socalnewsguy 11 Posted June 1, 2015 Posted June 1, 2015 It probably has nothing to do with cost and everything to do with what equipment the stations are using. I don't know what KEYE uses but Sinclair's legacy stations (like KABB) are standardized on Chyron CGs so that's likely what these are designed for. I guess somewhere along the way Sinclair decided they didn't want to design versions of the package compatible with VizRT or other CGs. So that's probably why they got .MOV files instead. My guess would be the Allbritton stations already had Chyron systems installed thus making the transition easier for them. From what I've seen and heard Sinclair is taking the cheap way out and not upgrading any production equipment at their new acqusitions to be on par with their legacy standard... We use Deko for CG and Avid Thunder/DNF Shotbox for animation playblack. It's the oddest and oldest setup in the world.
rkolsen 1697 Posted June 3, 2015 Posted June 3, 2015 How would .MOV files integrate into their graphics package? Or are the package /.mov files for the opens only?
tyrannical bastard 4084 Posted June 3, 2015 Author Posted June 3, 2015 How would .MOV files integrate into their graphics package? Or are the package /.mov files for the opens only? .MOVs can have alpha channels in them, which means that they can be used as revealers or keyed elements.
LexTVandRadio 418 Posted June 13, 2015 Posted June 13, 2015 WDKY now has the updated ticker. My guess the graphics will be coming soon. https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2IEh98G90TVTk1Xcjkzc0ljODQ
ehatt493 33 Posted June 14, 2015 Posted June 14, 2015 WDKY now has the updated ticker. My guess the graphics will be coming soon. https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2IEh98G90TVTk1Xcjkzc0ljODQ They've also got a new time/temp bug. Shown on occasion during 10pm news but always on the 7am show.
LexTVandRadio 418 Posted June 14, 2015 Posted June 14, 2015 They've also got a new time/temp bug. Shown on occasion during 10pm news but always on the 7am show. Oh yeah? I was wondering where it was. I never get to watch the 10pm or 7am newscasts.
tyrannical bastard 4084 Posted June 15, 2015 Author Posted June 15, 2015 I think WDKY is the only Sinclair station that has their news produced elsewhere that uses the Sinclair look. Every other station uses the look of the content provider. Is it a Sinclair insistence or because Gray doesn't want to use their presentation style on WDKY?
Mrtraveler01 739 Posted June 15, 2015 Posted June 15, 2015 I think WDKY is the only Sinclair station that has their news produced elsewhere that uses the Sinclair look. Every other station uses the look of the content provider. Is it a Sinclair insistence or because Gray doesn't want to use their presentation style on WDKY? WTAT uses the Sinclair package even though WCSC (Raycom) produces the newscasts. WMSN uses the Sinclair package even though WISC (Morgan Murphy Media) produces those newscasts. I think it's a Sinclair thing but it leads one to wonder why they didn't do the same with other stations in a similar arrangement.
NEOMatrix 1308 Posted June 15, 2015 Posted June 15, 2015 WTAT uses the Sinclair package even though WCSC (Raycom) produces the newscasts. WMSN uses the Sinclair package even though WISC (Morgan Murphy Media) produces those newscasts. I think it's a Sinclair thing but it leads one to wonder why they didn't do the same with other stations in a similar arrangement. It depends on how much leeway the news-producing station gives. For example, WPGH has its 10PM newscast produced by WPXI but unlike WTAT, WMSN, or WDKY, they use the news producer's graphics. Heck, 53's branding is "Channel 11 News on Fox 53" instead of "Fox 53 News". That, or simply WPXI's equipment might not be able to render the Sinclair graphics all too well.
LexTVandRadio 418 Posted June 15, 2015 Posted June 15, 2015 WDKY has pretty good ratings or so they say they do. I wonder would they ever decide to do their own newscasts, but they would have to build a new building. When it comes to the weather graphics they use WKYT's. Here is a tour of WKYT, not sure if anyone can tell what equipment they use for graphics. https://youtu.be/cSvRJ9lVWIQ?t=2m58s
tyrannical bastard 4084 Posted June 15, 2015 Author Posted June 15, 2015 I wonder how much longer WTAT is going to keep using the "old" Sinclair package, especially now that Cunningham "owns" them outright. Whenever WCSC upgrades to the latest Raycom package, hopefully they'll put the old Sinclair look out of its misery on WTAT... The only other case ive seen is with WDSI in Chattanooga keeping the old look since their news is provided by WTVC, which has upgraded. And WDSI was left out of the sale of New Age's stations to Sinclair itself....
tyrannical bastard 4084 Posted June 16, 2015 Author Posted June 16, 2015 Could there be hope for WEYI in Flint? Apparently, Sinclair is building them a new facility....
TheRolyPoly 2659 Posted June 16, 2015 Posted June 16, 2015 Could there be hope for WEYI in Flint? Apparently, Sinclair is building them a new facility.... Plus, they recently received a logo refresh.
tyrannical bastard 4084 Posted June 16, 2015 Author Posted June 16, 2015 ...and WEAR's logo is no more...sorta...
Mrtraveler01 739 Posted June 16, 2015 Posted June 16, 2015 ...and WEAR's logo is no more...sorta... Wow, they did the impossible and managed to make that logo look even worse than it did. At least they kept the Seagull. This is probably a sign that they're going to get the new package fairly soon.
TennTV1983 811 Posted June 16, 2015 Posted June 16, 2015 ...and WEAR's logo is no more...sorta... That's a HUGE downgrade. Whoever approved of that logo's design needs to be fired. I shudder to wonder how they will do WPMI's logo next.
NEOMatrix 1308 Posted June 16, 2015 Posted June 16, 2015 ...and WEAR's logo is no more...sorta... What is that abomination?!?
SteveKendall 31 Posted June 16, 2015 Posted June 16, 2015 And everybody thought KSNV's new logo was bad. Wow!
LexTVandRadio 418 Posted June 16, 2015 Posted June 16, 2015 No doubt. Is that the Times New Roman font? The KSNV is better than this.
NewsMaster 226 Posted June 16, 2015 Posted June 16, 2015 And everybody thought KSNV's new logo was bad. Wow! I don't think that it's as bad as KSNV. I'm happy that they kept the pelican. But yes, it is still much worse than what they had before.
skbl17 188 Posted June 16, 2015 Posted June 16, 2015 Sinclair's track record with recent logo redesigns hasn't been good. They kept the pelican, but there's no denying that the new WEAR logo is a downgrade.
Samantha 2907 Posted June 16, 2015 Posted June 16, 2015 That 3 is too thin. It needs to be thicker if you want to use a slab serif in that way.
tyrannical bastard 4084 Posted June 16, 2015 Author Posted June 16, 2015 It's not terrible. It's far better than some of their more recent efforts. I think the pelican is too big versus the "3" But the bigger problem is in the execution. It just popped up on their website and now it's on their twitter. Everywhere else is still the old logo. They haven't even switched out the weather graphics yet and everything else is the same by viewing their on-air stream.... Clearly it signals a problem that things are not in sync and the station and Sinclair could care less about rebranding their product. Of course being the only game in town lets them do whatever they please...
tyrannical bastard 4084 Posted June 19, 2015 Author Posted June 19, 2015 Another little tidbit....when I load up weartv.com, the home page description is for WEAR News3 as opposed to their longtime moniker of Channel 3 News. A slight rebrand may be possible, but I'm taking it with an extreme grain of salt especially since stations like WHP rebranded their website to local21news.com despite keeping the CBS 21 brand. Perhaps an aborted plan to re-image WHP after WPMI and WKRC? :bang: :bang: :bang:
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