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KOLD & KMSB form 'Tucson News Now'

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:36:46 +0000

KOLD & KMSB have entered into a Shared Services Agreement for KOLD to produce news for KMSB (Fox 11) which started today. Previously, KMSB aired KTVK's Good Morning Arizona, and a 9pm newscast based mostly in Phoenix.

KOLD has a story on their new website (which changes the address from KOLD.com to TucsonNewsNow.com)
http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/16644535/answering-your-questions-about-tucson-news-now

It looks like graphics and music are pretty much the same.

KOLD is owned by Raycom Media, which also produces Hawaii News Now in Honolulu.

Live Shot Tip: Don't block sidewalks

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:15:18 +0000

A crew at WXII in Winston-Salem had set up a rather creative live shot downtown, but apparently did not consider other people might try to use the sidewalk between the camera and the reporter...

FOX6now.com goes Wordpress

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:23:06 +0000

Milwaukee's FOX station WITI recently rolled out a new Wordpress-powered website, replacing the standard Tribune Interactive site that all other Local TV, LLC stations have.

The new site takes on a blue, red, and black/grey theme, more in line with their logo than the former red and white color scheme used on the previous Tribune Interactive site.

During the move, it seems that some content was removed from the site. After being generally neglected after anchors stopped participating in live chats, it appears the "SpyFOX" studio webcams have been permanently removed. Senior Web Producer Cary Docter replied to one users inquiry about the webcams with "at this time, the studio cams are not expected back." WITI was one of the pioneers of the Studio Cam, with many other FOX O&O's eventually using WITI's page template on their own site. Many of those webcams have since gone offline as well.

Prior to this change, WITI's morning talk show "Real Milwaukee" had been beta testing it's own Wordpress-powered site for a number of months. It recently was moved out of beta itself.

KTVU Fox 2 new set

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:13:27 +0000

KTVU posted this on their facebook page saying it will debut on Saturday the 28th on the 10pm-er
Looks like they finally got a full new set as opposed to the tweaking they've done since like.. 1993? It reminds me of KPIX's old set. IMO a bit dark for modern times, but KTVU is the traditional newscast connoisseur. It also appears that they perhaps might get a tweaked version of their graphics package.

Noticiero Univision Debuts New Set and Image

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:05:51 +0000

After a while of using "adapted" graphics for HD for their national newscast, Univision finally unveiled a fantastic new set and graphics, along with a revamped version of their signature theme.
The set features among other things a large interactive display.

Here's the video from the 11:30pm newscast:

KNTV rolls out new NBC O&O graphics

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:07:52 +0000

Last night, KNTV finally rolled out the long-awaited graphics package that was leaked in late November. It's expected that other NBC O&O's will debut the look in the coming weeks. The station also recently debut a new weather center, which along with the graphics can also be seen in the following video.

New Graphics @GMA

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:43:50 +0000

With little fanfare, Good Morning America has launched an all-new graphics package and theme song. Gone are all the angles and trapezoids of the last look, replaced by thick, "swoopy" bars that bear intentional resemblance to the news ticker facade of their Times Square Studio. The bright blue, yellow and white theme is virtually gone (save for the ticker-like lower thirds), traded in for rich red, orange and gold.

First Impressions: I guess the package is nice, but it seems like it's missing refinement, especially in the lower thirds that swoop (there's that word again) in from the left but abruptly end on the right side of the screen, similar to the '05-06 graphics. Also new is the theme song. It sounds similar to the election theme, but very bland and generic. It is very disappointing if any of you were a fan of the last theme...which I was.

Overall, the new look is big and flashy (if not, clunky and cheesy), yet it somehow manages to be very "ho-hum". The last package may have lacked character, but they were elegant, simple and fresh...I don't know what you'd call this hodge-podge.

Update: Here's the screenshots...
http://s1260.photobu...mview=slideshow

WDJT now HD

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 04:39:55 +0000

WDJT (CBS 58 Milwaukee) went HD tonight at 10 after months of speculation. New graphics feature a mix of blues and oranges and aside from the newscasts being unusually quiet, I have to say I am very impressed. Heck, even taped reports are in HD (WISN can't say that). Not sure about live reports since there were none tonight. Hopefully someone will have screencaps up soon.

The new L3s definitely remind me of something, I just can't pinpoint what...

The launch of NBC Sports Network

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:53:55 +0000

Sports Video Group has posted an excellent article about the new NBC Sports Network that replaced Versus on Monday afternoon. Plans for the 2012 Olympics are mentioned, including that the graphics package on NBC Sports Network will make up 80% of the graphics used during the Olympics, throwing out NBC's tradition of creating a unique look for every Olympics.

You can read more here.

Introducing the NYC "General Discussion Threads" board

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 10:29:31 +0000

In an effort to clean up threads and keep them on topic, we're launching an experimental subforum in our most popular local board, the New York City board. The new subforum features threads for many of the NYC stations that can be used to post general questions or observations that don't belong in any other thread and are too minor to warrant their own thread.

For example, say you want to share an observation about an investigative report a station did, but the only "active" topic about said station is about it's new music package. While it may be tempting to post it in the music package thread, because that's where everyone is, doing so would clutter the thread and potentially start two conversations, one about the music and another about the investigative report.

If the investigative report was so wild that it deserves it's own thread, then by all means, post a new thread!

While we're not going to force you to post in these threads, we ask that you keep them in mind next time you have something to post. Doing so will help keep threads clear of off-topic clutter and make TVNT more enjoyable for members and guests alike.

This is just the first of many exciting changes and new features we have in store for 2012. Be sure to keep your eyes open for the next one, which should be coming later this month.