AaronQ 254 Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 Here's some graphics ESPN unveiled for the NHL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper550 262 Posted October 12, 2021 Author Share Posted October 12, 2021 (edited) Sportsnet is doing its own pre-game for the opening doubleheader: the new studio looks like a downgrade from what they had before (unfortunately I think TNT appears to have upstaged them), and I am hoping the theme music they used isn't the main theme because it didn't exactly feel like "hockey" music? (either that or they're saving the normal music - if they're still using it -- for their official opening night tomorrow). But finally Sportsnet has some new graphics; finally gone flat, and they look absolutely nothing like what they had before. Edited October 6, 2022 by Viper550 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper550 262 Posted October 13, 2021 Author Share Posted October 13, 2021 (edited) And yep, that ended up being the scoreboard. The lack of shots on goal is a little disappointing (could have easily took pages from some of ESPN's other events and had the wordmark to the top with Opening Night, and remove that NHL logo to make room for it), but it's a good first impression. Seeing the Monday Night Football-style AR graphics for the starting goalies was also a good sign, but I'm sure some fans are dreading whether a certain other MNF graphic will end up rearing its ugly head (those stupid CGI cartoon things) Something I also noticed was that I guess the NHL is no longer insisting that the Golden Knights be abbreviated as "VGK" on all scoreboards; ESPN was using "VGS" tonight. In addition, Sportsnet has debuted its new graphics; they're out in full force on their studio shows, but tomorrow we'll see them in-game for the first time. They remind me a lot of Fox's, except a LOT more white and blue, and with only one rounded edge. The ticker reminds me a bit of ESPN's, but they successfully resisted the "put a giant banner ad in the bottom-corner" trend at least. The Kraken playing preseason games against Canadian opponents makes this most likely one of the shortest-lived graphics in all of sports... Edited October 13, 2021 by Viper550 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper550 262 Posted October 13, 2021 Author Share Posted October 13, 2021 (edited) And Sportsnet's new graphics are official The old Sportsnet graphics were dated out of the gate, especially when that was when all the U.S. networks were starting to go flat. These are a major improvement, though the team section is bugging me a little bit (the width, lack of team logos, and not doing the soccer-style layout anymore) Meanwhile in Montreal, TVA Sports is still using the old Sportsnet graphics, but they appear to have retextured them to be flat. I'm not sure if I like this. Edited October 14, 2021 by Viper550 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrtraveler01 730 Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Viper550 said: And Sportsnet's new graphics are official The old Sportsnet graphics were dated out of the gate, especially when that was when all the U.S. networks were starting to go flat. These are a major improvement, though the team section is bugging me a little bit (the width, lack of team logos, and not doing the soccer-style layout anymore) Meanwhile in Montreal, TVA Sports is still using the old Sportsnet graphics, but they appear to have retextured them to be flat. I'm not sure if I like this. Someone at TVA has been watching football on Fox. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper550 262 Posted October 14, 2021 Author Share Posted October 14, 2021 5 hours ago, Mrtraveler01 said: Someone at TVA has been watching football on Fox. In this, that came up shortly after the normal goal animation on the scoreboard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCB4TV 324 Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 Bally Sports has apparently found a new place for SOG on the Bally Bar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dman748 1248 Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Looks like they're keeping the Bally Bar on the bottom for now. I'm starting to question whether or not Bally will even debut the different looks for different sports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCB4TV 324 Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 (edited) No SOG tracker, yet, on the MSG or AT&T/Root scorebug. Edited October 15, 2021 by JCB4TV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bars-n-tone 33 Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 On 10/11/2021 at 9:51 PM, WCAUTVNBC10 said: The NBC Sports Regionals are debuting at the very least a new animation motif based off the new opens they launched last summer. These kinda remind me of the package they were gonna launch for their NHL coverage. I'm not sure if the inserts will be updated when the regular season starts (they're still using the 2015 Drive insert package for at least the preseason). Just the animations, such as you posted, are getting updated. Not the inserts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper550 262 Posted October 17, 2021 Author Share Posted October 17, 2021 NESN is business as usual, but did add shots on goal to their scoreboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronQ 254 Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 (edited) Here's the intros of Sportsnet and Hockey Night in Canada Edited October 17, 2021 by AaronQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCB4TV 324 Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 5 hours ago, Viper550 said: NESN is business as usual, but did add shots on goal to their scoreboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCAUTVNBC10 407 Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 On 10/17/2021 at 12:30 AM, AaronQ said: Here's the intros of Sportsnet and Hockey Night in Canada Shame they got rid of their awesome hockey theme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swillh2k2 202 Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 On 10/14/2021 at 8:41 PM, dman748 said: Looks like they're keeping the Bally Bar on the bottom for now. I'm starting to question whether or not Bally will even debut the different looks for different sports. I pulled up the Ducks game and it looks like they have a team-specific open. I didn’t record it but if you have ESPN+ you can take a look. With the NBA starting up this week, I’m guessing they’ll roll out team-specific opens for those teams as well. Here in Atlanta they’re still using the generic open for Atlanta United (with a brief highlight reel beforehand), but I’m assuming that will change in 2022. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper550 262 Posted October 20, 2021 Author Share Posted October 20, 2021 Did the Sinclair ransomware attack mess up Bally Sports Ohio's spellcheck? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town TV Fan 178 Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 NBA on TNT's new intros in action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCB4TV 324 Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 TNT is using a virtual Power Play clock, similar to their virtual Shot Clock in NBA. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DENDude 179 Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 Altitude Sports & Entertainment, is still not available to Comcast & Dish Network customers in Colorado. So no Colorado Avalanche, Denver Nuggets or Colorado Mammoth games will be available unless you have DirecTV. This is year #3 that Altitude hasn't been available to Comcast & Dish Network customers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCB4TV 324 Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 Has anyone noticed whether TV & radio commentators have resumed traveling to their team's road games, calling games on site and not remotely? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronQ 254 Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 (edited) On 10/25/2021 at 8:16 PM, JCB4TV said: Has anyone noticed whether TV & radio commentators have resumed traveling to their team's road games, calling games on site and not remotely? NESN still have the Bruins announcers (Jack Edwards and Andy Brickley) callings games at their studio during away games, but during home games they're at the TD Garden. Edited October 28, 2021 by AaronQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper550 262 Posted November 1, 2021 Author Share Posted November 1, 2021 Sportsnet debuted the NBA version of their new graphics and surprise surprise, it's just the NHL one but in the bottom-right instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper550 262 Posted January 13, 2022 Author Share Posted January 13, 2022 Sportsnet is back in social distancing mode on-set with split-screens, most likely due to Ontario public health orders and Canadian travel restrictions (which are much stricter than what exist in the U.S., which can have a full studio panel without weird split-screens and Brad Marchand drop an S-bomb on basic cable. Also noticed Sportsnet is using a generic replay wipe for the Boston/Montreal game, implicating they may be sharing video with TNT 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronQ 254 Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 (edited) Yesterday the NHL unveil their rebrand and new logo for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. https://secure.nhl.com/stanleycupbranding/ Edited March 9, 2022 by AaronQ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTrey98 19 Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 As part of their NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs coverage, the NHL officially made their debut on TBS. All of the graphics (not just the scorebug) had the TNT logo replaced with TBS. Even the main broadcast logo was changed. This is the first time I've seen Turner Sports go all out for this since they started broadcasting the March Madness Tournament. Another thing to note, they actually used the entire TBS logo in all elements of the broadcast. Usually, they only use the letters like they have for the MLB and March Madness broadcasts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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