PitCleTV 9 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Didn't WCBS try a virtual set way back when. I can't find any images of it yet. but the Europeans love virtual sets for some reason... http://news.imm-cologne.de/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/2heute-journal-Tisch.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swillh2k2 203 Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 Didn't WCBS try a virtual set way back when. I can't find any images of it yet. but the Europeans love virtual sets for some reason... http://news.imm-cologne.de/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/2heute-journal-Tisch.jpg Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwestTV 1173 Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Didn't WCBS try a virtual set way back when. I can't find any images of it yet. but the Europeans love virtual sets for some reason... http://news.imm-cologne.de/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/2heute-journal-Tisch.jpg What kind of desk... I remember there being an article somewhere not too long ago stating how they believed that virtual sets would fast become the norm in the United States replacing physical sets...well that hasn't happened. Very, very few stations use a virtual set as a primary one, much less anything at all, and only the networks use them in high quality. Even then, they only use them for special events like elections. I don't know why there's such a difference in preference between the US and Europe when it comes to virtual and not, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Muck 4164 Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 The former Canwest stations - Global and the CH/E! netlet stations - utilized virtual sets not long ago. I don't know if any of them still do. CHCH might, but that's a wild guess on my part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeters 1806 Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 What kind of desk... I remember there being an article somewhere not too long ago stating how they believed that virtual sets would fast become the norm in the United States replacing physical sets...well that hasn't happened. Very, very few stations use a virtual set as a primary one, much less anything at all, and only the networks use them in high quality. Even then, they only use them for special events like elections. I don't know why there's such a difference in preference between the US and Europe when it comes to virtual and not, however. That "article" was just FX Group trying to sell their virtual set models, if I'm thinking of the same article you are. This has come up numerous times, but the reason most of the European sets work is because they don't try to look real.This is how that ZDF desk looks on-air: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ipNqZa4E84 There are no fake wood walls or fake monitor arrays. There are no 3D logos. There is zero attempt to make it look like it is sitting in a real studio. There is a degree of trying to make them look "real", but usually in impossible ways. That works. WKBN's thing looks cheap and tacky. It's not being used as a presentation tool like the European sets, it's being used to make a boring, normal set that someone was able to convince the station management was better in a computer than in reality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEOMatrix 1295 Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Well, I was watching the 10pm edition of 27 First News and right before commercial break he says "You're watching 27 First News. Investigative, in-depth, and in the Valley." I'll take "Coverage You Can Count On" or keeping "Where Your News Comes First" over this crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3444 Posted December 12, 2014 Author Share Posted December 12, 2014 Instead of being hauled off to the dumpster, a local Youngstown area high school now has pieces of WKBN's soon-to-be old set..... http://wkbn.com/2014/12/11/wkbn-donates-studio-set-to-austintown-fitch/ And as with other hints being floated around, according to the article ..."the station will unveil a revolutionary new studio and a new look for the future of WKBN". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEOMatrix 1295 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 The former Canwest stations - Global and the CH/E! netlet stations - utilized virtual sets not long ago. I don't know if any of them still do. CHCH might, but that's a wild guess on my part. There's a studio tour of CHCH on YouTube and they show the desk being in front of a blue screen so it is a virtual set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wills737 1 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 CHCH's virtual set looks pretty nice from what I saw on youtube.. Now the challenge is making sure WKBN doesn't mess this up. I feel like virtual sets can be nice if they're used properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3444 Posted December 28, 2014 Author Share Posted December 28, 2014 I was FINALLY able to catch a glimpse of WYTV during a recent holiday trip up to Ohio. I think they've done a better job updating their graphics than WKBN did when they re-did the supers for 16x9. And compared to what WKBN is currently using as their temp set and what they're about to use, WYTV's looks better. As for a timetable (if there is one) for WYTV to get updated, it looks like it will be status quo for the foreseeable future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caliwxdude 252 Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 The former Canwest stations - Global and the CH/E! netlet stations - utilized virtual sets not long ago. I don't know if any of them still do. CHCH might, but that's a wild guess on my part. The Global virtual sets—especially the ones in the large markets (CHAN, CICT, CITV and CIII)—are some of the best examples of virtual set design, IMO. They were a little cheesy back when the design matched the old greenish graphics look, but the set design that debuted along with the current blue look is pretty fantastic. If more stations went to Telemetrics/Orad and said, "Give us what Global has," I'd be OK with more virtual sets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LexTVandRadio 412 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 What about this virtual set? http://www.wtvq.com/dayguests Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3444 Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share Posted January 14, 2015 What about this virtual set? http://www.wtvq.com/dayguests Of all the Morris stations, that's the best looking graphics out of all of them. The set (for their lifestyle show) looks nice too, but you can still tell that it's virtual. Still worlds better than their "sets" for stations like WWAY and WXXV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LexTVandRadio 412 Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Yeah agree there! WTVQ still has an actual news set for now. Not sure if that will change soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey 779 Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Yes. Sorry to bump an old post but, just to clarify, the WCBS virtual set is not seen in the first link and seen only very briefly in the second (weather). The desk area was not at all virtual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
news89 467 Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Going to bump this thread up here is time lapse of building out the new set at WKBN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3444 Posted January 25, 2015 Author Share Posted January 25, 2015 Sweeps is almost here. If those test shots were done back in December, then launching this set in the next few days is very likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEOMatrix 1295 Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Judging by the time lapse, looks like some of the jcbD look might be kept Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wills737 1 Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Curious to see what everything is going to look like... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEOMatrix 1295 Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 I'm watching the noon news on WKBN and it looks like they're using an obviously virtual green screen. Graphics haven't changed at all unless they are planning a debut for the 5PM news later today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEOMatrix 1295 Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Thursday, February 12 at 5PM will be the debut of the new set and graphics. Just saw the commercial during "27 First News on WYFX". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wills737 1 Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I feel like 27 has the potential to do some great things with this set, they just have to use it properly. If they use that green screen back drop as if it was monitors behind them it could look nice. They can't use those shitty graphics from the previous picture in the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wills737 1 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Thoughts? I feel like they could've edited the background a little more to make it look more like a news backdrop. Have to admit its better than I was expecting though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
news89 467 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Here is a sneak peak at the new wkbn graphics and set. which is almost virtual. http://interactives.wkbn.com/photomojo/gallery/17692/320460/mobile/wkbn-debuts-new-set/wkbn-debuts-new-set/. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEOMatrix 1295 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 The graphics are actually decent and the set isn't as bad as we thought. Any money on WKBN bringing back Impact for news music because that's what I heard in the debut ad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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