by staff at a company called '@DN5' - they produced 5-minute inserts.  They were also a company that supplied news and advertising content to out-of-home locations such as malls and other publicly-displayed screen so this is a step up.  They did also do local content but that seems to be gone now.

V did have a morning program previously but now it seems to be filled with 3 and a half hours of nature scenes, or as it's known "slow TV"

https://noovo.ca/articles/5-raisons-dintegrer-la-slow-tv-a-votre-vie

On 7/24/2019 at 10:18 AM, TheRolyPoly said:

We will soon have a French equivalent of CTV in Canada as Bell Media is acquring V, the third-place network long behind TVA (#1) and ICI Radio-Canada Tele (#2).

 

http://www.bce.ca/news-and-media/releases/show/Bell-Media-to-Acquire-V-Network-and-Noovo-ca-1

Technically, Bell Globemedia (a predecessor) held a 40% share of V's former incarnation, TQS (with Cogeco owning the majority 60%).  The ownership was lost when TQS filed for bankruptcy and was purchased by Remstar.

One would assume that with Bell would restore local news to the V owned-and-operated stations and re-launch an in-house national news department.

There is a Studio C - but who knows what that could be used for (something similar to the news nooks at 30 Rock)?

The reason why I suspect why there might be two control rooms/studios...have they kept their local news operation (MI News 26) up and running?

Also - where's master control?

6 hours ago, mre29 said:

 

Nah, it's just NBA playoffs and finals time.

 

40 Games in 40 Nights!

7 hours ago, Viper550 said:

They seem to use the same BottomLine instance for all feeds. Even TSN2 had its own instance prior to the "split" (which, honestly, I thought was when they were going to go to the grey ticker, for some reason. But no)

 

Ever since they switched to the current SC graphics, they've had a few graphical elements more in line with the current boxy/Helvetica scheme, but not everything. It really makes me hope they just chuck this in the trash when CFL season starts.

I've seen the Helvetica box pop up on occasion - but more recently I've seen the box come back but with TSN's preferred font choice.

Just for a reference, here's a quick look at what TSN's graphics have looked like since 2016:

Grabbed a few screen caps of TSN's new bottom line.

They kept their own font instead of using Helvetica.

I think there's gonna be a rebranding/refresh really soon, lol.

Just watching "The Weekly" - which is a current affairs show hosted by Wendy Mesley on CBC (and presumably CBC News Network).  Wendy was the primary backup and dedicated Sunday evening anchor during the Peter Mansbridge-era of The National and led the show during the transition to the new format.

They've been on the air for a year now, using Studio 55 at the CBC - which is also known as the home of The National.  Here's a few caps/photos.

They change the colours around to suit their look (orange and teal vs. dark blue) which I am quite a fan of.  They also borrow the graphics from The National - albeit with a different colour for the font.

I've included a few photos from The National just for a comparison.

15 minutes ago, TSSZNews said:

I'm a little shocked Turner was so willing to give up the CourtTV IP. There absolutely is a market for this kind of stuff and it's a bit puzzling Turner didn't try again with the brand through a rebrand of HLN.

Given the demos this type of programming typically attracts, it's also a bit of a surprise Katz partnered with Trib/Nexstar in the top markets, when the ABC O&Os probably would have been a more powerful fit.

Actually, yeah.  It would've been a much better replacement for HLN.

But I guess someone's watching Forensic Files

Players Only-games have returned to NBA TV.

 

The commentary crew is based in a slightly redressed and re-lit Studio J watching via monitors and seated at the Inside the NBA desk.

 

I know in the NHL, each broadcaster is required to feed clean feeds back to the league (and they presumably onpass these feeds to the NHL Network), I would presume that's how NBA TV gets their feeds as well.

Mods, I mistakenly put this in the wrong thread - this probably should've gone to chat even.

Players Only-games have returned to NBA TV.

The commentary crew is based in a slightly redressed and re-lit Studio J watching via monitors and seated at the Inside the NBA desk.

I know in the NHL, each broadcaster is required to feed clean feeds back to the league (and they presumably onpass these feeds to the NHL Network), I would presume that's how NBA TV gets their feeds as well.

[ATTACH=full]6603[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]6604[/ATTACH] Here’s a change for 2018 that really bothers me. For some reason on their NASCAR Xfinity Series coverage this year NBC decided that all cars will be the same color (black/red) on the graphics and leaderboard. To me this comes off as lazy and frankly unacceptable for it to be 2018 (this hasn’t been a normal thing on NASCAR telecasts since 2006). Here’s a comparison of last year and this year.

Just saw a clip of coverage - I'm not sure if I like the little 'Playoffs' tab being added to drivers in the running. I'd like to think there's a better way to mark that.

And we may not have gotten their current look which is one of their best.

Regarding ESPN, I predict they're going to tweak the font on their MLB coverage next year. If they're trying to give every show a different look - and it's clear they are - I feel they'd probably let SC keep Helvetica and move MLB to something else (the rest of the show changed this year). Just a feeling I have.

We can all agree that they basically just changed the "C" to have defined edges?

Your argument is invalid, because of this particular sentence:

 

 

If that's the case, then why and how did they put the show on the air from FNC? Satellite-fed? Did FNC provide an alternate feed for WNYW? Also, it is likely some from WWOR went to WNYW when WWOR's news department folded. At least some of the on-air people did.

 

Look, all I'm saying is, Fox clearly still has studios in New Jersey. Who cares what kind of shape it's in, there's a reason they hold onto facilities out there. Otherwise, what's the point?

I would have to wager Fox News has a fibre link to the O&O master hub in Las Vegas or fed their control room feed to WNYW who then piped that to Vegas.

As for WWOR - the license still dictates a studio presence in Secaucus - that being said at this point it's probably just a sales and creative services location. The studio and control room may be mothballed at this point. If they've gone automated at WNYW for their control room there's probably a small chance anyone there has stepped foot at WWOR.

I think I read they did some uplinks from there (the controllers may be in NYC somewhere) - for all we know it might just be a glorified sat. farm at this point.

In other news, we're getting a new ticker soon. Despite its looks, it uses the same amount of screen space as the classic one. Which means TSN will still be able to cover it up with the even older red glossy one they're still using.

 

I wanted to see how they have been "handling" it but haven't been anywhere near a TV (particularly that day).

Two things I learned today...

 

One: Bloomberg TV Canada shut down back in October 2017 and was quickly replaced by Bloomberg Television in the states.

 

Two: BNN is expected to rebrand as "BNN Bloomberg," creating a new partnership between Bell Media and Bloomberg and overtaking the previous one from Channel Zero. Also, Bell Media will have the rights to Bloomberg Radio through iHeartRadio Canada.

 

https://www.bnn.ca/bnn-to-rebrand-as-bnn-bloomberg-through-new-bell-media-bloomberg-media-partnership-1.961761

The first incarnation was operated by Channel Zero.

Original programming consisted of an hour-long show at 4pm ET, first titled The Daily Brief and later Bloomberg Markets: Canada, hourly updates during the business day and a nightly show produced 3-5 times a week called Bloomberg North.

The rest of the day consisted or simulcast programming of the US service and it maintained the same on-screen data heavy format.

Channel Zero pulled the plug in Sept. 2017, claiming they couldn't start a radio version of the operation in Toronto. To their credit, they did try and apply for one of the few remaining FM licenses in 2012 to no avail.

I didn't hear of Channel Zero stiffing them on their severance pay (look up CHCH-TV if you haven't already).