Viper550 291 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/2012/04/14/58732/fox-stations-moving-to-worldnow-platforms They're going to be starting with the WNYW site, finishing the roll-out by June. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11854-fox-television-stations-switching-to-worldnow-websites/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2895 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 The current sites actually lag Chrome pretty badly. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11854-fox-television-stations-switching-to-worldnow-websites/#findComment-72530 Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.L. Hughes 890 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 The current sites actually lag Chrome pretty badly. That's nothing, try accessing the MyFox websites on Firefox using a dial-up connection, the browser will go into a severe deep freeze. It happened quite a few times while I was using the internet at a relative's house, who had dial-up as a cheaper alternative. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11854-fox-television-stations-switching-to-worldnow-websites/#findComment-72536 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper550 291 Posted April 18, 2012 Author Share Posted April 18, 2012 That's nothing, try accessing the MyFox websites on Firefox using a dial-up connection, the browser will go into a severe deep freeze. It happened quite a few times while I was using the internet at a relative's house, who had dial-up as a cheaper alternative. Try the WorldNow sites on mobile. I randomly tried KXnet (they recently switched to WN too recently) on my Android phone for kicks, the web site it gave me was designed for a freaking feature phone. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11854-fox-television-stations-switching-to-worldnow-websites/#findComment-72541 Share on other sites More sharing options...
qunewsguy 377 Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 The station probably doesn't have the mobile redirects set up correctly. Seems like a lot of companies are at least partially working with WorldNow these days. They handle back-end tasks and media for a lot of the CBS O&O sites and even WHDH/WSVN are using them now. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11854-fox-television-stations-switching-to-worldnow-websites/#findComment-72552 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVNewsRI 4 Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 The new WNYW site is live...an improvement, but nothing amazing. http://www.myfoxny.com/ Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11854-fox-television-stations-switching-to-worldnow-websites/#findComment-72713 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess 1115 Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 The new WNYW site is live...an improvement, but nothing amazing. http://www.myfoxny.com/ I actually think it's really smartly designed and easy to look at; not something you can say for the previous designs. Yeah, I think more sites are using them now because they have improved their design strategy quite a bit. Their video technology is also well-made for today's much higher computer resolutions and faster internet streaming. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11854-fox-television-stations-switching-to-worldnow-websites/#findComment-72717 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTVNews 1377 Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 I actually think it's really smartly designed and easy to look at; not something you can say for the previous designs. Yeah, I think more sites are using them now because they have improved their design strategy quite a bit. Their video technology is also well-made for today's much higher computer resolutions and faster internet streaming. Well, you can add KDFW to the list. http://www.myfoxdfw.com/ Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11854-fox-television-stations-switching-to-worldnow-websites/#findComment-72737 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5577 Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 In true Fox Chicago fashion, some of the pages on their site have switched over to the new look, the others are the old format, and some are using both formats. For example... http://www.myfoxchicago.com/category/233475/anchors-and-reporters http://www.myfoxchicago.com/subindex/news/news_team/ Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11854-fox-television-stations-switching-to-worldnow-websites/#findComment-72801 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper550 291 Posted May 4, 2012 Author Share Posted May 4, 2012 Ehh, they're on the new format Maybe DNS-related? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11854-fox-television-stations-switching-to-worldnow-websites/#findComment-72803 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skbl17 188 Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 Well, you can add KDFW to the list. http://www.myfoxdfw.com/ WAGA, too: http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/. Overall, I like the refresh, it's a bit less cluttered. Plus, WAGA's site relauch means that every English-language news-producing station website in Atlanta has relaunched in some form since last year. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11854-fox-television-stations-switching-to-worldnow-websites/#findComment-72809 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper550 291 Posted May 5, 2012 Author Share Posted May 5, 2012 WAGA, too: http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/. Overall, I like the refresh, it's a bit less cluttered. Plus, WAGA's site relauch means that every English-language news-producing station website in Atlanta has relaunched in some form since last year. And two of them with WorldNow to boot. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11854-fox-television-stations-switching-to-worldnow-websites/#findComment-72815 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mre29 1521 Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 WFXT has the new design as of sometime in the last few days. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11854-fox-television-stations-switching-to-worldnow-websites/#findComment-72830 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jero23 105 Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 WAGA, too: http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/. Overall, I like the refresh, it's a bit less cluttered. Plus, WAGA's site relauch means that every English-language news-producing station website in Atlanta has relaunched in some form since last year. Now could WAGA stop being so damn cheap and bring back their weekend streaming of FOX5 newscasts like they do on the weekdays. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11854-fox-television-stations-switching-to-worldnow-websites/#findComment-72841 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennTV1983 804 Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 As of today, only five MyFox websites are still on the old web interface: KTTV, WTXF, WJBK, WOFL and WHBQ Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11854-fox-television-stations-switching-to-worldnow-websites/#findComment-72977 Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.L. Hughes 890 Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Sorry to bump the thread, but I did find one flaw with the WorldNow-powered MyFox websites that should be noted. The streaming players on most of the sites tend to shut off and revert to the play button display during the newscast and breaking news live streams. This evening, I watched WFLD's 9 p.m. newscast online for the first time (just to see what the other users on this site have been talking about the newscast's quality, or lack thereof as others have stated) and the player shut off three times during the stream. The same situation occurs with KTTV and WNYW's players as well, KDFW doesn't really have this problem, though I don't think that they use the Microsoft Silverlight platform as the other Fox Television Stations do. In order to put the player back on play, you either have to refresh the page or toggle the play button in the toolbar (on WFLD's site, pressing the play button on the video portion of the player when it shuts off doesn't seem to get it playing again, like on WNYW and KTTV's sites). The strange thing is that CBS Television Stations' websites also use Silverlight for their streaming players, but they play fine without the same hiccups as the Fox stations. I've also noticed that when viewing longer-form segments on the sites, such as celebrity interviews from Good Day L.A. (which can last up to seven minutes), the entire video landing refreshes itself towards the end of the video, disrupting the video being played on an individual page. Refreshing the page automatically makes sense when you're on pages with only news stories but require selecting pages to view video of the story, but it's annoying to have to watch a particular story or segment over again because the entire site refreshed. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11854-fox-television-stations-switching-to-worldnow-websites/#findComment-75958 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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