Joe Capitano 4 Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 The Chad Henry story was troubling enough - NFL star having domestic problems, leaps or falls out of moving vehicle, suffers life-threating injuries, dies. What really bugged me about the way the story was covered by one station in particular was this: Where normally a station will apply a benign corner bug to video like WESH did during the Tiger Woods story, for instance, WSOC chose to watermark theirs - with a big, honkin' full-screen station logo right on top of the video WE are supposed to see. I saw it first on Sportscenter and the first reaction I had to what I saw was as follows: "WHO'S THE ROCKS-FOR-BRAINS THAT WANTED THAT WATERMARK THERE?" Granted, I've seen this done before - Mexico's two big networks do this frequently, though more subtly. But this "in your face" branding strikes me as a sign of disrespect to the viewer. Why on earth does someone at WSOC think it's a good idea to put this kind of wall between viewer and story? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewsJunkie247 1 Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 The Chad Henry story was troubling enough - NFL star having domestic problems, leaps or falls out of moving vehicle, suffers life-threating injuries, dies. What really bugged me about the way the story was covered by one station in particular was this: Where normally a station will apply a benign corner bug to video like WESH did during the Tiger Woods story, for instance, WSOC chose to watermark theirs - with a big, honkin' full-screen station logo right on top of the video WE are supposed to see. I saw it first on Sportscenter and the first reaction I had to what I saw was as follows: "WHO'S THE ROCKS-FOR-BRAINS THAT WANTED THAT WATERMARK THERE?" Granted, I've seen this done before - Mexico's two big networks do this frequently, though more subtly. But this "in your face" branding strikes me as a sign of disrespect to the viewer. Why on earth does someone at WSOC think it's a good idea to put this kind of wall between viewer and story? You can see the watermark in this video from ESPN: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtM82Vql3lA I have never seen such a big watermark like that before on video that is shown on different stations and networks. It is not uncommon for stations to show their logo in the corner, which is fine, but a huge watermark!! Come on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRAP-TV 145 Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Whoever did that should be fired. Seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeters 1811 Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 I could see them using this method for some super-exclusive video, but this stuff is practically the standard crime scene b-roll... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrtraveler01 737 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 I figured that it was a way to make sure that they get credit for the video so no one else steals it without crediting them, but there is probably a better way they could've handled that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucc 4 Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 OMG I noticed that too What network is WSOC an affilate of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGSJenkins 432 Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 OMG I noticed that too What network is WSOC an affilate of? ABC since '78, used to be NBC from '57 to '78. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jero23 105 Posted December 25, 2009 Share Posted December 25, 2009 ABC since '78, used to be NBC from '57 to '78. Well since ESPN and ABC are owned by Disney, so they probably doesn't care. Although I can assume since WSOC is the least known of the Cox ABC stations compared to WSB and WFTV, who always both wind up with their footage being used by CNN, so WSOC is trying to get their chance to shine in the national spotlight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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