Jess 1110 Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 That’ll be an adjustment for WPVI. They love their Viz unit to an unhealthy degree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Block 1486 Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 (edited) Ignite was the automation system they were using and has nothing to do with Xpression. I believe they're standardizing the group onto Xpression for graphics and OverDrive for automation (so yes, there will probably be subtle changes at the other O&Os too.) I couldn't say what the draw is for ABC to get Xpression, but I can say I often hear that users of Xpression elsewhere like it. As I understand it, they actually switched over a month ago, when that new backdrop debut... Ross makes both OverDrive and Xpression, so they probably got some sort of double play deal on it. I also have a hunch that Xpression probably integrates much better with OverDrive than whatever the ABC O&Os were using before (I'm pretty sure most/all of them were on Viz). Ross also makes Inception, which is their homebrew browser-based newsroom software. When you have all of them together, they can supposedly do a lot more tricks like automatically clip newscast video and send it to the web. I'm not sure how many stations anywhere use it, but anything beyond iNEWS or ENPS sounds incredibly foreign to me. Edited October 17, 2018 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1675 Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 That’ll be an adjustment for WPVI. They love their Viz unit to an unhealthy degree. I believe with their set they switched to OverDrive but added Viz engines (VizRT even tweeted it out). WCAU is going to continue to use OverDrive and will launch with Expression graphics. Did Ross purchase Expression (or a predecessor) from someone or was this a product they developed themselves? It seems like they only been launched graphics platforms few years ago. I know Stadiums use them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4738 Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 (edited) I'm not sure how many stations anywhere use it, but anything beyond iNEWS or ENPS sounds incredibly foreign to me. At KBEX-TV we use IBM's Selectric desktops ... Sure we could upgrade to those new Apple II computers... But our Selectric's make that real "News Noise". Edited October 20, 2018 by Eat News 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceManNYR 222 Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Why do they keep Sam Ryan in the newsroom for the 5pm weekend newscast sports report? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5269 Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Why do they keep Sam Ryan in the newsroom for the 5pm weekend newscast sports report? If I were to guess, they just want to act like they're "checking in" with her, and not treating it as a full sports segment. They should do something, with all the events in a standard weekend, but want to keep it in-line with the sportsless weekday 5 o'clock show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ns8401 846 Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 If I were to guess, they just want to act like they're "checking in" with her, and not treating it as a full sports segment. They should do something, with all the events in a standard weekend, but want to keep it in-line with the sportsless weekday 5 o'clock show. Which doesn’t really make much sense but we’ll go with that anyways... I’ve never liked the idea of a sportsless hour of news... you wind up ignoring one of the most popular subjects for your audience... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountainave 530 Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 [MEDIA=twitter]1055494392428015616[/MEDIA] 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ns8401 846 Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 [MEDIA=twitter]1055494392428015616[/MEDIA] Good for him... some of these people out there need to get a grip... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5269 Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 Correct me if I missed it, I feel like this was never confirmed, but it sure seems like Sam Ryan is permanent on weekends. [MEDIA=twitter]1051903165229137927[/MEDIA] [MEDIA=instagram]BpN5Y6gnwU3[/MEDIA] 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianpr3 173 Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 I take she is not on loan to mlb network 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad 276 Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 Yep, she replaced Laura Behnke. I believe it was mentioned before in an earlier posting. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadgeek Adam 170 Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 Still no bio on the website but I did notice for a fact that the Weekend Sports Reporter job posting has been gone for a while. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabceyewitness 767 Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 Today marks 50 years of Eyewitness News. WABC-TV has posted the following #tbt video to show how Channel 7 brought the news to New York City back in 1968. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadgeek Adam 170 Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 (edited) It is not today. It is November 17. Not to mention the video says 1969. Edited November 8, 2018 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabceyewitness 767 Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 It is not today. It is November 17. Not to mention the video says 1969. Thanks for the clarification! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSSZNews 1046 Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 It is not today. It is November 17. Not to mention the video says 1969. This original video was produced in '69, but the format definitely launched in '68. I'm guessing WABC isn't accounting for leap years, which absent those would make the launch today. This is an amazing BTS video - props to WABC for acknowledging their history, a practice damn few TV stations do these days. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadgeek Adam 170 Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 I know the format is November 17, 1968. Just poor wording. They have more history stuff coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabceyewitness 767 Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 ABC7NY has a page where a few pieces of archival video have been posted. They are from various news events over the last 50 years. Only 8 so far, but I’m sure more will be posted soon. https://abc7ny.com/eyewitnessnews50/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadgeek Adam 170 Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 The sense is a lot of this is the stuff on YouTube, which isn't unknown for them recently. Hopefully they dig out some stuff not on YouTube 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabceyewitness 767 Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 (edited) The sense is a lot of this is the stuff on YouTube, which isn't unknown for them recently. Hopefully they dig out some stuff not on YouTube Hope so too. Would be nice to also see something produced for the 50th. Edited November 9, 2018 by Guest 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4738 Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 (edited) This original video was produced in '69, but the format definitely launched in '68. I'm guessing WABC isn't accounting for leap years, which absent those would make the launch today. This is an amazing BTS video - props to WABC for acknowledging their history, a practice damn few TV stations do these days. This is full of so many little morsals that are now gone. I noticed they said the film crew was... A camera man, sound tech and an electrician. So I asked grandpa shark "what was the electrician for?" He said it was a "union thing..my little sharky..." He told me, 'The electrician handled all the batteries, lights and cables in the field during the news shoots." Besides he say's... "They could fit all those fat union guys into those big giant Pontiac Catalina's." Grandpa Shark is like 100 million years old...so he should know. Noticed also they called the graphics "mattes". This was before electronic graphics were common for news use and everything was press-on letters on cardboard chips. And those non-electric typewriters just perfect for throwing during drunken after show critiques. There was booze and porno in those desk drawers I promise you. Smoking, Smoking, Smoking! Hey kids... Those black thingys on the desk were dial corded "telephones". People used to die trying to use those phones when their fingers or hair would get caught in the dial...and chew them to bits... just like a wood chipper. And what about that producer with the stopwatch...and a Manuel bank style adding machine (calculator). WABC was highly criticized back then for it's style... Now we would consider that approach somewhat boring and pretty unpolished. Honestly, With all the film processing chemicals that leaked inside #77 it's amazing it's not an EPA superfund site...yet. Let the new owners/developer find out that little secret on their own. Edited November 11, 2018 by Eat News 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabceyewitness 767 Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Here’s a nice little video ABC7NY posted showing the EWN logos over the years. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10156246267064091 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadgeek Adam 170 Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 Not as good video, but Sandy Kenyon's comes with audio: [MEDIA=twitter]1061014973705535488[/MEDIA] 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabceyewitness 767 Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 So much better with audio! I tracked down the origination of Sandy’s tweet. It’s an Instagram post from Chad Matthews, the ND at WABC. [MEDIA=instagram]Bp5OdsalQgB[/MEDIA] 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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