10 sets that use video walls for storytelling

5 and 6. WSVN and WHDH

Miami Fox affiliate, WSVN, and its sister station, WHDH in Boston, have long been pioneers in the use of video wall storytelling.

The sets, previously featured a second floor rear projection screen that was, thanks to wide camera framing, used prominently in two shots from the anchor desk, with branding and topical graphics appearing above and behind the anchors.

Subsequent set updates included adding an LED video ribbon around the balcony, upgrading to a wider LED wall on the balcony itself and upgrading the additional monitor wall tucked below the balcony.

This wall, originally made of dozens of separate tube monitors, was later upgraded to flat panels, which allowed the station to feed multiplexed images to it, duplicating the look of the monitor wall.

This upgrade gave the station the flexibility to use the panels for topical graphics in conjunction with the other screens and ribbon, as shown in the White House story shown above.

Both sets also include other video panels throughout the set for standups and franchise reporting and can also use walkways below the balcony to allow anchors and forecasters to interact with the video wall.

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