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‘Anchorman’ sequel’s poster revealed

For those waiting with baited breath for the “Anchorman” sequel, you can breathe a bit easier now. Paramount Pictures today revealed the first poster for “Anchorman: The Legend Continues,” which is shown above. The poster’s design accentuates a very shiny studio floor along with the shoes and pant legs of, presumably, the main characters and [...] Full story...

Channel 3 upgrades weather center with Mystic

Channel 3 Hartford approached Mystic with the desire to step up their current look and update their weather area for news casting. Once approached, Mystic decided to do the complete design and fabrication of the studio as an in house design/build project. Completion of the project resulted in a new back wall with monitors attached [...] Full story...

NYSE floor gets new look

One of the most used backgrounds on television news, the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange, recently got a bit of a facelift to go along with parent company NYSE Euronext’s new logo and brand identity. Most of the changes involved swapping out backlit graphics and banners seen around the trading floor and [...] Full story...

L.A. station airs wrong team logo

KNBC-TV aired an OTS Monday with a story about Los Angeles teams involved in postseason play with the logos of the Lakers, Clippers and Kings. The Kings logo that was used, however, is actually the logo of the Sacramento Kings. The L.A. Kings called out the station on Twitter, and the station responded admitting its [...] Full story...

CNN announces 2nd annual iReport awards

CNN has announced the nominees for its second annual iReport awards. The 36 nominees, which can be viewed here, are broken down into six categories. CNN has assembled a team of seven judges, who range from CNN reporters Nic Robertson and Brooke Baldwin to staffers from Facebook, Vimeo and Storify, to select a winner in [...] Full story...

Beat the Traffic a finalist in the Red Herring 100

Beat the Traffic is a finalist for Red Herring’s Top 100 Americas award, a list honoring the year’s most promising private technology ventures from the North American business region. “This year was very rewarding,” said Alex Vieux, publisher and CEO of Red Herring. “The global economic situation has abated and there are many great companies [...] Full story...

Pacifica Music adds Popvirus to its list of music libraries

Production music company Pacifica Music has added Popvirus Music Library (based in Munich, Germany) to its catalog. Pacifica will now represent Popvirus throughout the United States and Canada. The growing Popvirus Library currently boasts more than 200 albums spanning numerous and varied genres. Pacifica Music is home to over 8,000 well-produced tracks in a multitude [...] Full story...

John King’s ‘Magic Wall’ gets cover photo placement

We happened to notice that CNN updated its Facebook cover photo today and has decided to feature John King using the network’s “Magic Wall” at CNN World Headquarters in Atlanta. We previously wrote about cover photos and how various TV news pages are using them. Click here to see CNN’s page. Incidentally, ABC News added a cover photo [...] Full story...

Three-year-old genius makes interesting announcement on ‘Today’

Here’s your Friday laugh. The “Today Show” had a three-year-old girl with an I.Q. of 135 and her family on today’s show. Watch and see what happens. Full story...

Cedar Rapids ABC added to SetStudio

We’ve received new pictures of KCRG-TV, designed by Devlin Design Group. Take a look in SetStudio. For more information, visit the DDG site. Full story...

Exclusives

Bloomberg Charts an HD Course

A two-part series with Bloomberg Television's John Newhouse about the change to HD graphics. Part 1 talks about the changes to the graphics. Part 2 talks about Bloomberg's approach and how much was done to impliment the change.

Fabricating a Design

A three-part series with Jack Morton PDG and Lexington Design + Fabrication about the process of melding design and fabrication. Part 1 introduces the companies and how they work together. Part 2 goes into more depth about the design and fabrication process and Part 3 takes a closer look at the project.

Behind the Storm

A three-part series on the people and technology behind Brainstorm, a 3D virtual environment and graphics company. Part 1 introduces you to the company and its offerings. Part 2 shows how Brainstorm helped NBC News create an eye-catching election night, including a look at graphics that didn't make it on air. Part 3 discusses how Brainstorm's technology might be used in local news.

ArtWorks at Work

NewscastStudio's exclusive interview with former NBC ArtWorks head Sam Mandragona. Part 1 takes you inside ArtWorks and examines the technology that makes the graphics possible. Part 2 looks at ArtWorks' creative process and Part 3 has a look at designs that never made it on air.

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