atlnews2 557 Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2017/4/9/sources-cnn-selling-off-sat-trucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Action Newsroom 1149 Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 Veeeeery interesting...but (possibly) stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrschimpf 2050 Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 Remember that one of the points in this merger that the FCC is looking at is FCC-licensed assets, of which these trucks and WPCH are for Time Warner. They sell or lease-back all of that off, and there's no scrutiny on those items, and most of all, all the maintenance is now on somebody else rather than their bottom line. And with more 'backpacking' live shots working off the cell network, we might not be seeing these huge trucks with large masts around in ten years anyways outside of 'always needed' venues like sports and event telecasts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess 1110 Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 CNN covers news? Most of these days they do studio analysis on Trump... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4738 Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 CNN covers news? Most of these days they do studio analysis on Trump... Leave the real sat trucks for the real news operations. Besides PSSI runs a better operation and has much better assets and resources. Those CNN trucks are stiil C-band right??? (it's a friggin joke!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobody 20 Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 Smart move, they won't need as much Satellite trucks this year and will stop leasing all of them in 5 years, not the need for them in News anymore, especially local stations. live sports yes, news NO. I'd hate to be the guy that just bought one, two or three Satellite trucks in the last year - that investment will never pay off for small operations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1675 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 Remember that one of the points in this merger that the FCC is looking at is FCC-licensed assets, of which these trucks and WPCH are for Time Warner. They sell or lease-back all of that off, and there's no scrutiny on those items, and most of all, all the maintenance is now on somebody else rather than their bottom line. And with more 'backpacking' live shots working off the cell network, we might not be seeing these huge trucks with large masts around in ten years anyways outside of 'always needed' venues like sports and event telecasts. Now would the licensed wireless microphones used in the studios cause scrutiny? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Muck 4159 Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 CNN covers news? Most of these days they do studio analysis on Trump... Next thing you're going to tell me is that the M in MTV stands for Music, and the L in TLC stands for Learning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4738 Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Now would the licensed wireless microphones used in the studios cause scrutiny? Not if you are only running 100mw of power. Have you modified something you wish to tell us about? Q: What do you call a 100 watt wireless mic? A: Marti http://bdcast.com/products/audio-data-links/marti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blizzard59 41 Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 For those curious, CNN has trucks based out of Atlanta (multiple), Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles (multiple), Miami, New York (multiple), San Francisco, and Washington DC. FCC records indicate a fleet of 20 trucks along with 5 flyaway units. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4738 Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 For those curious, CNN has trucks based out of Atlanta (multiple), Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles (multiple), Miami, New York (multiple), San Francisco, and Washington DC. FCC records indicate a fleet of 20 trucks along with 5 flyaway units. All those "Ass-Sats" get it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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